Adam, P.J. and A. Berta (1997). Pinniped locomotor types as revealed by osteology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3, Suppl.): 28A. ISSN: 0272-4634.
Descriptors: evolution and adaptation, skeletal system, movement and support, systematics and taxonomy, evolution, hind limb swimming, humerus, locomotor types, osteology, terrestrial locomotion, pinniped.
Notes: Meeting Information: Fifty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Chicago, Illinois, USA, October 8-11, 1997.
Aragones, L.V. and Bienvenido Gonzales (2001). Status and Conservation of Marine Mammals in the Philippines, College, Laguna (Philippines), 29 p.
Abstract: To date, a total of 25 species out of the 27 marine mammals reported within the Philippine waters have been confirmed. These included 22 cetaceans, 1 dugong (Dugong dugon), 1 pinniped (Phoca largha), and 1 otter (Amblonynx cinereus). The large seal (accidentally caught in 1998 along the coasts of Buguey, Cagayan Valley) was an extralimital recording because its normal southermost range of distribution is southern Japan. The small clawless otter is a part-time riverine species and could be found also in estuaries of Palawan. Among the 22 cetaceans, 18 are odontocetes, and 4 are mysticetes. Out of the 18 odontocetes, 13 are delphinids (spinner, pantropical spotted, striped, Fraser's, Risso's, rough-toothed, and Irra waddy dolphins, and short-finned pilot, melon-headed, pygmy killer, false killer, and killer whales), 2 kogiids (dwarf and pygmy sperm whales), 2 ziphiids (Blainville's and Cuvier's beaked whales), and 1 physiterid (sperm whale). The 4 mysticetes are balaenopterids including minke, Bryde's humpback and fin whales. The two unconfirmed species consist of the bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon sp.) and the largest living animal, the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus). In general, the spinner dophin is the most commonly sighted and widely distributed marine mammal species within the Philippine waters, followed by spotted dolphins. Unusually, large group sizes (100's or more) have been sighted for Fraser's, Risso's, and striped dolphins, and short-finned pilot whales. Among the cetaceans, the Irrawaddy dolphin has the most restricted distribution (northern Palawan). Moreover, the small clawless otter is restricted in the main island of Palawan only. The dugong is probably the most threatened marine mammal species within the Philippine waters due to its coastal affiliation. The major hotspots for cetaceans in the Philippines include southern Tanon Strait area, which has one of the most comprehensive marine mammals sighting database through its dolphin watching tour activities, waters off northern Luzon (off Babuyan and Batanes islands), Sulu Sea and Bohol Sea, to mention a few. The major hotspots for the dugong include the coastal waters off Palawan, southern Mindanao and northeast Luzon. The major threats to marine mammals in the Philippines are incidental mortalities, habitat loss (e.g. coastal development) and pollution. This is further aggravated by insufficient institutional support, the low priority from the government and the scarcity of basic information (e.g. stock assessment, level of interactions with fisheries) necesary for their conservation and management. Despite some laws on the protection and conservation of marine mammals such as dugong and dolphins, opportunistic directed fisheries is still being practiced particularly in remote areas where unknown numbers of these species thrive. However, there is still hope. The increasing popularity of dolphin watching tours in Bais City and the establishment of the Ocean Adventure Park at Subic, which features whale shows and encounters, could serve as tools in educating the public on the plight of these animals and the rest of the marine environment.
Descriptors: Cetacea, dugongs, seals, otters, geographical distribution, resource conservation, Philippines, Asia, biogeography, carnivora, mammals, mustelidae, Pinnipedia, resource management, South East Asia.
Language of Text: English summary.
Barlow, J. and G.A. Cameron (2003). Field experiments show that acoustic pingers reduce marine mammal bycatch in the California drift gill net fishery. Marine Mammal Science 19(2): 265-283. ISSN: 0824-0469.
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.M372
Descriptors: Pinnipedia, Cetacea, fishing and fisheries, conservation measures, mortality, north Pacific, USA, California, fishery bycatch reduction using acoustic pingers, evaluation.
Barnett, J. and I. Robinson (2003). Marine mammals. In: E. Mullineaux, D. Best and J.E. Cooper (Editors), BSAVA (British Small Animal Veterinary Association) Manual of Wildife Casualties, British Small Animal Veterinary Association: Quedgeley, p. 182-201. ISBN: 0905214633.
NAL Call Number: SF996.45.B73 2003
Descriptors: Phocidae, Cetacea, care in captivity, diagnostic techniques, treatment techniques, parasites diseases and disorders, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
Bodkin, J.L., G.G. Esslinger, and D.H. Monson (2004). Foraging depths of sea otters and implications to coastal marine communities. Marine Mammal Science 20(2): 305-321. ISSN: 0824-0469.
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.M372
Descriptors: Enhydra lutris, sea otter, prey, invertebrata, foraging, implications, impact on coastal marine communities, diving, foraging depths, impact on habitat, north Pacific, USA, Alaska, impact on coastal marine communities.
Bonner, W.N. (1990). The Natural History of Seals, Facts on File: New York, 196 p. ISBN: 0816023360.
NAL Call Number: QL737.P64B66
Descriptors: seals, animals, natural history.
Bossart, G.D., R.A. Meisner, S.A. Rommel, J.D. Lightsey, R.A. Varela, and R.H. Defran (2004). Pathologic findings in Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Aquatic Mammals 30(3): 434-440. ISSN: 0167-5427.
Descriptors: Trichechus manatus latirostris, physiological condition, temperature relationships, diseases and disorders, injuries, manatee, mortality, Gulf of Mexico, north Atlantic, temperature, cold stress syndrome, CSS, USA, Florida, pathologic findings.
Buchanan, F.C., L.D. Maies, T.D. Thue, B.G.E. De March, and R.E.A. Stewart (1998). Microsatellites from the Atlantic walrus Odobenus rosamurs rosmarus. Molecular Ecology 7(8): 1083-1085. ISSN: 0962-1083.
