Aketa, K., S. Asano, Y. Wakai, and A. Kawamura (2003). Apparent digestibility of eelgrass Zostera marina by captive dugongs Dugong dugon in relation to the nutritional content of eelgrass and dugong feeding parameters. Mammal Study 28(1): 23-30. ISSN: 1343-4152.
Descriptors: ingestion and assimilation, apparent digestibility, dry weight, energy content, feeding parameters, food retention, nutritional content.
Ames, A.L., E.S. Van Vleet, and W.M. Sackett (1996). The use of stable carbon isotope analysis for determining the dietary habits of the Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris. Marine Mammal Science 12(4): 555-563. ISSN: 0824-0469.
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.M372
Descriptors: digestive system, ingestion, assimilation, nutrition, skeletal system, urinary system, blubber, carbon 13, dietary habits, Florida manatee, kidney, liver, sloughed skin, stable carbon isotope analysis.
Andre, J., E. Gyuris, and I.R. Lawler (2005). Comparison of the diets of sympatric dugongs and green turtles on the Orman Reefs, Torres Strait, Australia. Wildlife Research 32(1): 53-62. ISSN: 1035-3712.
NAL Call Number: S960.W5
Descriptors: Chelonia mydas, green turtle, Dugong dugon, dugong, food plants, food preferences, resource partitioning, South Pacific, Torres Strait, Orman Reefs, diet composition, seagrasses, algae, herbivores.
Andre, J. and I.R. Lawler (2003). Near infrared spectroscopy as a rapid and inexpensive means of dietary analysis for a marine herbivore, dugong Dugong dugon. Marine Ecology Progress Series 257: 259-266. ISSN: 0171-8630.
NAL Call Number: QH541.5.S3M32
Descriptors: behavior, marine ecology, ecology, environmental sciences, methods and techniques, calibration equation, mathematical and computer techniques, dietary analysis, laboratory techniques, near infrared reflectance spectroscopy, NIRS, spectrum analysis techniques, diet composition, diets, herbivory, stomach contents.
Antonelis, G.A., M.S. Lowry, C.H. Fiscus, B.S. Stewart and R.L. Delong (1994). Diet of the northern elephant seal. In: Elephant Seals: Population Ecology, Behavior, and Physiology, University of California Press: Berkeley, California, USA; London, England, UK, p. 211-223. ISBN: 0520083644.
Descriptors: behavior, ecology, nutrition, diet, northern elephant seal, life history, seasonality, sexual differences, stomach lavage.
Arim, M. and D.E. Naya (2003). Pinniped diets inferred from scats: analysis of biases in prey occurrence. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81(1): 67-73. ISSN: 0008-4301.
NAL Call Number: 470 C16D
Descriptors: ecology, environmental sciences, models and simulations, computational biology, diet, mathematical model, meal size, predator assimilation efficiency, prey occurrence.
Arnould, J.P.Y., I.L. Boyd, and D.G. Socha (1996). Milk consumption and growth efficiency in Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) pups. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74(2): 254-266. ISSN: 0008-4301.
NAL Call Number: 470 C16D
Descriptors: fur seal, metabolism, nutrition, physiology, reproductive system, reproduction, skeletal system, adipose stores, body composition, body lipid reserve, female, lactation, male, maternal attendance, maternal foraging trip, sex difference, milk consumption, growth efficiency.
Berg, I., T. Haug, and K.T. Nilssen (2002). Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) diet in Vesteralen, north Norway. Sarsia 87(6): 451-461. ISSN: 0036-4827.
NAL Call Number: QH91.A1S3
Descriptors: behavior, marine ecology, ecology, environmental sciences, annual variation, diet composition, feeding behavior, predation, prey abundance, stomach contents, harbour seal, Phoca, Norway.
Bodley, K.B., J.R. Mercer, and M.M. Bryden (1999). Rate of passage of digesta through the alimentary tract of the New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) and the Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) (Carnivora: Otariidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 47(2): 193-198. ISSN: 0004-959X.
NAL Call Number: 410 AU73
Descriptors: digestive system, ingestion, concentration time curves, defecation times, digesta, fur seal, sea lion, fecal collections, food transit, mean retention time, rate of passage, initial recovery time, alimentary tract.
Bowen, W.D. (2000). Reconstruction of pinniped diets: accounting for complete digestion of otoliths and cephalopod beaks. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57(5): 898-905. ISSN: 0706-652X.
