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Tony's Pinniped Tribute Site Certain pictures used with kind permission and in no way should be duplicated. These pages are operated under the assumption that this not-for-profit use constitutes a fair use of the copyrighted material as provided for in Section 107 of the...Includes information on friends of the elephant seal and the elephant seal colony at Piedras Blancas.
http://www.elephantseal.org
Includes an extensive list of species and information.
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Online Zoologists: Pinnipeds Know an interesting pinniped link that isn't here? Suggest it to Wesley R. Elsberry. Jump to Relevant Books and Authors Contents: Generic resources Arctocephalus australis Arctocephalus forsteri Arctocephalus gazella Arctocephalus philippi Arctocephalus pusillus Arctocephalus townsendi Arctocephalus tropicalis Callorhinus ursinus Cystophora...Site offers maps, photographs and population data of Falklands seals and sealions.
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Falklands Network Falklands seals and sealions Falkland Islands pinipeds Female sealions are much smaller than the adult males. Graph showing decline of Falklands sealions. The population of Falklands sealions now stands at less than 3% of its former size. This decline has been matched by similar declines in Falklands...Provides pictures of seals and sea lions that can be set as wallpaper and sent as e-greeting-cards.
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PicturesOf.NET Pictures Of Seals and Sea Lions Looking for pictures of lions? Click here. This page contains 16 thumbnail pictures of our best seals and sea lions. Most of the marine mammals pictured here are California Sea Lions. These pictures of seals and sea lions are copyright...News, science, and conservation of harp seals and other ice loving seals.
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Pagophilus.org: Science and Conservation of Ice Loving Seals Hooded seals spotted in the Caribbean [read on] Northern Hemisphere Harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) Hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) Ringed seal (Pusa hispida) Caspian seal (Pusa caspica) Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica) Ribbon seal...Article covering all the world's species by Marianne Riedman.
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Ecology Evolution: Evolution of Pinnipeds: Text/title> Millions of years after the first mammal-like animals appeared on earth, several groups of land mammals began to live in the ocean, probably to avoid land predators and to take advantage of the abundant food in an immense and richly...Biology and conservation of the Mediterranean, Hawaiian, and Caribbean monk seals.
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Monachus.org: the monk seal Internet site News story that was posted on this page on 20 February 2002 has generated considerable discussion, via both e-mail and telephone. The following message is intended to clarify the current situation regarding www.monachus.org, The Monachus Guardian, and the involvement of...Biology and ecology of almost all the world's species.
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Marine Mammal Factsheets The following factsheets will provide you with a better understanding of the biology and ecology of the different pinniped species (true seals, sea lions and fur seals and the walrus Each factsheet contains information on the natural history and distribution...Provides current image of a rookery in central California and 70,000 images collected since April 1999. Also includes streaming videos in Spanish and English.
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CSUMB Elephant Seal RadioCam This is the latest image from our RadioCam at an elephant seal rookery in Central California. Image available during daylight hours. Click image to enlarge Our webcam has an autoiris feature that protects the delicate CCD from direct sunlight. During...Details of research program at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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default Our research program explores the sensory, cognitive, and behavioral ecology of marine mammals. The approach we apply to these areas is to study individuals in controlled and natural settings. Experiments conducted in the laboratory allow us to generate hypotheses about...Information about the Greek charity promoting conservation of Monachus monachus.
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Association for the study and protection of the Mediterranean Seal Association for the study and protection of the Mediterranean Seal Solomou 18, 106 82, Athens, Tel: 0030 210 52 22 888 Fax: 0030 210 52 22 450, E-mail: info@mom.gr What is Mom Mom, the Association for the study and protection...Research on the relation between fisheries and Marine Mammals in the North Pacific Ocean and Eastern Bering Sea. Primary focus is the decline of the Steller sea lion population.
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Steller Sea Lions: Marine Mammal Research Consortium body...Focuses on the study and conservation of marine animals, which inhabit the Mediterranean sea with a special focus on the region's monk seals.
http://www.ecocilicia.org/