This dataset contains data from the use of bioelectrical impedance analysis and deuterium injection as methods to estimate the body composition of female polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea subpopulation. Data are provided on bioelectrical impedance resistance measures, the enrichment level of deuterium oxide that was injected and measured in blood samples, and morphological measures.

This dataset contains specific activity measures of deuterium oxide and oxygen-18, body mass, and blood biochemistry (blood urea nitrogen and creatinine) data for 9 female polar bears without dependent young in the southern Beaufort Sea in April 2014-2016.

This dataset includes accelerometer data collected on collars deployed on female polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea from 2009-2016. The accelerometer was built in to collars by Telonics, Inc. and provides a single activity value of the number of seconds active per time interval of data collection. Data were collected every 15-30 minutes. GPS and ARGOs locations collected via collars were used to generate a CRAWL model, as referenced within the data set, of estimated locations that match the time frame of activity sensor data collection and are provided with this dataset. CRAWL data were also used to determine the habitat (land or sea ice) occupied by the bear at the end of the interval of activity data collection. Temperature data were used to identify denning behavior and activity during denning has been removed from this data set.

This dataset contains archival logger data containing measures of tri-axial acceleration and conductivity for 5 adult female polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea from April-October 2014.

This dataset contains archival logger data containing measures of tri-axial acceleration and conductivity for 5 adult female polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea from April-October 2014.

This data release includes 4 child items with data regarding metabolic rate, body composition, diet, behavior, blood chemistry, stable isotope, tri-axial accelerometer, and GPS locations of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) on land, Western Hudson Bay, Canada, 2019-2022. Child Item 1: "GPS Location Data from Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) Instrumented on Land, Western Hudson Bay, Canada, 2019-2022" Child Item 2: "Metabolic Rate, Body Composition, and Blood Biochemistry Data from Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) on Land, Western Hudson Bay, Canada, 2019-2022" Child Item 3: "Tri-axial Accelerometer and Temperature Data from Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) Instrumented on Land, Western Hudson Bay, Canada, 2019-2022" Child Item 4: "Behavior and Diet Data Derived from Video Camera Collars on Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) Instrumented on Land, Western Hudson Bay, Canada, 2019-2022"

This dataset is one table with demographic, morphometric, and blood analyte measurements from whole blood and serum samples taken from a subset of polar bears sampled in Alaska's southern Beaufort Sea during 1989-2012. The measured blood analytes include: blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, glucose, total protein, hemoglobin, red blood cell count, packed cell volume, and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c).

This data package includes 5 child items with data from 9 female polar bears without dependent young in the southern Beaufort Sea in April 2014-2016. Child Item 1: "Doubly-labeled Water, Deuterium Dilution, Body Mass, and Blood Biochemistry Data from Female Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Southern Beaufort Sea by the USGS in April 2014-2016" Child Item 2: "Resting Metabolic Rates of a Captive Adult Female Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) at the San Diego Zoo" Child Item 3: "Behavior Data from Female Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) Instrumented in the Southern Beaufort Sea with Video Camera Collars by the USGS in April 2014-2016" Child Item 4: "Archival Logger Data from Female Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) of the Southern Beaufort Sea by the USGS, April 2014-2016" Child Item 5: "GPS Location Data from Female Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) Instrumented in the Southern Beaufort Sea with Video Camera Collars equipped with Satellite-linked GPS Receivers by the USGS in April 2014-2016"

These data represent estimates of den entrance and exit dates for female polar bears in the southern Beaufort and Chukchi Seas based on temperature sensor data obtained from satellite collars. An algorithm described in Olson et al. (2017) was used to determine whether the female entered a den and further analyses using temperature data as described in Olson et al. (2017) were used to assess den entry and emergence dates. The algorithm used identified the denning period as that during which collar temperature remained consistently above a temperature threshold. As such, users of these data should be aware that bear behavior can affect den entrance and exit date. If a bear moves in and out of a den frequently, the algorithm identifies that bear as not denning. Den substrate was determined by examining satellite locations from collars during the identified denning period and classify dens as occurring on landfast ice, pack ice, or land. This data set also includes direct observations of females post-den emergence to ascertain whether or not she was accompanied by cubs as an indicator of reproductive success. The den IDs provided in this data set correspond with those identified in the USGS den catalog (Durner 2010, Durner et al 2020) additional information about the dens in this data set may be found in the catalog.

This dataset is one table with archival logger data containing measures of tri-axial acceleration and ambient temperature measured at 16 Hz in collars (Vertex Plus collar with camera option, Vectronic Aerospace GmbH, Berlin, Germany) attached to 20 polar bears that were instrumented on land near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada for 19 - 23 days in 2019, 2021, and 2022.