Proceedings Available
"Sea Lions of the World"
Alaska Sea Grant College Program
Price: $50.00 USD
ISBN: 156612-105-1
For further information and to order the proceedings, please call:
888-789-0090
or go to:
http://seagrant.uaf.edu/bookstore/pubs/AK-SG-06-01.html
The September 2004 symposium, Sea Lions of the World, brought sea lion
researchers together in Anchorage, Alaska. The proceedings from the
symposium are now available from the Alaska Sea Grant College Program.
The publication contributes to understanding why sea lion populations
fluctuate, including Alaska's Steller sea lions. Interspecies
comparisons shed light on why some populations decline while others
increase, and insights are gained on whether trends in the abundance of
sea lions are related to fishing activities through food dependencies or
through conservation measures. Authors also discuss parasites,
contaminants, nutrition, pup survival, foraging, wintering, historical
fluctuations, and other topics.