Northern Elephant Seal
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assessment. https://wildlife-species.canada.ca/species-risk-registry/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=346
Species information (includes US sources since most N. Elephant Seals are further to the south on the Pacific coast)
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•http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/eco/taxalab/ashleyc.htm - Lester B. Pearson's natural history and many video clips from Race Rocks.and http://www.racerocks.ca/race-rocks-animals-plants/elephant-seals-mirounga-angustirostris-at-race-rocks/
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•https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/upload/resourcenewsletter_elephantseals.pdf (includes information on why it is difficult to determine population size)
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•https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/upload/resourcenewsletter_elephantseals.pdf
http://www.racerocks.ca/1984/07/ - report from 1984 from Michael Bigg and Peter Olesiuk; dated but still good natural history information
Pictures and video of what is believed to be the first Northern elephant seal born on Race Rocks, Southern Vancouver Island BC, CANADA (Jan 30th, 2009)
November 2008 - Northern elephant seal found dead in Nanaimo. Photos of the Northern Elephant Seal Necropsy(the investigation into what killed the animal); photos taken by Massimiliano Rosso.
Voices of the Sea - information includes sounds of Northern Elephant Seals. Click on the seal and then click on the Northern Elephant Seal at the bottom of the page.
Live N. elephant seal camera in California. Click on the link “HD Sealcam" in the lower left-hand corner of the webpage.
http://www.killerwhale.ca/animals-elephant.html
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Mirounga_angustirostris.html - good summary
Brief video of elephant seals diving
More video of elephant seals - includes mating information
http://www.pinnipeds.org/species/nelephnt.htm - Seal Conservation Society; international information
http://www.ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jaap/elepseal.htm#northern
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/NMML/education/Pinnipeds/nelephant.htm
http://www.tmmc.org/learning/education/pinnipeds/noelephseal.asp
Sounds:
- http://www.elephantseal.org/sounds.htm
- http://www.junglewalk.com/frames.asp - type in "elephant seal" in the search bar and you will get - many site listings, lots of video footage, even sounds!
-http://cetus.ucsd.edu/voicesinthesea_org/Flash/ - to hear your animal click "pinnipeds" and then click the image of the animal at the bottom of the page
www.oceanlink.island.net - Bamfield Research Station’s detailed marine biology page search for your species
http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/eleseal.htm
http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/learning/education/pinnipeds/noelephseal.asp - This is an American website so be careful when using it for population estimates in BC and COSEWIC status in your report
http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/marine_mammals.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=55 - lots of detail about identification some information about behaviour and threats. An international webpage.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Mirounga_angustirostris.html
www.racerocks.com/racerock/marmam/mammals.htm and http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/archivemammals.htm
- involvement of Lester B. Pearson School in a fantastic marine mammal project. Search the site at http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/web/sitemap.htm
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0324_030324_tvkillerwhales.html
http://www.dosits.org/animals/intro.htm - study how marine mammals make sound and how sound effects them.
http://netvet.wustl.edu/marine.htm - net vet marine mammals; search links for information that may be relevant to your species Not a Canadian page
http://www.whaletimes.org/whafshn.htm - species information sheets for cetaceans and pinnipeds