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Lack of association between magnetic patterns and the distribution of free-ranging dolphins Lack of association between magnetic patterns and the distribution of free-ranging dolphins

While free-ranging dolphins (Delphinus sp.) have been shown to be associated with bottom topography (depth contours of the sea floor), stranded dolphins have been shown to be associated with magnetic topography. Association with magnetic patterns that may be useful for orientation and navigation by free-ranging dolphins has not been demonstrated. Evaluation of the same 140 locations of...
Authors
Clifford A. Hui

History and present status of the northern elephant seal population History and present status of the northern elephant seal population

The northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris , was presumed extinct by 1892 owing primarily to commercial harvesting for their blubber oil that began in the early 1800s. A small, residual breeding colony survived, however, and with legal protection from further hunting, it grew rapidly through the early 1900s. Immigrants steadily colonized other island and mainland sites in Baja...
Authors
B.S. Stewart, P.K. Yochem, H.R. Huber, R.L. DeLong, R.J. Jameson, W. Sydeman, S.G. Allen, B. J. Le Boeuf

Handling Live Amphibians Handling Live Amphibians

No abstract available at this time
Authors
Gary M. Fellers, Charles A. Drost, W. Ronald Heyer

Graptemys gibbonsi Graptemys gibbonsi

No abstract available at this time
Authors
J.E. Lovich, C.J. McCoy

Atypical interactions between male southern sea otters and pinnipeds Atypical interactions between male southern sea otters and pinnipeds

Here we describe unusual interspecific interactions between two male southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris neries) and pinnipeds. These two sea otters were among 30 male and 110 female otters translocated from central California to San Nicolas Island (SNI, 33”15’N, 119”3O’W), one of the California Channel Islands. Each otter was uniquely marked with two plastic colored tags before release...
Authors
Brian B. Hatfield, Ronald J. Jameson, Thomas G. Murphey, D. Woodard
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