National Marine Mammal Laboratory

8. Population (See also: Migration/Distribution, Feeding Habits, Pribilof Mgmnt.)

8.A General

Species investigation of the Alaska fur seal rookeries in 1910 (BCF, Heath)
Draft scope of work for analysis of status of whale stocks (Chapman, 1979)
Species summary of C. ursinus – E. Pacific population (York, 1984)
Factors bearing on the present status and future of the eastern Bering Sea fur seal population with special emphasis on the effect of terminating the subadult male harvest on St. Paul Isl. (Swartzman, 1984)
Population Data and Collection Procedures and Management of N. Fur Seals of the Pribilof Isls. (NWAFC Processed Rpt. 80-11)
Analysis of the main biological indices of the northern fur seal populations at different levels of their numbers (Kuzin)
Modern condition of the fur seal population on the Commander Isls. and the main principles of the sealing regulation for the period up to the 90’s (Vladimirov, 1984)
Northern fur seal populations and perspectives (NWFC, 1974)
Restatement of fur seal population manipulation project (1950’s)
Fur seal herd reduction program (1950’s)
Status of northern fur seal stocks (Lander, 1974)
Status of northern fur seals (Lander and Kajimura, 1982)
Main factors characterizing both the condition of fur seal populations on the rookeries of Soviet islands and their harvesting (statistical data, 1985)
Changes in the St. George Isl. population following suspension of the commercial harvest (Gentry, 1981)
Stock assessment and modeling of the N. Pacific fur seal population (Trites, 1984)
The northern fur seal: and example of complexity (Chapman 1981)
Reexamination of the life table of northern fur seals with implications about population regulatory mechanisms (Smith and Polacheck, 1981)
Methods of calculating the population of Pribilof fur seals

8.B Censuses/Counts

8.B.00 General

Tables of Counts 1896-1908

St. Paul Census 1915 and 1916 (Hanna)

1941 Fall/Winter counts on Lukanin and Kitovi Count of 4 year rejects (1949)

8.B.01 Pup counts

8.B.02 Bull counts

8.C Marking

8.C.00 General (freeze branding, tagging, laser, cryogenic)

Report on the pinniped and sea otter tagging workshop (1979)

Experiments in marking of seals and sea-lions (Scheffer, 1950)

Chemical immobilization and marking of fur seals (Peterson, 1963)

Investigation of branded fur seals Pribilof Isls. 1943 (Palmer)

8.C.01 Methods

8.C.02 Loss of marks

8.C.03 Effect of marks (freeze branding)

8.C.04 Records of seals marked

Report and analysis of yearling tagging and recoveries, St. Paul 1961 (Peterson)

8.C.05 Records of seals recovered – Islands

8.C.06 Records of seals recovered – Pacific Coast and elsewhere

8.C.07 Intermixture of tagged seals

8.C.08 Holding and capturing (requests and permits)

8.D Population estimates

8.D.00 General Raw Data and Correspondence

8.D.01 General Data and Reports (See also Population-General)

Computation of fur seals on the Pribilofs (Johnston, 1948)

Computation of fur seals on the Pribilofs (Olson, 1949, ‘50)

Computation of fur seals on the Pribilofs (Scheffer, 1950)

Fur seal population statistics, 1959 Population study of the Alaska fur seal herd (Kenyon, Scheffer, Chapman, 1951)

Population study of the Alaska fur seal herd (Kenyon, Scheffer, Chapman,1953)

A Further note on the Alaska fur seal herd (Chapman, Kenyon, Wilke, 1955)

Population estimates of Pribilof fur seal pups (Chapman, ’57 and ’62)

Revised report on the population analysis of the Pribilof seal herd (Chapman, 1962)

Estimates of pups born on St. Paul Isl. (York, 1981)

Population estimates of the Alaska Fur Seal Herd 1949 (Kenyon, ‘50)

On the Question of Error in Pup Estimates for the Pribilof Isls. (Lander, 1978)

Determination of the status and trends of the north pacific fur seal under the jurisdiction of the U.S. (1973)

Discussion of the graph "Counted elements in the AK fur seal herd compared with computed size of herd (Scheffer, 1948)

Estimate of escapement of fur seal bachelors from commercial harvest (Chapman, 1957)

Trend analysis of fur seal pup population of Robben Isl. origin (Yoshida, Baba, 1982)

Method of calculating the population of Pribilof fur seals Population estimates and related biology

Estimating the number of fur seals born on the Pribilof Isls. (Harry, [77])

Analysis of tag recoveries by sex-EFGHI series (Chapman, 1960)

Life equation of the mule deer Population estimate from female tag recoveries from the female kill 1962 (Johnson)

Chart of fur seal statistics (1780 – 1950)

Revised report on the population analysis of the Pribilof seal herd (Chapman, 1962)

What’s happening on St. Paul Isl.? ([1978])

Unexpected change in the reproduction curve for the Pribilof fur seal herd (Ichihara, 1972)

Comments on fur seal studies (Ricker, 1972)

Use of longitudinal records of tagged females to estimate fur seal survival and pregnancy rates (Goebel and Gentry, 1984)

8.D.02 Population Dynamics and Maximum Sustainable Yield

U.S. statement on estimates of MSP for the Pribilof fur seal herd (1955)

Population dynamics of the Pribilof fur seal (Eberhardt, 1981)

Population Dynamics of the Alaska Fur Seal: What do we really know? (Smith and Polacheck, 1978 and 1982)(NWAFC Processed Rpt. 84-15)

Estimates of abundance and MSY of northern fur seal populations and related research needs (1971)

Review of MSY estimates and the yield-pup relationship for the Pribilof fur seals (Lander, 1976)

Population Workshop, 1978

8.E Optimum Sustainable Productivity (1973-1979)

8.F Rookery charts (See also Environment-Place Names)

T. Paul rookery maps (Osgood, Preble, Parker, 1915)
1965 Transparency Charts

8.G Rookery photographs from ground

Seal Life of the Pribilofs, Pt. II 1895 (See library office)

8.H Rookery photographs from air

Photos of rookeries from camera stations, 1948
SRT Project X285 (Gentry, 1975)
Aerial photos of St. Paul rookeries (USN, 1945/FWS, 1948)
Preliminary report of aerial photos of fur seal breeding areas on the Pribilofs, 1948 (Kenyon)
USAF photos, 1948-49 Balloon camera, (1947-49)
Aerial photography of fur seals from a navy helicopter (Kenyon, 1951)
USCGS photos, 1955 8.I Forecasts of kill Forecast of kill of male seals on St. Paul ’63, ’72-’79, ’81, ’82 (Chapman)
Unpredicted variations in the kill of fur seals (Wilke, 1969)
Comparison of forecasts with actual kill St. George, St. Paul (’69-’78)
Methods of forecasting kill of male seals on the Pribilofs (Chapman, 1975)
Prediction of 1963 male returns and kill (Chapman, 1962)

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