Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) COSEWIC assessment and status report

Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Atlantic Walrus in Canada

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Table of contents

• Assessment Summary
• Executive Summary
• COSEWIC History, Mandate, Membership and Definitions
• Lists of Figures and Tables
• Species Information
• Distribution
• Designatable Units
• Habitat
• Biology
• Population Sizes and Trends
• Limiting Factors and Threats
• Special Significance of the Species
• Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
• Technical Summary
• Acknowledgements and Information Sources
• Biographical Summary of Report Writer and Personal Communications/Authorities Contacted

COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:

COSEWIC 2006. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Atlantic walrus Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. ix + 65 pp.
(Species at Risk Status Reports)

Previous Reports:

COSEWIC 2000. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Atlantic walrus Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus (Northwest Atlantic Population and Eastern Arctic Population) in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 23 pp. (Species at Risk Status Reports).

Richard, P. 1987. COSEWIC status report on the Atlantic walrus Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus (Northwest Atlantic Population and Eastern Arctic Population) in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 1-23 pp.

Production Note:

COSEWIC would like to acknowledge D.B. Stewart for writing the status report on the Atlantic Walrus Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus in Canada, prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Andrew Trites, Co-chair, COSEWIC Marine Mammals Species Specialist Subcommittee.

For additional copies contact:

COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa ON
K1A 0H3

Tel.: 819–953–3215
Fax: 819–994–3684
E-mail: COSEWIC/COSEPAC@ec.gc.ca
http://www.cosewic.gc.ca

Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur la situation du morse de l'Atlantique (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) au Canada – Mise à jour.

Cover illustration:
Atlantic walrus -- Drawing of an adult male Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) (Artist Gerald Kuehl; © Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans, reproduced with permission).

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2006
Catalogue No.: CW69-14/461-2006E-PDF
ISBN: 0-662-43228-2