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Experiments in the marking of seals and sea-lions

Scheffer, Victor B. (1950) Experiments in the marking of seals and sea-lions. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, (US Fish and Wildlife Service, Special Scientific Report : Wildlife, 4)

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    Abstract

    This report reviews experiments in the marking, for study purposes, of seals, sea-lions, and fur seals in the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and Antarctic regions. Also discussed are the results of studies of the northern fur seal, especially the series from 1940 to 1049 carried out by U.S. Government agents on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. (PDF contains 38 pages)

    Item Type: Monograph or Serial issue
    Title: Experiments in the marking of seals and sea-lions
    Personal Creator/Author:
    CreatorsEmail
    Scheffer, Victor B.
    Series Name: US Fish and Wildlife Service, Special Scientific Report : Wildlife
    Number: 4
    Date: 1950
    Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
    Place of Publication: Washington, DC
    Contact Email Address: Sonja.Kromann@noaa.gov
    Issuing Agency: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Northern Fur Seal; Callorhinus ursinus; Marking; Branding; Pribilof Islands; Alaska; North Pacific Ocean; North Atlantic Ocean; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Pinnipeds; Seal; Sea Lion; Fur Seal; Mark-Recapture; Tagging
    Subjects: Conservation
    Ecology
    Management
    Biology
    Environment
    Item ID: 2073
    Depositing User: Ms. Sonja Kromann
    Date Deposited: 13 May 2009 18:57
    Last Modified: 14 Dec 2010 17:52
    URI: http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/2073

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