NAL Call Number: QH540.M64
Descriptors: marine ecology, environmental sciences, methods and techniques, population genetics, population studies, allele frequency distribution, expected heterozygosity, population structure, stock identification, walrus, microsatellites.
Chakraborty, S. and V.C. Agrawal (2000). Mammalia. In: J.R.B. Alfred (Editor), Fauna of Gujarat. Vertebrates, State Fauna Series, Vol. 1, Zoological Survey of India: Calcutta, p. 15-83. ISBN: 8185874417.
NAL Call Number: QL309.F3734 2000
Descriptors: mammalia, checklists, taxonomic checklist, Gujarat, systematic account including new records, terrestrial and marine taxa, Arabian Sea, India, systematic account.
Ching, P. (1994). The Hawaiian Monk Seal, University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 40 p. ISBN: 0824816226.
Descriptors: ecology, environmental sciences, Hawaiian monk seal, life cycle, systematics, taxonomy, natural history.
Constant, P. (1992). Marine Life of the Galapagos: a Guide to the Fishes, Whales, Dolphins, Other Marine Mammals, P. Constant: Paris, 248 p.
NAL Call Number: QL345.G2C65 1992
Descriptors: marine fauna Galapagos Islands, scuba diving Galapagos Islands.
Cornell, L.H. and E.D. Asper (1981). A census of captive marine mammals in North America. In: J. Gordon-Clark (Editor), Mammals in the Seas. General Papers and Large Cetaceans. FAO Advisory Committee on Marine Resources Research, Working Party on Marine Mammals, FAO Fisheries Series, Vol. 3, FAO: Rome, Italy, p. 137-150. ISBN: 92-5-100513-3.
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.F66
Descriptors: aquatic mammals, North America, captive marine mammals, census.
Language of Text: English, Spanish and French summaries.
Davis, R., and United States. Minerals Management Service. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region. Texas A & M University at Galveston. Texas Institute of Oceanography. United States. Dept. of Commerce. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. National Marine Fisheries Service. Southeast Fisheries Science Center. (1994). Distribution and Abundance of Marine Mammals in the North-Central and Western Gulf of Mexico: Interim Report. OCS study MMS 94-0003. OCS study MMS 94-0004. New Orleans, La.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region,
NAL Call Number: Fiche S 133
Descriptors: marine mammals, Gulf of Mexico, whales, ecology, cetaceans.
Demere, T.A. (1999). Walrus phylogeny and feeding and locomotor adaptations in a basal odobenid pinniped. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3, Suppl.): 42A. ISSN: 0272-4634.
Descriptors: evolution and adaptation, paleobiology, systematics and taxonomy, cladistic analysis, analytical method, aquatic adaptations, dentition, feeding adaptations, locomotor adaptations, phylogeny, pinniped evolution, prey handling, meeting abstract, fossil.
Notes: Meeting Information: Fifty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Denver, Colorado, USA, October 20-23, 1999.
Dobson, G.P. (2003). On being the right size: heart design, mitochondrial efficiency and lifespan potential. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology 30(8): 590-7. ISSN: 0305-1870.
Descriptors: heart anatomy and histology, heart physiology, mitochondria, adenosine diphosphate metabolism, adenosine diphosphate physiology, adenosine triphosphate metabolism, adenosine triphosphate physiology, body weight physiology, cytosol metabolism, guinea pigs, life expectancy, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, mice, mitochondria, heart metabolism, myocardium metabolism, myofibrils metabolism, myofibrils ultrastructure, organ size physiology, rabbits, rats.
Dobson, G.P. and J.P. Headrick (1995). Bioenergetic scaling: metabolic design and body-size constraints in mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 92(16): 7317-21. ISSN: 0027-8424.
NAL Call Number: 500 N21P
Abstract: The cytosolic phosphorylation ratio ([ATP]/[ADP][P(i)]) in the mammalian heart was found to be inversely related to body mass with an exponent of -0.30 (r = 0.999). This exponent is similar to -0.25 calculated for the mass-specific O2 consumption. The inverse of cytosolic free [ADP], the Gibbs energy of ATP hydrolysis (delta G'ATP), and the efficiency of ATP production (energy captured in forming 3 mol of ATP per cycle along the mitochondrial respiratory chain from NADH to 1/2 O2) were all found to scale with body mass with a negative exponent. On the basis of scaling of the phosphorylation ratio and free cytosolic [ADP], we propose that the myocardium and other tissues of small mammals represent a metabolic system with a higher driving potential (a higher delta G'ATP from the higher [ATP]/[ADP][P(i)]) and a higher kinetic gain [(delta V/Vmax)/delta [ADP]] where small changes in free [ADP] produce large changes in steady-state rates of O2 consumption. From the inverse relationship between mitochondrial efficiency and body size we calculate that tissues of small mammals are more efficient than those of large mammals in converting energy from the oxidation of foodstuffs to the bond energy of ATP. A higher efficiency also indicates that mitochondrial electron transport is not the major site for higher heat production in small mammals. We further propose that the lower limit of about 2 g for adult endotherm body size (bumblebee-bat, Estrucan shrew, and hummingbird) may be set by the thermodynamics of the electron transport chain. The upper limit for body size (100,000-kg adult blue whale) may relate to a minimum delta G'ATP of approximately 55 kJ/mol for a cytoplasmic phosphorylation ratio of 12,000 M-1.
Descriptors: body constitution, energy metabolism, myocardium metabolism, adenosine diphosphate metabolism, adenosine triphosphate metabolism, body temperature regulation, cytosol metabolism, dogs, electron transport, evolution, kinetics, oxygen consumption, phosphates metabolism, phosphorylation, rabbits, rats, wistar rats, thermodynamics.
Eikeland, S. (1995). Impacts of modern seal invasions. Developments in Marine Biology 4: 709-714. ISSN: 0163-6995.
