Where were the northern elephant seals? Holocene archaeology and biogeography of Mirounga angustirostris

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Rick, Torben C., DeLong, Robert L., Erlandson, Jon M., Braje, Todd J., Jones, Terry L., Arnold, Jeanne E., Des Lauriers, Matthew R., Hildebrandt, William R., Kennett, Douglas J., Vellanoweth, René L., Wake, Thomas A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2011
• Subjects: Baja; Nes; Nes’; Pacific; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683611400463; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683611400463; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0959683611400463

Driven to the brink of extinction during the nineteenth century commercial fur and oil trade, northern elephant seal (NES, Mirounga angustirostris) populations now exceed 100 000 animals in the northeast Pacific from Alaska to Baja California. Because little is known about the biogeography and ecolo...