Experiments in the marking of seals and sea-lions

This report reviews experiments in the marking, for study purposes, of seals, sea-lions, and fur seals in the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and Antarctic regions. Also discussed are the results of studies of the northern fur seal, especially the series from 1940 to 1049 carried out by U.S. Governme...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scheffer, Victor B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service 1950
Subjects:
Conservation
Ecology
Management
Biology
Environment
Northern Fur Seal
Callorhinus ursinus
Marking
Branding
Pribilof Islands
Alaska
North Pacific Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean
Antarctic
Southern Ocean
Pinnipeds
Seal
Sea Lion
Fur Seal
Mark-Recapture
Tagging
Pacific
Antarc*
North Atlantic
Northern fur seal
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1834/19893
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Summary:This report reviews experiments in the marking, for study purposes, of seals, sea-lions, and fur seals in the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and Antarctic regions. Also discussed are the results of studies of the northern fur seal, especially the series from 1940 to 1049 carried out by U.S. Government agents on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. (PDF contains 38 pages)

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