Behavioral thermoregulation of northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) adults and pups in a breeding colony at Piedras Blancas, California

• Main Authors: Kang, Patrick, Lee, Jaeyoung, Trinh, Mike, Montamayor, Pauline, Nguyen, Christopher
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarly Commons 2012
• Subjects: Biology; Piedras; Nes; Nes’; Elephant Seal
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/purcc/2012/events/29

Our study tested the hypothesis that the Northern elephant seal (NES) Mirounga angustirostris uses coloration for thermoregulation on land. The NES comes ashore every winter to breed and—being adapted to living in cold seas for most of the year—on shore they may be faced with over-heating from highe...