Interpretive Guide Elephant Seal Facts Elephant Seal Life Cycle Elephant Seal Research Plastic and Marine Life Año Nuevo Island
Elephant Seal Facts California Pinnipeds Pinnipeds include Seals, Sea Lions (and Fur Seals), and Walruses
Diagrams by Bozena Jantulik Elephant Seal Facts Anatomy: Elephant Seal versus Sea Lion
Elephant Seal Facts Northern Elephant Seal Fact Sheet
Elephant Seal Facts Northern Elephant Seal Fact Sheet
Weaner 8 year Mature Adult 3 year Juvenile 12 year Alpha Bull Elephant Seal Facts Male Nose Growth with Age
Elephant Seal Facts Northern Elephant Seal Growth
Elephant Seal Facts N. Elephant Seal: Total Population Total Population = 4 x pups born
Elephant Seal Facts N. Elephant Seal: Año Nuevo Population Total Population = 4 x pups born
Elephant Seal Facts Male Survivorship
Elephant Seal Facts Female Survivorship
Photo credit: www.topp.org Photo credit: www.elephantseal.org Elephant Seal Facts N. Elephant Seal Colonies and Tag Colors
Hatch's sea elephant harness oil: obtainable wholesale and retail from the sole manufacturers J. Hatch & Co., Invercargill, N.Z. - 1906 Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Elephant Seal Facts Elephant Seals Hunted to Near Extinction
Elephant Seal Facts Elephant Seal Diet
Elephant Seal Facts Morphology of Pinnipeds
Photo credit: Peter Spicer, 2012 E-Seal Life Cycle Bulls Establish Dominance in December
E-Seal Life Cycle Alpha Bull with His Harem Photo credit: Nicole Teutschel, UCSC, 2009
Photo credits: Stealing Beauty Photography E-Seal Life Cycle Birth of a Pup
Photo credits: Stealing Beauty Photography E-Seal Life Cycle Scavenger Sea Gulls Eating After-Birth Tissue
Photo credit: Peter Spicer, 2012 E-Seal Life Cycle Females (Cows) and Nursing Pups
Photo credits: www.sanmateocoastnha.com E-Seal Life Cycle Pups Gain 10 Pounds per Day with 55% Milk Fat
Photo credit: www.sanmateocoastnha.com Photo credit: Peter Spicer, 2012 E-Seal Life Cycle Weaner Life: Healthy Weight and Swimming / Underwater Breathing Practice
E-Seal Life Cycle Mating Photo credits: Frank Balthis
Photo credits: Rodger Alsobrook, www.sanmateocoastnha.com E-Seal Life Cycle Male and Female Catastrophic Molting
E-Seal Life Cycle Fatal Shark Bite Photo credits: Pat Morris, 2010
Photo credit: NicoleMarieTeutschel, 2008, UC Santa Cruz Long Marine Lab, CA Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP), www.topp.org E-Seal Research Attaching Time-depth-recorder and Satellite (GPS) Tags
E-Seal Research Single Elephant Seal Track (Penelope, UCSC, 2008) Diagram Photo credit: www.topp.org
Photo credit: www.topp.org (post-molt migration tracks) E-Seal Research 4000 7500 mile Round-trip Migration (2x per year)
Credit: Heart Rates of Northern Elephant Seals Diving at Sea and Resting on the Beach. R. D. Andrews and others, 1997. Journal of Experimental Biology, 200, 2083-2095. E-Seal Research Heart Rates at Surface and During Dive
Photo credit: Frank Balthis Plastic and Marine Life Seal Caught in Plastic Toilet Seat
Photo credit: Peter Spicer Photo credit: Guy Oliver Plastic and Marine Life Neck Injuries Due to Plastic Lines and Nets
Photo credit: www.plasticoceans.net Plastic and Marine Life Curious by nature, a Hawaiian monk seal gets caught in fishing tackle off Kure Atoll, Pacific Ocean
Photo credit: NOAA Plastic and Marine Life Plastic Debris Affects All Marine Life Photo credit: Santa Cruz Sentinel
Año Nuevo Island Año Nuevo Island - Ocean Side View - 1953 Photo credit: U.S. Coast Guard Historian s Office, Washington, D.C.
Año Nuevo Island The oil lens lantern was originally installed on top of the water tank. In 1913, a steel tower was built to hold the lantern. Steel Light Tower and Water Tank - 1957 Photo credit: California State Parks
Photo credit: Reginald McGovern photograph, Courtesy, U.S. Lighthouse Society, San Francisco, CA Año Nuevo Island Año Nuevo Island Light Station - 1948
Rhinoceros Auklet Nest Modules Installed Underground RHAU = Rhinoceros Auklet CAAU = Cassin s Auklet Photo credit:. www.oikonos.org Año Nuevo Island Auklet Habitat Restoration
Project Team: Frank Balthis, Ziad Bawarshi, Mike Merritt, Katrina Ricca, Peter Spicer, May 2013