Assessing the physiological status of northern fur seal populations in North America using fecal hormones

• Main Author: Atwood, Elizabeth Marie
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2012
• Subjects: Bering Sea; San Miguel; Alaska; Callorhinus ursinus; Northern fur seal
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42223

The core breeding population of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) in North America has declined significantly since the 1980s on St. Paul Island (one of the Pribilof Islands) while the smaller nearby population at Bogoslof Island (eastern Bering Sea) has increased exponentially. Further south...