National Marine Mammal Laboratory

5. Biology, (Taxonomy, Anatomy - Physiology & Medicine)

5.A General

Weights of Organs and glands in northern fur seals (Scheffer)

5.B Taxonomy

5.C Cytology and genetics; chromosomes

Biochemical genetic variation in fur seals: a preliminary study of two rookeries on St. Paul (Utter, 1974)

5.D Skin and associated structures

5.D.00 General

Rub on seals in captivity (1963)

5.D.01 Pelage (description, growth, and molt)

Seasonal study of molt (Scheffer, 1962)

Molt in northern fur seals (Scheffer, 1963)

Description of stages of molt in northern fur seals (Scheffer,1963)

Age of northern fur seal at completion of its first molt (Bauer, Peterson, Scheffer)

Pelage and surface topography of the northern fur seal (Scheffer, 1961)

5.D.02 Glands

5.D.03 Blubber

5.D.04 Whiskers

5.E Muscles

5.F Skeleton

5.F.00 General

Age determination of seals (Plekhanov, 1933)

5.F.01 Bones (axial and appendicular skeleton)

5.F.02 Teeth

Aging study of female fur seals canine teeth (Kirkpatrick, 1957)

Key to known ages of fur seal teeth used in reader tests Vital staining of fur seal teeth (Scheffer and Keyes, 1967)

Aging canine teeth of fur seals (Riley, 1959)

Some histological facts and methods used in age determination by longitudinal sections of the right maxillary canine teeth of the northern fur seal (Stebbins, 1962)

Growth layers in the teeth of marine mammals (Scheffer, 1967)

Age classification of female seals (Abegglen and Roppel, 1957)

5.F.03 Skulls

Fur seal skull measurements (Scheffer)

5.G Nervous system

5.G.00 General

5.G.01 Sensory receptors

Eye lens weight and age in fur seals (Bauer, Johnson, Scheffer, 1964)

5.G.02 Brain (For Pituitary and Pineal glands see Endocrine System)

5.H Digestive System (See also Feeding Habits)

Digestion rates of herring and squid in northern fur seals (Bigg, 1981)

5.I Excretory System

5.J Respiratory system

Virginia Mason study of cardiovascular adjustment in diving mammals

5.K Circulatory system

Taxonomic relationship of mammals of N. America as shown by serum protein and hemoglobin electrophoresis (Johnson and Wicks)
Newborn fur seals and cold (and other proposals) (Blix)
Blood group studies on fur seals (Ridgway, 1958)

5.L Endocrine system

Pineal Pituitary Tthymus Thyroid

5.M Reproductive system

5.M.00 General

Canadian reproductive classification of Female Fur Seal genital tracts collected by Japan

Reproductive classification of genital tracts

5.M.01 Male organs Henry D. Murphy study

5.M.02 Female organs and cow kills

Preliminary report on experimental kill of 100 female fur seals on St. Paul, 1949 (Scheffer and Kenyon)

Lactation and milk

5.M.03 Fetal development (See also 5.N.01)

5.N Growth and metabolism (See also Teeth for aging data)

5.N.00 General

Growth Method of determining age of northern fur seals in Japan: Process of Age Determination (Yoshida, Baba 1982)

Growth in the Steller Sea Lion (Fiscus, 1960)

Growth of the Alaska fur seal (Hanna and McClellan, 1927)

5.N.01 Prenatal growth (See also 5.M.03)

Early Embryos of the Northern Fur Seals

5.N.02 Postnatal growth

Characteristics and trends of body growth by length in northern fur seals of eastern and western N. Pacific (Bigg and Fawcett, 1982)

Know-Age teeth of female fur seals (Roppel, 1981)

5.N.03 Metabolism (See also Circulatory System)

Metabolism study, St. Paul (Ohata, 1973)

Keith Miller energy study

5.N.04 Body measurements, Weights and Lengths (See also Skeletal - Skulls and Teeth)

5.N.O4.A Comparison of body measurements US vs. USSR

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