NAL Call Number: 442.9 C16J
Descriptors: ingestion and assimilation, diet reconstruction, digestion, experimental protocols, number correction factors, pinnipeds, diet, otoliths, beaks.
Casaux, R., A. Baroni, F. Arrighetti, A. Ramon, and A. Carlini (2003). Geographical variation in the diet of the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella. Polar Biology 26(12): 753-758. ISSN: 0722-4060.
NAL Call Number: QH301.P64
Descriptors: marine ecology, ecology, environmental sciences, diet, geographical variation, prey mass, fur seal, Antarctic, variation.
Casaux, R., A. Baroni, and A. Carlini (1998). The diet of the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella at Harmony Point, Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands. Polar Biology 20(6): 424-428. ISSN: 0722-4060.
NAL Call Number: QH301.P64
Descriptors: nutrition, diet, fish, krill, fur seal, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic.
Cobley, N.D. and G. Bell (1998). Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) feeding on gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua). Marine Mammal Science 14(4): 881-883. ISSN: 0824-0469.
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.M372
Descriptors: nutrition, dietary composition, geographical variation, diet, Weddell seal, penguins, feeding.
Cox, M., E. Gaglione, P. Prowten, and M. Noonan (1996). Food preferences communicated via symbol discrimination by a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Aquatic Mammals 22(1): 3-10. ISSN: 0167-5427.
Descriptors: behavior, communication, nutrition, California sea lion, food preferences, nutrition, operant conditioning, symbol discrimination, enrichment.
Daneri, G.A., A.R. Carlini, and P.G.K. Rodhouse (2000). Cephalopod diet of the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, at King George Island, South Shetland Islands. Antarctic Science 12(1): 16-19. ISSN: 0954-1020.
Descriptors: marine ecology, ecology, environmental sciences, biomass, diet, foraging area, frequency of occurrence, prey numbers, elephant seal, Shetland Islands.
Debier, C., K.M. Kovacs, C. Lydersen, E. Mignolet, and Y. Larondelle (1999). Vitamin E and vitamin A contents, fatty acid profiles, and gross composition of harp and hooded seal milk through lactation. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77(6): 952-958. ISSN: 0008-4301.
NAL Call Number: 470 C16D
Descriptors: nutrition, reproduction, birth, fatty acid profiles, gross composition, lactation, vitamin A, vitamin E, harp seal, hooded seal, milk.
Debier, C., P.P. Pomeroy, N. Van Wouwe, E. Mignolet, P.V. Baret, and Y. Larondelle (2002). Dynamics of vitamin A in grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) mothers and pups throughout lactation. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80(7): 1262-1273. ISSN: 0008-4301.
NAL Call Number: 470 C16D
Descriptors: development, nutrition, lactation, nutrient dynamics, parturition, placental transfer, weaning, vitamin A, mothers, pups, concentrations, milk, serum, grey seal.
Donohue, M.J., D.P. Costa, E. Goebel, G.A. Antonelis, and J.D. Baker (2002). Milk intake and energy expenditure of free-ranging northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus, pups. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 75(1): 3-18. ISSN: 1522-2152.
NAL Call Number: QL1.P52
Descriptors: chemical coordination and homeostasis, metabolism, body composition, energetic investment, energy expenditure, field metabolic rate, lactation, metabolism, milk intake, molt, pelage condition, total body lipid, total body water, fur seal, pups, milk, energy expenditure, free ranging.
Drehmer, C.J. and L.R. de Oliveira (2003). Occurrence of gastroliths in South American sea lions (Otaria byronia) from southern Brazil. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 2(2): 123-126. ISSN: 1676-7497.
Descriptors: Otaria byronia, South American sea lion, diet, stomach, gastroliths, recorded and measurements, south Atlantic, Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, gastroliths recorded in stomach.
Geraci, J.R. (1981). Dietary disorders in marine mammals: synthesis and new findings. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 179(11): 1183-91. ISSN: 0003-1488.
NAL Call Number: 41.8 Am3
Descriptors: deficiency diseases, dolphins, Pinnipedia, seals, earless, anemia, animal feed standards, ascorbic acid metabolism, ascorbic acid deficiency, fishes, poisonous, histamine poisoning, hyponatremia diagnosis, hyponatremia therapy, hyponatremia, lactose intolerance, thiamine deficiency prevention and control, thiamine deficiency, vitamin E deficiency diagnosis, vitamin E deficiency prevention and control, vitamin E deficiency.