NAL Call Number: QH91.A1D49
Descriptors: behavior, law, marine ecology, wildlife management, conservation, seal invasions, impacts, political influence, resource management.
Notes: Meeting Information: Whales, seals, fish and man. International Symposium on the Biology of Marine Mammals in the North East Atlantic, Tromso, Norway, November 29-December 1, 1994.
Estes, J.A., M.T. Tinker, A.M. Doroff, and D.M. Burn (2005). Continuing sea otter population declines in the Aleutian Archipelago. Marine Mammal Science 21(1): 169-172. ISSN: 0824-0469.
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.M372
Descriptors: Enhydra lutris, sea otter, population censuses, Alaska, Aleutian Archipelago, population declines.
Fairbairn, P.W. and A.M. Haynes (1983). Jamaican surveys of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), dolphin (Tursiops trunacatus), sea turtles (families Cheloniidae and Dermochelydae) and booby terns (family Laridae). FAO Fisheries Report 278(Suppl.): 289-295.
Descriptors: Jamaica, manatee, dolphin, sea turtles, boobyterns, surveys.
FAO Fisheries Dept. (1976). Mammals in the seas. Ad hoc group. 2. Small cetaceans and sirenians, report. Fisheries Dept. Advisory Committee on Marine Resources Research. Scientific Consultation on Marine Mammals, August 31, 1976, Bergen (Norway), FAO: Rome, Italy, Vol. FAO ACCESS. No. 34367, 105 p.
Descriptors: small cetaceans, sirenians, report, mammals, seas, FAO.
Furusawa, H. (2004). A phylogeny of the North Pacific Sirenia (Dugongidae: Hydrodamalinae) based on a comparative study of endocranial casts. Paleontological Research 8(2): 91-98. ISSN: 1342-8144.
Descriptors: hydrodamalinae, dugong, skeleton, skull, endocranium, morphology, phylogeny, morphological characteristics, brain, phylogeny, north Pacific, endocranium morphology and phylogeny, caenozoic, sirenia, olfactory bulbs, optic nerve, cerebrum.
Gales, N.J. and D.P. Costa (1997). The Australian sea lion: a review of an unusual life history. In: Marine Mammal Research in the Southern Hemisphere. Status, Ecology and Medicine, Vol. 1, Surrey Beatty and Sons Pty. Ltd.: New South Wales, Australia, p. 78-87. ISBN: 0949324760.
Descriptors: population studies, behavior, diet, foraging, lactation, life history, reproduction, Australian sea lion.
Glaser, K. and J.E. Reynolds (2003). Mysterious Manatees, University Press of Florida: Gainesville, FL, 187 p. ISBN: 0813026377.
NAL Call Number: QL737.S63 G63 2003
Descriptors: manatees, manatees pictorial works.
Gordon Clark, J. (Editor) (1982). Mammals in the Seas. Small Cetaceans, Seals, Sirenians and Otters. Selected Papers of the Scientific Consultation on the Conservation and Management of Marine Mammals and Their Environment [Bergen, Norway, 1976]. FAO Advisory Committee on Marine Resources Research, Working Party on Marine Mammals, FAO Fisheries Series, Vol. 4, FAO: Rome (Italy), 541 p. ISBN: 92-5-100514-1.
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.F66
Descriptors: aquatic mammals.
Language of Text: English, Spanish and French summaries.
Gulland, F.M.D. (1999). Stranded seals: important sentinels. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 214(8): 1191-1192. ISSN: 0003-1488.
NAL Call Number: 41.8 Am3
Descriptors: seals, sentinel animals, animal welfare, animal health, rehabilitation, California.
Notes: Meeting Information: Paper presented at the 1998 American Veterinary Medical Association Animal Welfare Forum: Marine Mammals, November 6, 1998, Chicago, Illinois.
Halsey, L. (2002). Ultimate divers. Biologist (London) 49(4): 161-4. ISSN: 0006-3347.
NAL Call Number: 442.9 IN7
Abstract: An extraordinary variety of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles are adapted to life in the oceans. Many of them spend their entire lives there without being able to breathe underwater. But just how do they exploit this hostile environment?
Descriptors: adaptation, physiological, birds physiology, diving physiology, respiration, whales physiology, evolution, oceans and seas.
Notes: Comment In: Biologist (London). 2002 Oct;49(5):192; author reply 192.
Harting, A., J. Baker, and B. Becker (2004). Non-metrical digital photoidentification system for the Hawaiian monk seal. Marine Mammal Science 20(4): 886-895. ISSN: 0824-0469.
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.M372
Descriptors: Hawaiian monk seal, identification techniques, non-metrical digital photo identification system, use of computers.
Hauksson, E. and D. Olafsdottir (1995). Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus Fabr.), population biology, food and feeding habits, and importance as a final host for the life-cycle of sealworm (Pseudoterranova decipiens Krabbe) in Icelandic 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. 565-572. ISBN: 0444820701.
NAL Call Number: QH91.A1D49
Descriptors: population biology, nutrition, feeding habits, food, parasitology, physiology, wildlife management, life cycle, diet, disease host, grey seal, meeting paper, host.
Notes: Meeting Information: International Symposium on the Biology of Marine Mammals in the North East Atlantic, Tromso, Norway, November 29-December 1, 1994.
Howarth, P.C. (1994). Entanglement of marine mammals in synthetic debris. In: The Fourth California Islands Symposium: update on the status of resources, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara, CA, p. 111-121. 530 p. ISBN: 0936494204.
NAL Call Number: QH105.C2M84 1994
Descriptors: Pinnipedia, Cetacea, mortality, accidental entrapment, north Pacific, USA, California, Channel Islands, entanglement in synthetic debris, incidence, characteristics and importance as mortality cause.
Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber (1993). Marine Mammals of the World, FAO Species Identification Guide, United Nations Environment Programme: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Rome, 320 p. ISBN: 9251032920.
