Data from: Human-mediated extirpation of the unique Chatham Islands sea lion and implications for the conservation management of remaining New Zealand sea lion populations

• Main Authors: Rawlence, Nicolas J., Collins, Catherine J., Anderson, Christian N. K., Maxwell, Justin J., Smith, Ian W. G., Robertson, Bruce C., Knapp, Michael, Horsburgh, Katherine Ann, Stanton, Jo-Ann L., Scofield, R. Paul, Tennyson, Alan J. D., Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth A., Waters, Jonathan M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: ancient DNA; extinction; fisheries bycatch; human impact; Phocarctos hookeri; New Zealand sea lion; New Zealand; Campbell Island; Auckland Islands
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.117285; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.118vg

While terrestrial megafaunal extinctions have been well characterized worldwide, our understanding of declines in marine megafauna remains limited. Here, we use ancient DNA analyses of prehistoric (<1450–1650 AD) sea lion specimens from New Zealand's isolated Chatham Islands to assess the de...