Goodman, L.G.D., J.R. Carpenter, S. Atkinson, and H. Ako (1999). Nutrient, fatty acid, amino acid and mineral analysis of natural prey of the Hawaiian monk seal, Monachus schauinslandi. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. A, Molecular and Integrative Physiology 123(2): 137-146. ISSN: 1095-6433.
NAL Call Number: QP1.C6
Descriptors: monk seal, prey, nutrition, gross energy content, prey composition, amino acid, fatty acid, mineral, composition.
Goto, M., C. Ilto, M.S. Yahaya, K. Wakamura, S. Asano, Y. Wakai, Y. Oka, M. Furuta, and T. Kataoka (2004). Effects of age, body size and season on food consumption and digestion of captive dugongs (Dugong dugon). Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 37(2): 89-97. ISSN: 1023-6244.
Descriptors: Dugong dugon, age, weight, body weight, food plants, eelgrass, food consumption, digestion, effects of age, body size, season, captive study, energy intake, food conversion efficiency, feeding rate, growth rate, dugong, seasonal reductions.
Goto, M., C. Ito, M.S. Yahaya, Y. Wakai, S. Asano, Y. Oka, S. Ogawa, M. Fruta, and T. Kataoka (2004). Characteristics of microbial fermentation and potential digestibility of fiber in the hindgut of dugongs (Dugong dugon). Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 37(2): 99-107. ISSN: 1023-6244.
Descriptors: Dugong dugon, digestion, microbial fermentation, potential digestibility, fibre, hindgut, food plants, dugong, fermentation, eelgrass, charasteristics.
Grahl, N.O., M.O. Hammill, C. Lydersen, and S. Wahlstrom (2000). Transfer of fatty acids from female seal blubber via milk to pup blubber. Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology 170(4): 277-283. ISSN: 0174-1578.
NAL Call Number: QP33.J681
Descriptors: nutrition, seal, female, blubber, pup, gas chromatography, fatty acids, milk, transfer, composition.
Greaves, D.K., M.O. Hammill, J.D. Eddington, D. Pettipas, and J.F. Schreer (2004). Growth rate and shedding of vibrissae in the gray seal, Halichoerus grypus: a cautionary note for stable isotope diet analysis. Marine Mammal Science 20(2): 296-304. ISSN: 0824-0469.
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.M372
Descriptors: Halichoerus grypus, feeding, gray seal, stable isotope, diet, analysis, hair, growth, shedding patterns, implications, stable isotope, diet analysis, tactile receptors, vibrissae.
Gurun, G., D. Noren, J. Ramirez, A. Ramirez, R.M. Ortiz, and C.L. Ortiz (2001). Leptin does not correlate with fat mass in northern elephant seal pups. FASEB Journal 15(4): A414. ISSN: 0892-6638.
NAL Call Number: QH301.F3
Descriptors: physiology, fasting, fat mass, northern elephant seals, leptin, index, body fat, pups, meeting abstract.
Notes: Meeting Information: Annual Meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology on Experimental Biology,Orlando, Florida, USA, March 31-April 4, 2001.
Hall Aspland, S.A. and T.L. Rogers (2004). Summer diet of leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) in Prydz Bay, Eastern Antarctica. Polar Biology 27(12): 729-734. ISSN: 0722-4060.
NAL Call Number: QH301.P64
Descriptors: leopard seals, age, summer diet, behavioral sex differences, Antarctic Ocean, Antarctica, Prydz Bay, diet, age and sex differences, male, female, penguins, crabeater seals, fish, krill.
Harding, K.C., M. Fujiwara, Y. Axberg, and T. Harkonen (2005). Mass-dependent energetics and survival in harbour seal pups. Functional Ecology 19(1): 129-135. ISSN: 0269-8463.
NAL Call Number: QH540.F85
Abstract: Winter survival in harbour seal pups is correlated with the autumn body mass of pups. The probability of surviving to an age of 1 year is only 0.63 for the smallest pups at 17 kg. However, pups at 32 kg have a survival probability of 0.96. The metabolic rate is related to body mass, skin surface area, blubber thickness and water temperature. There is an increasing thermal stress with decreasing body size of pups. In winter, low water temperatures induce a negative energy balance in small pups. These findings link a physical property of the environment, sea-water temperature, to energetics and life history.