Abstract: Identification guide to marine mammals and to cetaceans, seals, and sirenians found in fresh water.
Descriptors: marine mammals identification, aquatic mammals identification, Cetacea identification, Pinnipedia identification, Sirenia identification.
Joiris, C.R. (1997). Ecotoxicology of stable pollutants: organochlorines and heavy metals in seabirds and marine mammals. Bulletin De La Societe Royale Des Sciences De Liege 66(1-3): 51-59. ISSN: 0037-9565.
Descriptors: North Sea, waterfowl, stenella, delphinus, Phocoena, toxicology, pollutants, heavy metals, organochlorine compounds, bioaccumulation, Atlantic Ocean, Cetacea, contamination, dolphins, Eastern Atlantic, elements, mammals, marine areas, metallic elements, North Atlantic, Northeast Atlantic, organic halogen compounds.
Jonker, R.A.H. and A.W. Trites (2000). The reliability of skinfold-calipers for measuring blubber thickness of Steller sea lion pups (Eumetopias jubatus). Marine Mammal Science 16(4): 757-766. ISSN: 0824-0469.
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.M372
Descriptors: Steller sea lion, pups, skinfold calipers, blubber thickness, reliability, body mass, rookeries, skinfold thickness, reliability.
Jonsson, G. (1994). Dictionary for aquatic animals: fishes, whales, seals, and invertebrates. Hafrannsoknir (47): 5-185. ISSN: 0258-381X.
Descriptors: ecology, environmental sciences, physiology, systematics and taxonomy.
Jouault, N. (2004). Grey seals of the Channel Islands. Societe Jersiaise Annual Bulletin 28(4): 494-503; 129. ISSN: 0141-1942.
Descriptors: Halichoerus grypus, grey seals, North Atlantic, United Kingdom, Channel Islands, biology, review.
Katona, S.K., D.T. Richardson and R. Hazard (1977). A Field Guide to the Whales and Seals of the Gulf of Maine, 2nd edition, College of the Atlantic: Bar Harbor, ME, 99 p. ISBN: 09-601-02418.
NAL Call Number: QL737.C4K27 1977
Descriptors: whales, seals, Gulf of Maine, field guide.
Katona, S.K., V. Rough and D.T. Richardson (1983). A Field Guide to the Whales, Porpoises, and Seals of the Gulf of Maine and Eastern Canada: Cape Cod to Newfoundland, 3rd edition, Scribner: New York, 255 p. ISBN: 0684179016; 0684179024 (pbk.).
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.K37 1983
Descriptors: marine mammals, Gulf of Maine, identification, marine mammals Canada, Eastern, mammals, mammals Canada, Eastern.
Notes: Revised edition of: A Field Guide to the Whales and Seals of the Gulf of Maine. 2nd ed. c1977.
Kelly, B.P. (1988). Bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus. In: J.W. Lentifer (Editor), Selected Marine Mammals of Alaska: Species, Accounts With Research and Management Recommendations, Marine Mammal Commission: Washington, D.C., p. 77-94.
Descriptors: Erignathus barbatus, wildlife management, recommendations, reproduction, mortality, natural causes, population size, predators, Thalarctos maritimus, Orcinus orca, vertical distribution, depth range, Alaska, Arctic Ocean, north Pacific, distribution, biology and management.
Kenyon, K.W. (1975). The Sea Otter in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Dover Publications: New York, 352 p. ISBN: 0486213463.
NAL Call Number: QL737.C25K4 1975
Descriptors: sea otter, Pacific Ocean, mammals.
Knutsen, L.O. (1993). Walrus studies in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago during August 1992. Norsk Polarinstitutt Meddelelser (126): 1-11. ISSN: 0373-5605.
Descriptors: behavior, development, marine ecology, walrus, physiology, female, male, satellite transmitter, sex distribution, Franz Josef Land, Archipelago.
Kubota, R., T. Kunito, and S. Tanabe (2002). Chemical speciation of arsenic in the livers of higher trophic marine animals. Marine Pollution Bulletin 45(1-12): 218-23. ISSN: 0025-326X.
NAL Call Number: GC1000.M3
Abstract: Concentrations of total arsenic and individual arsenic compounds were determined in livers of cetaceans (Dall's porpoise and short-finned pilot whale), pinnipeds (harp and ringed seals), sirenian (dugong), and sea turtles (green and loggerhead turtles) to characterize arsenic accumulation profiles in higher trophic marine animals. Hepatic arsenic concentrations in sea turtles were highest among the species examined. Chemical speciation of arsenic revealed that arsenobetaine was the major arsenic compound in almost all the species. In contrast, arsenobetaine was a minor constituent in dugong. Dimethylarsinic acid, methylarsonic acid, arsenocholine, tetramethylarsonium ion, arsenite, and an unidentified arsenic compound were also detected as minor constituents. However, the composition of arsenic compounds was different among these species. These results might reflect the differences in the metabolism of arsenic and/or the compositions of arsenic compounds in their preys. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the large variation in the composition of arsenic species in liver of marine mammals and sea turtles.
Descriptors: arsenic chemistry, dugong, food chain, liver chemistry, porpoises, seals, earless, turtles, water pollutants pharmacokinetics, whales, arsenic pharmacokinetics, chromatography, high pressure liquid, spectrum analysis, mass, tissue distribution.
Lander, M.E. and F.M.D. Galland (2003). Rehabilitation and post-release monitoring of Steller sea lion pups raised in captivity. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31(4): 1047-1053. ISSN: 0091-7648.
NAL Call Number: SK357.A1W5
Descriptors: Steller sea lion, pups, Eumetopias jubatus, release, relocation, care in captivity, California, ano Nuevo Island, north Pacific, captive raised pup, rehabilitation, post release monitoring, management implications.
Lander, M.E., J.T. Harvey, K.D. Hanni, and L.E. Morgan (2002). Behavior, movements, and apparent survival of rehabilitated and free-ranging harbor seal pups. Journal of Wildlife Management 66(1): 19-28. ISSN: 0022-541X.
