Educational resources on Northern Elephant Seal

Northern Elephant Seal or Mirounga angustirostris is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Northern Elephant Seal

Academic web links for the Northern Elephant Seal.

Northern Elephant Seal History
Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) are a remarkable species. They faced near extinction and have rebounded remarkably. Pressures of harvesting this population
essp.csumb.edu/eseal/kristi_west/history.html

Northern Elephant Seal Links
National Science Foundation and California State University Monterey Bay Elephant Seal Science Curriculum.
essp.csumb.edu/eseal/noESlinks.html

ADW: Mirounga angustirostris: Information
Three-dimensional movements and swimming activity of a northern elephant seal. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, 129: 759-770.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Mirounga_angustirostris.html

northern elephant seal
Common Name: Northern Elephant Seal. Class: Mammalia. Order: Pinnipedia. Family: Phocidae. Genus: Mirounga. Species: Mirounga augustirostis
www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/northern_elephant_seal.htm

North American Mammals: Mirounga angustirostris
As is often the case in species where males compete to mate with as many females as possible, northern elephant seal males are much larger than females (1,800 kg versus 650 kg on
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=184

Pinniped Marine Mammals (Seals, Sea Lions, etc.)
Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostrus) San Luis Obispo Co., CA 8 July 2007. Lazing around on the dried kelp on shore. Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostrus)
www.duke.edu/~jspippen/mammals/pinnipeds.htm

Northern Elephant Seal Pups
Northern Elephant Seal Pups . My dissertation research examined renal function and hormonal regulation of metabolism in postweaned northern elephant seal
faculty.ucmerced.edu/rortiz/elephant_seals.html

Shark Images from Douglas J. Long, UCMP
Four species of pinnipeds, the northern elephant seal, the California sea lion, the Steller sea lion, and the harbor seal, live around and breed on these islands, making a
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/Doug/shark.html

pubs
Energy reserve utilization in northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) pups during the postweaning fast: size does matter. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 173:443-454.
www.sonoma.edu/users/c/crocker/pubs.html

ADW: Mirounga angustirostris: Pictures
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animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Mirounga_angustirostris.html