Descriptors: metabolism, development, water temperature, metabolic rate, body mass, thermoregulation, skin surface area, blubber thickness, harbour seals, pups, energetics, survival.
Haug, T., K.T. Nilssen, and L. Lindblom (2004). Feeding habits of harp and hooded seals in drift ice waters along the east coast of Greenland in summer and winter. Polar Research 23(1): 35-42. ISSN: 0800-0395.
Descriptors: harp seal, hooded seal, mammalian predators, predator, gut contents, seasonal and geographical variation, Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Denmark Strait, drift ice, gut contents, pack ice.
Houser, D.S. and D.P. Costa (2001). Protein catabolism in suckling and fasting northern elephant seal pups (Mirounga angustirostris). Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology 171(8): 635-642. ISSN: 0174-1578.
NAL Call Number: QP33.J681
Descriptors: Mirounga angustirostris, proteins, catabolism, suckling vs fasting young, diet, energy budget, starvation, fasting, California, San Mateo County, Ano Nuevo State Reserve, suckling vs fasting young protein catabolism, energy budget relationships.
Kastelein, R.A., W.J.C. Klasen, J. Postma, H. Boer, and P.R. Wiepkema (2003). Food consumption, growth and food passage times in Pacific walrus Odobenus rosmarus divergens pups at Harderwijk Marine Mammal Park. International Zoo Yearbook 38: 192-203. ISSN: 0074-9664.
Descriptors: development, nutrition, Harderwijk Marine Mammal Park, food consumption, food passage times, formula, animal feed, calorie content, chemical composition, growth, hand rearing, walrus.
Kenny, D.E., T.M. O'Hara, T.C. Chen, Z. Lu, X. Tian, and M.F. Holick (2004). Vitamin D content in Alaskan Arctic zooplankton, fishes, and marine mammals. Zoo Biology 23(1): 33-43. ISSN: 0733-3188.
NAL Call Number: QL77.5.Z6
Descriptors: comprehensive zoology, vitamins, vitamin D content, plankton, food webs, nutritional implications, mammalian predators, piscean predators, Arctic Ocean, USA, Alaska, Kaktovik, plankton vitamin D content, food web nutritional implications.
Koen, A.M., E.A. Crespo, S.N. Pedraza, N.A. Garcia, and M.A. Coscarella (2000). Food habits of the South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens, off Patagonia, Argentina. U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service Marine Fishery Bulletin 98(2): 250-263. ISSN: 0090-0656.
NAL Call Number: 157.5 B87
Descriptors: behavior, sea lion, stomach content analysis, diet, feeding grounds, fisheries bycatch, food habits, home ranges, predation, resource availability, resource utilization, Argentina.
Kunnasranta, M., H. Hyvarinen, T. Sipila, and J.T. Koskela (1999). The diet of the Saimaa ringed seal Phoca hispida saimensis. Acta Theriologica 44(4): 443-450. ISSN: 0001-7051.
NAL Call Number: 410 AC88
Descriptors: diet, seasonality, Saimaa ringed seal, stomach contents, feeding trials, schooling fish, intestine, consumption, season.
Lake, S., H. Burton, and J. van den Hoff (2003). Regional, temporal and fine-scale spatial variation in Weddell seal diet at four coastal locations in east Antarctica. Marine Ecology Progress Series 254: 293-305. ISSN: 0171-8630.
NAL Call Number: QH541.5.S3M32
Descriptors: cephalopods, crustacea, fish, mammalian predators, Weddell seal, diet, Leptonychotes weddellii, diet variation, Antarctic Ocean, east Antarctica.
Lanyon, J.M. and H. Marsh (1995). Digesta passage times in the dugong. Australian Journal of Zoology 43(2): 119-127. ISSN: 0004-959X.
NAL Call Number: 410 AU73
Descriptors: digestive system, ingestion, assimilation, diet, physiology, digestive tract, dugong, digesta passage time, fiber, food intake, gut passage rate, retention time.
Logerwell, E.A. and L.E. Schaufler (2005). New data on proximate composition and energy density of Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) prey fills seasonal and geographic gaps in existing information. Aquatic Mammals 31(1): 62-82. ISSN: 0167-5427.
Descriptors: Steller sea lion, predation, prey, fish, proximate composition, energy density, nutrition, diet.
Long, D.J. and L. Gilbert (1997). California sea lion predation on chicks of the common murre. Journal of Field Ornithology 68(1): 152-154. ISSN: 0273-8570.