NAL Call Number: 410 J827
Descriptors: behavior, wildlife management, conservation, radiotelemetry, harbour seals, pups, monitoring method, activity patterns, dispersal, diving behavior, individual movements, post release survival, wildlife rehabilitation.
Lander, M.E., M. Haulena, F.M.D. Gulland, and J.T. Harvey (2005). Implantation of subcutaneous radio transmitters in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). Marine Mammal Science 21(1): 154-161. ISSN: 0824-0469.
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.M372
Descriptors: methods and techniques, population studies, surgery, radio telemetry, harbour seal, applied and field techniques. radio transmitter, subcutaneous implantation, experimental surgical techniques, laboratory techniques, behavior, data aquisition.
Lavigne, D.M., S. Innes, G.A. Worthy, and K.M. Kovacs (1986). Metabolic rate--body size relations in marine mammals. Journal of Theoretical Biology 122(1): 123-4. ISSN: 0022-5193.
NAL Call Number: 442.8 J8223
Descriptors: body weight, Cetacea metabolism, Pinnipedia metabolism, seals, earless metabolism, whales metabolism.
Le Boeuf, B.J. and D.E. Crocker (2005). Ocean climate and seal condition. BMC Biology 3(9): 1-10. ISSN: 1741-7007.
Descriptors: elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris, weight, weaning weight of young, food availability, feeding rate, foraging, climate and weather, temperature, seal condition, north Pacific, California, ocean climate, female foraging success, weaning mass of young, long term study.
Lewin, M.R., P. Knott, and M. Lo (2004). Seal finger. Lancet (North American Edition) 364(9432): 448, 438. ISSN: 0099-5355.
Descriptors: infection, occupational health, erysipeloid, bacterial disease, drug therapy, etiology, seal finger, blubber finger.
Lydersen, C. (1998). Status and biology of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in Svalbard. North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO) Scientific Publications 1: 46-62. ISSN: 1560-2206.
Descriptors: ringed seal, Phoca hispida, status, conservation, literature review, Arctic Ocean, Svalbard, biology, review.
Malik, S., P.J. Wilson, R.J. Smith, D.M. Lavigne, and B.N. White (1997). Pinniped penises in trade: a molecular-genetic investigation. Conservation Biology 11(6): 1365-1374. ISSN: 0888-8892.
NAL Call Number: QH75.A1C5
Descriptors: wildlife management, conservation, molecular genetics, pinniped, penises, hunting, protected species, seals, walrus, sea lions, mammalian, investigation.
Marmontel, M. (1993). Age Determination and Population Biology of the Florida Manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris. Dissertation, University of Florida: 408 p.
Descriptors: Trichechus manatus, Florida, manatees.
Notes: Thesis (Ph. D.). University of Florida, 1993.
Martin, F.I. (1960). Sea Bears the Story of the Fur Seal, 1st edition, Chilton Co., Book Division: Philadelphia, PA, 201 p.
NAL Call Number: SH363.M32
Descriptors: sealing, seals, Aleuts, Pribilof Islands.
Notes: Portions of this book were published originally under the title The Hunting of the Silver Fleece.
McConkey, S.D. (1999). Photographic identification of the New Zealand sea lion: a new technique. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33(1): 63-66. ISSN: 0028-8330.
Descriptors: methods, techniques, population studies, photographic identification, sea lion, New Zealand, identification method, tagging, damage, scars, flippers.
National Science Research Council. (1974). An International Centre for Manatee Research: Report of a Workshop Held 7-13 February 1974, Georgetown, Guyana, South America / Cosponsors National Science Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, (USA) International Development Research (Guyana) Centre (Canada). Georgetown, Guyana: The Council, 34 p.
NAL Call Number: QL737.S63N3
Descriptors: manatees research, aquatic weed control.
Language of Text: English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French summaries.
Nickerson, R. (1989). Sea Otters: a Natural History and Guide, Chronicle Books: San Francisco, 96 p. ISBN: 0877015678.
NAL Call Number: QL737.C25N53
Descriptors: sea otter, guide, natural history.
Nill, E.K., D.A. Pabst, S.A. Rommel, and W.A. Mclellan (1999). Does the thick skin of the florida manatee provide ballast? American Zoologist 39(5): 114A. ISSN: 0003-1569.
NAL Call Number: 410 AM3
Descriptors: integumentary system, skin, ballast, body mass, manatee, meeting abstract.
Notes: Meeting Information: Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, January 4-8, 2000.
Nishiwaki, M., T. Kasuya, N. Miyazaki, T. Tobayama, and T. Kataoka (1979). Present distribution of the dugong in the world. Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (31): 133-141. ISSN: 0549-5717.
Descriptors: dugong, distribution, world.
Language of Text: English summary.
O'Shea, T.J., B.B. Ackerman, and H.F. Percival. (1995). Population Biology of the Florida Manatee. Proceedings of a Workshop, February 4, 1992-February 6, 1992, Austin Cary Forest of the University of Florida, Information and Technology Report No. 1, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service: Washington, D.C., 289 p.
NAL Call Number: QH301.I546 No.1
Descriptors: manatees congresses, mammal populations congresses, manatees Florida congresses, mammal populations Florida congresses.
Olson, W.M. (1995). Morphological integration and evolution of the sea otter skull. American Zoologist 35(5): 120A. ISSN: 0003-1569.
NAL Call Number: 410 AM3
Descriptors: dental and oral system, ingestion, development, evolution, adaptation, morphology, sea otter, physiology, skeletal system, taxonomy, jaw, lutrines, meeting abstract, mustelids, teeth.
Notes: Meeting Information: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Zoologists, December 26-30,1995.
Packard, J. M. (1984). Factors Influencing Indices of Manatee Abundance in the Ft. Myers Region, Winter 1983/84. Manatee Population Research No. 5. Gainesville, FL: Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Florida, 63 p.
