Elephant Seals: Population Ecology, Behavior, and Physiology [1 ed.] 0520083644, 9780520083646
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English Pages 414 [434] Year 1994
Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Contributors
One. Elephant seals: an introduction to the genus
Part I. Population ecology
Two. History and present status of the northern elephant seal population
Three. History and present status of southern elephant seal populations
Four. Possible causes of the decline of southern elephant seal populations in the southern pacific and southern Indian oceans
Five. Population ecology of southern elephant seals at Marion island
Six. Biomass and energy consumption of the south Georgia population of southern elephant seals
Part II. Behavior and life history
Seven. Juvenile survivorship of northern elephant seals
Eight. Life history strategies of female northern elephant seals
Nine. Sexual selection and growth in male northern elephant seals
Ten. Sex- and age-related variation in reproductive effort of northern elephant seals
Eleven. Diet of the northern elephant seal
Part III. Diving and foraging
Twelve. Theory of geolocation by light levels
Thirteen. Variation in the diving pattern of northern elephant seals with age, mass, sex, and reproductive condition
Fourteen. Diving behavior of southern elephant seals from Macquarie island: an overview
Fifteen. Developmental aspects of diving in northern elephant seal pups
Sixteen. Postbreeding foraging migrations of northern elephant seals
Seventeen. Functional analysis of dive types of female northern elephant seals
Eighteen. Swim speed and dive function in a female northern elephant seal
Part IV. Physiological ecology
Nineteen. Apnea tolerance in the elephant seal during sleeping and diving: physiological mechanisms and correlations
Twenty. Expenditure, investment, and acquisition of energy in southern elephant seals
Twenty-one. Hormones and fuel regulation in fasting elephant seals
Twenty-two. Endocrine changes in newborn southern elephant seals
Index
Contents
Preface
Contributors
One. Elephant seals: an introduction to the genus
Part I. Population ecology
Two. History and present status of the northern elephant seal population
Three. History and present status of southern elephant seal populations
Four. Possible causes of the decline of southern elephant seal populations in the southern pacific and southern Indian oceans
Five. Population ecology of southern elephant seals at Marion island
Six. Biomass and energy consumption of the south Georgia population of southern elephant seals
Part II. Behavior and life history
Seven. Juvenile survivorship of northern elephant seals
Eight. Life history strategies of female northern elephant seals
Nine. Sexual selection and growth in male northern elephant seals
Ten. Sex- and age-related variation in reproductive effort of northern elephant seals
Eleven. Diet of the northern elephant seal
Part III. Diving and foraging
Twelve. Theory of geolocation by light levels
Thirteen. Variation in the diving pattern of northern elephant seals with age, mass, sex, and reproductive condition
Fourteen. Diving behavior of southern elephant seals from Macquarie island: an overview
Fifteen. Developmental aspects of diving in northern elephant seal pups
Sixteen. Postbreeding foraging migrations of northern elephant seals
Seventeen. Functional analysis of dive types of female northern elephant seals
Eighteen. Swim speed and dive function in a female northern elephant seal
Part IV. Physiological ecology
Nineteen. Apnea tolerance in the elephant seal during sleeping and diving: physiological mechanisms and correlations
Twenty. Expenditure, investment, and acquisition of energy in southern elephant seals
Twenty-one. Hormones and fuel regulation in fasting elephant seals
Twenty-two. Endocrine changes in newborn southern elephant seals
Index
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