NAL Call Number: 413.8 B534
Descriptors: behavior, nutrition, California sea lion, chick, seabirds, murre, predation, predator, prey, west coast, California, field observations.
Lydersen, C., K.M. Kovacs, and M.O. Hammill (1997). Energetics during nursing and early postweaning fasting in hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) pups from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology 167(2): 81-88. ISSN: 0174-1578.
NAL Call Number: QP33.J681
Descriptors: metabolism, nutrition, body mass, energetics, energy intake, energy storage, hooded seal, Gulf of St. Lawrence, lactation, metabolic rate, metabolism, milk composition, milk intake, nursing period, postweaning fasting, pup, energetics.
Lydersen, C., K.M. Kovacs, M.O. Hammill, and I. Gjertz (1996). Energy intake and utilisation by nursing bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) pups from Svalbard, Norway. Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology 166(7): 405-411. ISSN: 0174-1578.
NAL Call Number: QP33.J681
Descriptors: development, metabolism, nutrition, carbon dioxide production, energy intake, energy utilization, fat content, metabolic rate, milk, nursing, nutrition, pup, bearded seal, Svalbard.
Lydersen, C., K.M. Kovacs, and M.O. Hammill (2000). Reversed molting pattern in starveling gray (Halichoerus grypus) and harp (Phoca groenlandica) seal pups. Marine Mammal Science 16(2): 489-493. ISSN: 0824-0469.
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.M372
Descriptors: integumentary system, reversed molting pattern, development, starvation, gray seal, harp seal, pups.
Mallory, M.L., K. Wo, A.J. Gaston, W.E. Davies, and P. Mineau (2004). Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) predation on adult thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia) at Coats Island, Nunavut, Canada. Polar Research 23(1): 111-114. ISSN: 0800-0395.
Descriptors: behavior, walrus, foraging, predation, thick-billed murres, adult, Canada, consuming.
Marquez, M.E.I., A.R. Carlini, N.H. Slobodianik, P.A. Ronayne de Ferrer, and M.F. Godoy (1998). Immunoglobulin M serum levels in females and pups of southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) during the suckling period. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. A, Physiology 119(3): 795-799. ISSN: 0300-9629.
NAL Call Number: QP1.C6
Descriptors: development, immune system, growth, elephant seal, single radial immunodiffusion, immunological method, lactation, suckling period, immunoglonulin M, serum levels, females, pups.
Mau, T.L. and M.A. Castellini (2000). The effects of prey switching on erythrocyte fatty acids in the harbor seal Phoca vitulina. FASEB Journal 14(4): A47. ISSN: 0892-6638.
NAL Call Number: QH301.F3
Descriptors: biochemistry, molecular biophysics, nutrition, blood, lymphatics, harbour seal, prey switching, erythrocyte, fatty acids, effects, meeting abstract.
Notes: Meeting Information: Annual Meeting of Professional Research Scientists: Experimental Biology 2000, San Diego, California, USA, April 15-18, 2000.
McConnell, B., M. Fedak, H.R. Burton, G.H. Engelhard, and P.J.H. Reijnders (2002). Movements and foraging areas of naive, recently weaned southern elephant seal pups. Journal of Animal Ecology 71(1): 65-78. ISSN: 0021-8790.
NAL Call Number: 410 J826
Descriptors: behavior, movements, foraging, elephant seal pups, weaned, satellite telemetry, body composition, lactation, maternal investment, migration, survival, body composition.
Mignucci, G.A. and C.A. Beck (1998). The diet of the manatee (Trichechus manatus) in Puerto Rico. Marine Mammal Science 14(2): 394-397. ISSN: 0824-0469.
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.M372
Descriptors: nutrition, diet, manatee, Puerto Rico.
Mos, L. and P.S. Ross (2002). Vitamin A physiology in the precocious harbour seal (Phoca vitulina): a tissue-based biomarker approach. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80(9): 1511-1519. ISSN: 0008-4301.
NAL Call Number: 470 C16D
Descriptors: biochemistry, growth, vitamin a physiology, harbour seal, biomarker, blubber, blood plasma, liver, skin, storage, nursing period.
Needham, D.J. (1997). The role of stones in the seal lion stomach: investigations using contrast radiography and fluoroscopy. In: Marine Mammal Research in the Southern Hemisphere. Status, Ecology and Medicine, Vol. 1, Surrey Beatty and Sons Pty. Ltd.: Chipping Norton, New South Wales, Australia, p. 164-169. ISBN: 0949324760.