Descriptors: manatees, Florida, sampling statistics, Trichechus manatus.
Packard, J. M. (1984). Review of Manatee Marking Techniques, 1984: Final Report. Technical Report No. 8-6. Manatee Population Research No. 6. Gainesville, FL: Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Florida, 29 p.
Descriptors: manatees, Florida, Trichechus manatus, animal marking.
Pimentel, T.L. and A. Andriolo (2001). Orders Cetacea and Pinnipedia (whales, dolphins, seals, fur seals, sea lions). Medicine. In: M.E. Fowler and Z.S. Cubas (Editors), Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of South American Wild Animals, Iowa State University Press: Ames, p. 341-351. ISBN: 0813828465.
NAL Call Number: SF996.4.B56 2001
Descriptors: Pinnipedia, Cetacea, care in captivity, pathological techniques, physical restraining techniques, sedation, anesthesia, parasites diseases and disorders, diseases and management.
QL713.2.M372Ferguson, S.H., I. Stirling, and P. McLoughlin (2005). Climate change and ringed seal (Phoca hispida) recruitment in western Hudson Bay. Marine Mammal Science 21(1): 121-135. ISSN: 0824-0469.
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.M372
Descriptors: Phoca hispida, ringed seal, recruitment, climate, weather, climate change, warming, North Atlantic, Canada, Nunavut, Hudson Bay, climate change effects, population decrease.
Reeves, R.R. (1998). Distribution, abundance and biology of ringed seals (Phoca hispida): an overview. North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO) Scientific Publications 1: 9-45. ISSN: 1560-2206.
Descriptors: Phoca hispida, ringed seals, biology, literature review, Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic, distribution, abundance.
Rehberg, M., S.K.L. Raum and J. Sterling (2002). Steller Sea Lion Decline: Is It Food II. 2001; Overview of Recent Steller Sea Lion Telemetry Work in Alaska, University of Alaska Sea Grant College Program Report, Vol. AK-SG-02-02: 35-39, University of Alaska Sea Grant College Program: Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, 426 p. ISBN: 1566120721.
Descriptors: methods and techniques, wildlife management, conservation, satellite data recorders, equipment, Steller sea lion, Alaska, dive ontogeny, foraging behavior, telemetry, movement patterns, nutritional stress, reproductive success.
Notes: Meeting Information: Is It Food II Workshop, Seward, AK, USA, May 30-31, 2001.
Reijnders, P., S. Brasseur, J. Van der Toorn, P. Van der Wolf, I. Boyd, J. Harwood, D. Lavigne and L. Lowry (1993). Seals, Fur Seals, Sea Lions, and Walrus, IUCN: Gland, Switzerland, 88 p. ISBN: 2831701414.
Descriptors: conservation, ecology, seals, fur seals, sea lions, walrus, environmental sciences, population genetics, population studies, wildlife management, conservation, population dynamics.
Reynolds, J.E. and D.K. Odell (1991). Manatees and Dugongs, Facts on File: New York, 192 p. ISBN: 0816024367.
NAL Call Number: QL737.S63R49 1991
Descriptors: manatees, Dugong.
Riedman, M., and Estes, J. A. (1990). The Sea Otter (Enhydra Lutris): Behavior, Ecology, and Natural History. Biological Report. 9014. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 126 p.
NAL Call Number: QH540.U562 no. 90(14)
Descriptors: sea otter, Enhydra.
Roberts, S.P. and D.P. Demaster (2001). Pinniped survival in captivity: annual survival rates of six species. Marine Mammal Science 17(2): 381-387. ISSN: 0824-0469.
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.M372
Descriptors: wildlife management, captivity, survival, pinniped, survival rates, species.
Ronald, K., L.J. Selley and E.C. Amoroso (1978). Biological Synopsis of the Manatee, International Development Research Centre, International Development Research Centre: Ottawa, 112 p. ISBN: 0889361681.
NAL Call Number: QL737.S63R66
Descriptors: manatees.
Rosas, F.C.W., A. Andriolo and T.L. Pimentel (2001). Orders Cetacea and Pinnipedia (whales, dolphins, seals, fur seals, sea lions). In: M.E. Fowler and Z.S. Cubas (Editors), Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of South American Wild Animals, p. 332-351.
NAL Call Number: SF996.4.B56 2001
Descriptors: adaptation, anesthesia, animal anatomy, animal behavior, animal nutrition, aquatic environment, destruction of animals, diagnosis, diseases, dosage, habitats, marine mammals, marking, medical treatment, monitoring, normal values, osmoregulation, population density, rehabilitation, restraint of animals, sampling, taxonomy, technology, telemetry, thermoregulation, transport of animals, wild animals, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, zoogeography, Cetacea, dolphins, Pinnipedia, sealions, seals, whales.
Ruggieri, G.D. (1975). Aquatic animals in biomedical research. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 245: 39-56. ISSN: 0077-8923.
NAL Call Number: 500 N484
Descriptors: animals, laboratory, marine biology, Annelida, Arachnida, blood coagulation, diving, Echinodermata, eels physiology, electric organ physiology, fishes immunology, fishes physiology, marine toxins, Mollusca, Pinnipedia blood, Pinnipedia physiology, Porifera, research, seals, earless physiology, shock physiopathology, Urochordata, whales physiology.
Ryazanov, D.A. and M.K. Maminov (1996). Age and sex determination from canine teeth in sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 75(4): 593-601. ISSN: 0044-5134.
NAL Call Number: 410 R92
Descriptors: dental and oral system, sea otter, age determination, canine teeth, morphology, sex determination.
Schusterman, R.J. and S.M. Van Parijs (2003). Pinniped vocal communication: an introduction. Aquatic Mammals 29(2): 177-180. ISSN: 0167-5427.
Descriptors: communication, vocal communication, pinniped, introduction.
