A Trans-Holocene Archaeological Record of Guadalupe Fur Seals ( Arctocephalus townsendi ) on the California Coast

• Main Authors: Rick, Torben, DeLong, Robert, Erlandson, Jon, Braje, Todd, Jones, Terry, Kennett, Douglas, Wake, Thomas, Walker, Phillip
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2009
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Pacific; Melin; San Miguel; Elephant Seals; Phoca vitulina; Callorhinus ursinus
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usdeptcommercepub/42; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usdeptcommercepub/article/1021/viewcontent/DeLong_MMS_2009_Trans_Holocene_NOAA.pdf

Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) were decimated by 19th century commercial sealers in the northeastern Pacific and thought to be extinct until 1928 when commercial fishermen caught two adult males at Isla de Guadalupe from a group of up to 60 adults and pups (Wedgeforth 1928, Huey 1930)...