Descriptors: ingestion, stomach, sea lion, stones, fluoroscopy, radiography, role.
Noren, D.P. and M. Mangel (2004). Energy reserve allocation in fasting northern elephant seal pups: inter-relationships between body condition and fasting duration. Functional Ecology 18(2): 233-242. ISSN: 0269-8463.
NAL Call Number: QH540.F85
Abstract: During sustained periods of fasting the body systems are forced to make trade-offs when allocating energy reserves. Physiologically, lipid catabolism is the usual source of energy to safeguard protein sources. The blubber layer in marine mammals is the main site of lipid storage and is not only an important source of energy during fasting, but also is the primary thermal barrier when at sea. The results of this study showed that body lipid content and fasting duration both influence allocation of energy reserves in northern elephant seal pups.
Descriptors: physiology, body condition, energy reserve allocation, fasting duration, lipids, protein, elephant seal, pups, thermoregulation, energy, blubber.
Ochoa, A.H., J.M. Francis, and O.T. Oftedal (1999). Influence of long intersuckling interval on composition of milk in the Juan Fernandez fur seal, Arctocephalus philippii. Journal of Mammalogy 80(3): 758-767. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL Call Number: 410 J823
Descriptors: nutrition, reproduction, energy content, foraging, lactation, intersuckling interval, maternal strategies, fat concentration, foraging, fur seal, Juan Fernandez.
Oftedal, O.T., W.D. Bowen, and D.J. Boness (1996). Lactation performance and nutrient deposition in pups of the harp seal, Phoca groenlandica, on ice floes off southeast Labrador. Physiological Zoology 69(3): 635-657. ISSN: 0031-935X.
NAL Call Number: 410 P56
Descriptors: development, metabolism, morphology, nutrition, reproductive system, reproduction, harp seal, lactation, nutrient deposition, pups, body mass, body water content, energy output, milk intake, milk lipid, milk transfer, energy.
Olsen, M. and A. Bjorge (1995). Seasonal and regional variations in the diet of harbour seal in Norwegian waters. In: Developments in Marine Biology; Whales, Seals, Fish and Man, Vol. 4, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.; Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc.: Amsterdam, Netherlands; New York, New York, USA., p. 271-285. ISBN: 0444820701.
NAL Call Number: QH91.A1D49
Descriptors: nutrition, diet, harbour seal, book chapter, feeding strategy, foraging, meeting paper, seasonality, Norwegian waters, variations.
Notes: Meeting Information: International Symposium on the Biology of Marine Mammals in the North East Atlantic, Tromso, Norway, November 29-December 1, 1994.
Osman, L.P., R. Hucke Gaete, C.A. Moreno, and D. Torres (2004). Feeding ecology of Antarctic fur seals at Cape Shirreff, South Shetlands, Antarctica. Polar Biology 27(2): 92-98. ISSN: 0722-4060.
NAL Call Number: QH301.P64
Descriptors: krill, Euphausia superba, fishery management, predators, Arctocephalus gazella, cape fur seals, feeding ecology, Antarctic Ocean, squid, penguins, South Shetland Islands.
QH301.P64Casaux, R., A. Baroni, and A. Carlini (1997). The diet of the Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddelli at Harmony Point, South Shetland Islands. Polar Biology 18(6): 371-375. ISSN: 0722-4060.
NAL Call Number: QH301.P64
Descriptors: nutrition, diet, Weddell seal, South Shetland Islands, feces, vomit, remains, fish, molluscs, numerous, mass, fecal analysis.
Ramdohr, S. (2000). Investigations on the lipid metabolism of the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina l.) In the Antarctic. Berichte Zur Polarforschung (348): iv, 1-128. ISSN: 0176-5027.
Descriptors: fast protein liquid chromatography, lipoproteinelectrophoresis, lipid metabolism, southern elephant seal, cholesterol, triacyglycerides, polar environment, dietary fat intake, Antarctic.
Reynolds III, J.E. and S.A. Rommel (1996). Structure and function of the gastrointestinal tract of the Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris. Anatomical Record 245(3): 539-558. ISSN: 0003-276X.
NAL Call Number: 447.8 AN1
Descriptors: digestive system, ingestion, assimilation, morphology, nutrition, gross anatomy, manatee, herbivore, histochemistry, histology, gastrointestinal tract, function, ultrastructure.