Sepulveda, M., D.P. Oliva, and F.J. Palma (2001). Daily and annual circarhythms activity in the South American sea lion Otaria flavescens (Carnivora: Otariidae) at the central zone of Chile. Revista De Biologia Marina y Oceanografia 36(2): 181-187. ISSN: 0717-3326.
Descriptors: biosynchronization, annual circarhythms, circadian rhythm, daily circarhythms, sea lion, South American, Chile, 24 hours, year.
Sipila, T. and H. Hyvarinen (1998). Status and biology of Saimaa (Phoca hispida saimensis) and Ladoga (Phoca hispida ladogensis) ringed seals. North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO) Scientific Publications 1: 83-99. ISSN: 1560-2206.
Descriptors: ringed seals, Phoca hispida ladogensis, status, biology, conservation, literature review, Russia, Lake Ladoga.
Sipila, T., N.V. Medvedev, and H. Hyvarinen (1996). The ladoga seal (Phoca hispida ladogensis Nordq.). Hydrobiologia 322(1-3): 193-198. ISSN: 0018-8158.
NAL Call Number: 410 H992
Descriptors: behavior, freshwater ecology, pollution, assessment, ladoga seal, taxonomy, Baltic ringed seal, environmental toxicant, pollution, population status, Saimaa seal.
Skinner, J.D. and N.T.W. Klages (1994). On some aspects of the biology of the Ross seal Ommatophoca rossii from King Haakon VII Sea, Antarctica. Polar Biology 14(7): 467-472. ISSN: 0722-4060.
NAL Call Number: QH301.P64
Descriptors: biogeography, population studies, dental, development, digestive system, ingestion, Ross seal, biology, nutrition, diet, parasitology, taxonomy, age, dentine lines, molt, stomach contents.
Solntseva, G.N. (2000). Development of the vestibular apparatus in mammals with different ecological characteristics. Doklady Biological Sciences Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR 371: 192-6. ISSN: 0012-4966.
NAL Call Number: 511 P444AEB
Descriptors: mammals growth and development, vestibule growth and development, Chiroptera growth and development, ecosystem, evolution, mammals classification, marine biology, Pinnipedia growth and development, rats, species specificity, whales growth and development.
Soto, K.H., A.W. Trites, and M. Arias Schreiber (2004). The effects of prey availability on pup mortality and the timing of birth of South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens) in Peru. Journal of Zoology (London) 264(4): 419-428. ISSN: 0952-8369.
Descriptors: South American sea lions, biomass, pup mortality, birth, mammalian predators, Otaria flavescens, timing of birth, south Pacific, Peru, El Nono, La Nina, influence on mammalian predator pup mortality and birth.
Speakman, J.R. (2005). Body size, energy metabolism and lifespan. Journal of Experimental Biology 208(9): 1717-30. ISSN: 0022-0949.
NAL Call Number: 442.8 B77
Abstract: Bigger animals live longer. The scaling exponent for the relationship between lifespan and body mass is between 0.15 and 0.3. Bigger animals also expend more energy, and the scaling exponent for the relationship of resting metabolic rate (RMR) to body mass lies somewhere between 0.66 and 0.8. Mass-specific RMR therefore scales with a corresponding exponent between -0.2 and -0.33. Because the exponents for mass-specific RMR are close to the exponents for lifespan, but have opposite signs, their product (the mass-specific expenditure of energy per lifespan) is independent of body mass (exponent between -0.08 and 0.08). This means that across species a gram of tissue on average expends about the same amount of energy before it dies regardless of whether that tissue is located in a shrew, a cow, an elephant or a whale. This fact led to the notion that ageing and lifespan are processes regulated by energy metabolism rates and that elevating metabolism will be associated with premature mortality--the rate of living theory. The free-radical theory of ageing provides a potential mechanism that links metabolism to ageing phenomena, since oxygen free radicals are formed as a by-product of oxidative phosphorylation. Despite this potential synergy in these theoretical approaches, the free-radical theory has grown in stature while the rate of living theory has fallen into disrepute. This is primarily because comparisons made across classes (for example, between birds and mammals) do not conform to the expectations, and even within classes there is substantial interspecific variability in the mass-specific expenditure of energy per lifespan. Using interspecific data to test the rate of living hypothesis is, however, confused by several major problems. For example, appeals that the resultant lifetime expenditure of energy per gram of tissue is 'too variable' depend on the biological significance rather than the statistical significance of the variation observed. Moreover, maximum lifespan is not a good marker of ageing and RMR is not a good measure of total energy metabolism. Analysis of residual lifespan against residual RMR reveals no significant relationship. However, this is still based on RMR. A novel comparison using daily energy expenditure (DEE), rather than BMR, suggests that lifetime expenditure of energy per gram of tissue is NOT independent of body mass, and that tissue in smaller animals expends more energy before expiring than tissue in larger animals. Some of the residual variation in this relationship in mammals is explained by ambient temperature. In addition there is a significant negative relationship between residual lifespan and residual daily energy expenditure in mammals. A potentially much better model to explore the links of body size, metabolism and ageing is to examine the intraspecific links. These studies have generated some data that support the original rate of living theory and other data that conflict. In particular several studies have shown that manipulating animals to expend more or less energy generate the expected effects on lifespan (particularly when the subjects are ectotherms). However, smaller individuals with higher rates of metabolism live longer than their slower, larger conspecifics. An addition to these confused observations has been the recent suggestion that under some circumstances we might expect mitochondria to produce fewer free radicals when metabolism is higher--particularly when they are uncoupled. These new ideas concerning the manner in which mitochondria generate free radicals as a function of metabolism shed some light on the complexity of observations linking body size, metabolism and lifespan.
Descriptors: basal metabolism physiology, body size, energy metabolism physiology, longevity, models, biological, free radicals metabolism, mitochondria metabolism, species specificity, temperature.
