Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28168119›Full record

ArticlePeerJ2017

Demographic, ecological, and physiological responses of ringed seals to an abrupt decline in sea ice availability.

Steven H Ferguson, Brent G Young, David J Yurkowski, Randi Anderson, Cornelia Willing, Ole Nielsen

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Article in PeerJ, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. Ringed Seal (Ecology and evolution · 2026
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  5. Variation in Ringed Seal (Ecology and evolution · 2025
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  7. Temporal dynamics of polar bear (Conservation physiology · 2025
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  8. Review
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  10. Number of Primordial Follicles in Juvenile Ringed Seals (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022
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  11. Key questions in marine mammal bioenergetics.Conservation physiology · 2022
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  19. From ice to ocean: changes in the thermal function of harp seal pelt with ontogeny.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Steven H FergusonFisheries and Oceans Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3794-0122
Brent G YoungFisheries and Oceans Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
David J YurkowskiFisheries and Oceans Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Randi AndersonDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba , Winnipeg, MB , Canada.
Cornelia WillingDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Ole NielsenFisheries and Oceans Canada , Winnipeg, MB , Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To assess whether demographic declines of Arctic species at the southern limit of their range will be gradual or punctuated, we compared large-scale environmental patterns including sea ice dynamics to ringed seal (

Indexed as

AbundanceBody conditionDiseaseHudson BayNAOPolar bearsPusa hispidaReproductionSea iceStress

Identifiers

PMID28168119
PMCPMC5292026

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