National Marine Mammal Laboratory

6. Behavior

6.A General

Study of the behavior and ecology of female fur seals on Breeding Isl. by radio wave telemetry and visual observation (Yoshida and Baba, 1982)
Resting, Sleeping and Playing

6.A.00 Peterson 1961-62 study (includes all field notes and logbooks)

6.A.01 San Miguel Isl. fur seal colony

ERDA Photovoltaic study

Correspondence 1969 - 1971

Correspondence 1972 - 1974

Correspondence 1975

Correspondence 1976

Correspondence 1977

Correspondence 1978

Takemura Akira's Visit 1978

Correspondence 1979

Correspondence 1980 >>

Data and Reports

6.B Reproductive

6.B.00 General

Preliminary report on the experimental kill of 100 female fur seals on St. Paul (1949)

To the problem of periodicity in the reproduction of northern fur seal females (Vladimirov)

Seasonal peculiarities of female fur seal arrival at a rookery depending on their reproductive condition (Vladimirov, 1985)

Some trends in pregnancy rates of northern fur seals (Bigg and Fawcett, 1982)

On the characteristic of the reproduction processes in the stock of the northern fur seals of the Utilie rookery on Medny Isl. 1977-1981 (Vladimirov)

Age at first reproduction of the northern fur seal (York, 1978 and 1982)

VStudy of the idle bull class of the AK fur seals on St. George

Terrestrial reproduction of a marine mammal

Reproductive success of fur seals

6.B.01 Territorial formation and copulation

Some new data on the organization of the breeding in the populations of northern fur seals (Vladimirov and Lyskin)

Aquatic copulation in northern fur seals (Baker)

Attendance of breeding seals and pups on Kitovi rookery, St. Paul (Scheffer, 1950)

Breeding site tenacity in fur seals (Peterson)

6.B.02 Parturition and care of young nursing

Study for breeding northern fur seal pups by synthetic milk Bartholomew, 1951

Multiple births in the northern fur seal (Peterson and Reeder)

6.C Locomotion on land, swimming, diving, and breathing (See also Migration and Feeding habits)

6.C.01 General

6.C.02 Telemetry (mostly techniques)

Development and application of a biotelemetric system for the study of fur seal resources (Yoshida and Baba, 1984)

6.C.03 Sonar

6.D Communications and recognition

6.D.00 Voice

6.E Behavior in captivity (See also Canadian Research ’77-’79)

6.E.00 General

Observations of bull seals on Gorbatch rookery (Stepetin, 1948) (re:fasting)

6.E.01 Seattle Aquarium

6.E.02 Other zoos and aquariums

6.F Feeding habits and distribution (See also Digestive System)

6.F.00 General (place, time, depth, includes pup/mother relationship, and stomach contents)

Food of fur seals (a summary)

Report on Investigations, 1958-1961

A Two Step Frequency-Volume Method for Ranking Food Types found in the stomachs of the N. Fur Seal (Perez and Bigg)

Diet of the northern fur seal (1972)

Memorandum on the investigations into the diet of the AK fur seal (Chapman, 1941)

Frequency of the occurrence of food items in the stomachs of northern fur seals (Bonham, Scheffer, 1947)

Report of a trip on "Caroline" otter trawling off Pt. Roberts Reef (Bonham, Titus, 1942)

6.F.01 Eastern Pacific

U.S. Memo on the relation of fur seals to other marine resources (1955)

Opportunistic feeding of northern fur seals off CA (Kajimura, 1981)

Food habits of northern fur seals off Western N. America (Perez and Bigg, 1983)

Chart of major food items by area, (1958-1971)

6.F.02 Bering Sea

Ecosystem Dynamics Project Distribution and Food Habits of Fur Seals of the N. Pacific (Nov. 1953) and Progress Report II ,III (Scheffer, Manzer 1952)

Amendments and deletions to Progress report II

Amendments proposed by the Japanese to "Distribution and Food Habits of Fur Seals of the N. Pacific"

An Assessment of Feeding Habits of the N. Fur Seal in the Eastern N. Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea (Perez and Bigg, 1981)

Estimates of stock abundance, productivity and other measures of consequence on the Pollock stock of the SE Bering Sea (1985)

Opportunistic feeding of northern fur seals in eastern N. Pacific and E. Bering Sea (Kajimura, 1984)

A model for fur seal energetics and population dynamics in the eastern Bering Sea (Swartzman et al)

Distribution and food habits of northern fur seals in the NE Pacific and Bering Sea (Kajimura, Perez and Lander, 1978)

Food of fur seals taken in the eastern Bering Sea (Wilke, Kenyon, 1957)

Food of fur seals taken on St. Paul (Kenyon, 1954)

Biological report of investigations of the "deep sea" in waters of the north Bering Sea (1949)

6.G Migration/Distribution (includes sightings at sea and onshore) (See also Feeding Habits)

6.G.00 General

Migration of the Alaska Fur Seal Herd (Kenyon, 1948)

Distribution of fur seals by reproductive status, sex, and area Bogoslof Isl. Population (See also Wildlife Policy)

Sightings on Oshoro Maru (1979)

BESMEX

Remote Sensing

Summary of the most utilized aircraft and satellite remote sensors for earth observations

Monthly travel of the fur seal herds-Fur seal migration route (Zeusler)

6.G.01 Satellite Wildlife Research Program

6.G.02 Eastern Pacific(See also Japanese Research)

Fur Seal Distribution in the Eastern North Pacific and Bering Sea (1971 and 1974)

AK fur seal: selected references to the migration routes and dates of travel

Charts and data of the cruise of Geizan Maru 1952

Ano Nuevo Isl.

Records from Black Douglas cruise of 1947-48

NW Coast pelagic fur seal collection data

6.G.03 Western Pacific Migration of Pribilof fur seals into the waters off the coast of Japan

6.G.04 Bering Sea

Migration of northern fur seals in Eastern N. pacific and E. Bering Sea: analysis using effort and population comparison data (Bigg, 1982)

Arrival times of male and female fur seals on St. Paul Isl.: an assessment using land kill data (Bigg, 1981)

Cruise of the M/V G.B. Reed to the Bering Sea (Fiscus, 1964)

6.G.05 Intermingling

Estimate of contributions from Pribilof fur seal herd to kill on Robben Isl. and the Commander Isl.s

Intermingling of fur seals (1961)

Estimates of intermingling off the coast of Japan, 1964

Comments on the problem of levels of tagging and of pelagic sampling as these pertain to the intermingling estimate (Chapman)

6.G.05.A Griben/Gallucci studies

Study of intermixture of subadult male fur seals between St. George and St. Paul and possible relation to declining harvests on St. Paul (Griben)

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