Stewart, B.S. and P.K. Yochem. (1994). Ecology of harbor seals in the southern California Bight. In: The Fourth California Islands Symposium: update on the status of resources, 1994, Santa Barbara, CA, Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara, CA, p. 123-134. 530 p. ISBN: 0936494204.
NAL Call Number: QH105.C2M84 1994
Descriptors: harbour seals, Phoca vitulina, prey, foraging, foraging patterns, breeding season, aquatic diving, resting, ecology, population dynamics, habitat utilization, depth, dive depth, north Pacific, USA, California, Southern California Bight.
Stewart, R.E.A. and B.E. Stewart (2005). Comparison of between-tooth age estimates of Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus). Marine Mammal Science 21(2): 346-354. ISSN: 0824-0469.
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.M372
Descriptors: dental and oral system, walrus, age estimation, comparison, tooth age, estimates, applied and field techniques.
Stich, K.P., G. Dehnhardt, and B. Mauck (2003). Mental rotation of perspective stimuli in a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Brain, Behavior and Evolution 61(2): 102-112. ISSN: 0006-8977.
Descriptors: evolution and adaptation, mental rotation, sea lion, neural coordination, sensory reception, linear regression analysis, comparative cognition, mental rotation speed, mirror images, perspective line drawings, perspective stimuli mental rotation, reaction time, recognition, rotation axis, three dimension objects, visual information processing.
Tedman, R. (2003). Sex- and age-related variations in cranial measurements and suture closure in the Australian sea lion, Neophoca cinerea (Peron, 1816). Australian Journal of Zoology 51(5): 463-484. ISSN: 0004-959X.
NAL Call Number: 410 AU73
Descriptors: skeletal system, sea lion, age determination, age related variations, cranial measurements, sex related variations, sexual dimorphism, suture closure.
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.
Van Blaricom, G.R. and J.A. Estes (1988). The Community Ecology of Sea Otters, Ecological studies, Springer-Verlag: Berlin; New York, 247 p. ISBN: 0387180907.
NAL Call Number: QH540.E288 v. 65
Descriptors: sea otter California Pacific Coast ecology, animal populations California Pacific Coast, mammals California Pacific Coast ecology.
Vincent, C., V. Ridoux, M.A. Fedak, and S. Hassani (2002). Mark-recapture and satellite tracking of rehabilitated juvenile grey seals (Halichoerus grypus): dispersal and potential effects on wild populations. Aquatic Mammals 28(2): 121-130. ISSN: 0167-5427.
Descriptors: grey seals, juvenile, Halichoerus grypus, release, relocation, care in captivity, rehabilitation, tracking techniques, mark, recapture, satellite tracking, North Atlantic, France, Brittany, juveniles release, dispersal, potential effects, wild populations.
Weber Rosas, F.C. and A. Andriolo (2001). Orders Cetacea and Pinnipedia (whales, dolphins, seals, fur seals, sea lions). Biology. In: M.E. Fowler and Z.S. Cubas (Editors), Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of South American Wild Animals, Iowa State University Press: Ames, p. 332-341. ISBN: 0813828465.
NAL Call Number: SF996.4.B56 2001
Descriptors: Pinnipedia, Cetacea, disturbance by man, food for man, conservation, north west Atlantic, south west Atlantic, east Pacific, South America, distribution, biology, exploitation and conservation.
Whitfield, W.K. and S.L. Farrington (1975). An Annotated Bibliography of Sirenia, Florida Marine Research Publications No. 7, Florida Dept. of Natural Resources, Marine Research Laboratory: St. Petersburg, FL, 44 p.
NAL Call Number: GC1021.F6F5 No. 7
Descriptors: Sirenia, manatees, bibliography.
Whiting, S.D. (2002). Rocky reefs provide foraging habitat for dugongs in the Darwin region of northern Australia. Australian Mammalogy 24(1): 147-150. ISSN: 0310-0049.
Descriptors: Dugong dugon, foraging, foraging habitat, rocky reef use, habitat utilization, reef habitat, south Pacific, Australia, northern territory.
Wickens, P.A. (1994). Life expectancy of fur seals, with special reference to the South African (cape) fur seal. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 23(4): 101-106. ISSN: 0379-4369.
Descriptors: aging, cape fur seals, longevity, mortality rate, northern fur seal, life expectancy.
Williams, T.M., G.A. Antonelis and J. Balke (1994). Health evaluation, rehabilitation, and release of oiled harbor seal pups. In: Marine Mammals and the Exxon Valdez. 1994, Academic Press, Inc.: San Diego, California, USA; London, England, UK, p. 227-241. ISBN: 0124561608.
Descriptors: marine ecology, harbour seal, pups, pollution, assessment, management, toxicology, wildlife management, health evacuation, capture, cleaning, Exxon Valdez oil spill, rehabilitation, release.
Zeiller, W. (1992). Introducing the Manatee, University Press of Florida: Gainesville, FL, 151 p. ISBN: 0813011523.
NAL Call Number: QL737.S63Z45 1992
Descriptors: manatees.
Zenteno, S.T., M.A. Castellini, L.D. Rea, and B.S. Fadely (1997). Plasma haptoglobin levels in threatened Alaskan pinniped populations. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 33(1): 64-71. ISSN: 0090-3558.
NAL Call Number: 41.9 W64B
Descriptors: blood, conservation, Alaskan pinniped populations, wildlife management, blood chemistry, disease, haptoglobin, plasma concentration, Steller sea lion, stress, threatened species.
Zoodsma, B.J. (1991). Distribution and Behavioral Ecology of Manatees in Southeastern Georgia. University of Florida. 202 p.
Descriptors: manatees, habitat, migration.
Notes: Thesis (M.S.). University of Florida, 1991.
Zoological Society of San Diego. University of California Davis. School of Veterinary Medicine. (1983). Pinniped identification. [San Diego?: Zoological Society San Diego?; Davis?: School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis?]. 32 slides.
NAL Call Number: Slide no. 199
Descriptors: seals, identification, Pinnipedia.