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Author: Emmie Chang
Publisher: Gray Duck Creative Works
Published: 2019-09-10
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 194805292X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen you look at a sea lion pup, do you see a future beachgoer or performer? If not, you should. The baby animals in this book share about their dreams for adulthood!
Author: Jeanne Walker Harvey
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 19
ISBN-13: 1607180766
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter Astro, an orphaned Steller sea lion, was rescued by scientists at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, his attachment to people made him unable to be returned to the ocean and he now lives at the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut.
Author: Buffy Silverman
Publisher: LernerClassroom
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 0761385568
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents information on how to tell the difference between seals and sea lions, even though they are similar in many ways.
Author: Kate Riggs
Publisher: The Creative Company
Published: 2022-03-16
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 1640007490
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMeet the amazing sea lion! Introduce elementary kids to these marine mammals and their ocean lives. Long bodies, fancy flippers, and thick skin help these sea creatures swim with speed and agility. Readers explore the features, habitats, and behaviors of sea lions, including pup raising and colony life, all with STEM-appropriate text and gorgeous photography. An end folk tale from Japan tells why fishers respect these animals.
Author: A. Rus Hoelzel
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009-04-01
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 1444311336
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a general introduction to the biology of marine mammals, and an overview of the adaptations that have permitted mammals to succeed in the marine environment. Each chapter, written by experts in their field, will provide an up-to-date review and present the major discoveries and innovations in the field. Important technical advances such as satellite telemetry and time-depth-recorders will be described in boxes.
Author: Fritz Trillmich
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 299
ISBN-13: 3642763987
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEl Niño is a meteorological and oceanographic phenomenon, which occurs at irregular intervals in the eastern tropical Pacific. Its most obvious characteristic is the warming of surface waters, which causes enormous disturbances of the marine environment. A severe Niño may also affect continental systems worldwide. This book gathers in a comprehensive way the information available on the effects of the exceptionally strong 1982-83 Niño on a group of marine mammals, the pinnipeds. It presents an analysis of the effects of environmental stress on the populations of top predators. Data and interpretations are based on a most unusual collection of long-term studies of pinniped population dynamics, behavior and ecology which spanned the El Niño event. The responses of pinniped populations to the El Niño disturbance of the marine ecosystem also has important implications for the management and conservation of marine mammal populations.
Author: D. Renouf
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9401131007
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe teach our students of behavioural science that one first defines a research problem, and then the most appropriate animal is selected to investigate hypotheses. The reverse order of events is improper: a particular class of animals should not be studied for its own sake. In the case of the Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, fur seals and walruses) the organism and the problem are essentially the same. The research questions presented in this volume in one way or another relate to survival in two worlds, the ocean for foraging, and the terrain at its edge or frozen above it for breeding. The evolution of Pinniped behaviour and the mechanisms which underlie it are a consequence of having to cope with two seemingly incompatible sets of environmental constraints. The physiological adaptations for concomitant functioning in two media with very different physical characteristics have produced correlated behav ioural modifications. The energetic demands of reproduction and foraging are idiosyncratic because each activity occurs on opposite sides of the air/water interface. As a result, the mating system must reconcile aquatic design for such functions as locomotion and thermoregulation, with the terrestrial requirements for successful pupping. Similarly, the ecology of this dual habitat prescribes the rules governing the behaviour of the neonate and its interactions with its mother.
Author: Colleen Sexton
Publisher: Bellwether Media
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 26
ISBN-13: 1612111165
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDid you know that mother seals give birth to only one seal pup? Watch how seal pups eat and grow until they set out on their own.
Author: Brenda Peterson
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Published: 2012-04-24
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 1466817127
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the Pacific Northwest, concerned volunteers become seal sitters, keeping vigil over the vulnerable baby seals that are left on the shore while their mothers hunt for food. Surviving in the animal kingdom is never easy and this informative picture book gives a first-hand look at what baby seals are up against. With its emphasis on human compassion, this true account teaches children to appreciate the natural world by helping in any way they can. The star of the book is six year old Miles, who organizes his own rescue mission to help the seals survive.
Author: Marianne Riedman
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1990-01-01
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780520064973
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the adaptation, evolution, classification, distribution, ecology, behavior, communication, and learning of seals, sea lions and walruses.