Rosen, D.A.S. and A.W. Trites (2004). Satiation and compensation for short-term changes in food quality and availability in young Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 82(7): 1061-1069. ISSN: 0008-4301.
NAL Call Number: 470 C16D
Descriptors: Steller sea lions, Eumetopias jubatus, prey, prey energy density, availability, short term changes, food availability, feeding rate, satiation, maximum consumption rate, young, compensation, availability.
Rosen, D.A.S. and A.W. Trites (2002). Changes in metabolism in response to fasting and food restriction in the Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. B, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 132B(2): 389-399. ISSN: 1096-4959.
NAL Call Number: QP501.C6
Descriptors: metabolism, nutrition, body mass, fasting, food restriction, Steller sea lion, foraging effort, herring, food, metabolic changes, metabolic depression.
Sato, K., Y. Mitani, M.F. Cameron, D.B. Siniff, Y. Watanabe, and Y. Naito (2002). Deep foraging dives in relation to the energy depletion of Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) mothers during lactation. Polar Biology 25(9): 696-702. ISSN: 0722-4060.
NAL Call Number: QH301.P64
Descriptors: behavior, reproduction, deep foraging dives, Weddell seal, mothers, diving behavior, energy depletion, lactation, temperature, water depth, body size.
Schumacher, U., P. Klein, J. Ploetz, and U. Welsch (1995). Histological, histochemical, and ultrastructural investigations on the gastrointestinal system of Antarctic seals: Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) and crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus). Journal of Morphology 225(2): 229-249. ISSN: 0362-2525.
NAL Call Number: 444.8 J826
Descriptors: cell biology, digestive system, gastrointestinal, morphology, enterocyte, goblet cell, mucin, ultrastructure, histological, histochemical, structural adaptation, Weddell seal, crabeater seal.
Sherman, C.R.A., R.M. Ortiz, D.P. Noren, L. Pagarigan, C.L. Ortiz, and F. Talamantes (2005). Estradiol and testosterone concentrations increase with fasting in weaned pups of the northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78(1): 55-59. ISSN: 1522-2152.
NAL Call Number: QL1.P52
Descriptors: biophysics, blood, lymphatics, development, testosterone, estradiol, fasting, elephant seal, endocrine system, nutrition, reproduction, enzyme immunoassay, food deprivation, neonatal development, weaned pups.
Siegstad, H., P.B. Neve, M.P. Heide Jorgensen, and T. Harkonen (1998). Diet of the ringed seal (Phoca hispida) in Greenland. North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO) Scientific Publications 1: 229-241. ISSN: 1560-2206.
Descriptors: ringed seal, Phoca hispida, diet, nutrition, age, prey, composition, Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic, Greenland, prey composition, age effects, seasonal changes.
Trites, A.W. and R.A.H. Jonker (2000). Morphometric measurements and body condition of healthy and starveling Steller sea lion pups (Eumetopias jubatus). Aquatic Mammals 26(2): 151-157. ISSN: 0167-5427.
Descriptors: development, morphology, body condition, body density, body mass, body volume, morphometrics, sea lion, pups, healthy, starveling, skin. blubber, body core.
Wallach, J.D. (1970). Nutritional diseases of exotic animals. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 157(5): 583-99. ISSN: 0003-1488.
NAL Call Number: 41.8 Am3
Descriptors: animals, zoo, deficiency diseases, animal feed, ascorbic acid deficiency, avitaminosis, bird diseases pathology, calcium, Carnivora, cats, deficiency diseases pathology, dietary fats, dietary proteins, dolphins, elephants, infertility, iodine, lipids, manganese, protein deficiency, snakes, thiamine deficiency pathology, thiamine deficiency, vitamin A deficiency pathology, vitamin A deficiency, vitamin B deficiency pathology, vitamin B deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, vitamin E deficiency pathology, vitamin E deficiency, zinc.
Wilske, J. and T. Arnbom (1996). Seasonal variation in vitamin D metabolites in southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) females at South Georgia. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. A, Physiology 114(1): 9-14. ISSN: 0300-9629.
NAL Call Number: QP1.C6
Descriptors: behavior, biochemistry, molecular biophysics, southern elephant seal, metabolism, nutrition, radiation biology, reproductive system, reproduction, breeding, vitamin D metabolites, diving behavior, female, metabolite, molting, seasonal variation, South Georgia, UV radiation exposure, 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin d3, 25 hydroxyvitamin d3.