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Resources

This following list is incomplete, but is meant to provide ideas for additional teaching resources.

Education and Reference Materials

Adams, Carol, and Phil Adams. Elephant Seals. San Luis Obispo. Central Coast Press, 1999.

Deans, Nora L., Project Manager. Sea Searcher's Handbook. Monterey Bay Aquarium. Boulder. Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1996.

DuBosque, Doug. Draw Ocean Animals. Peel Productions, 1994.

Field, N., and Sally Machlis. Discovering Marine Mammals: A Learning and Activity Book. Dog-Eared Publications, 1987.

Howe, Sheri. Mirounga: A Guide to Elephant Seals. Frank S. Balthis. Davenport, CA, 1994.

King, Judith E. Seals of the World. British Museum and Cornell University Press, 1983

Reeves, Randall and Stewart. Brent and Leatherwood, Stephen. The Sierra Club Handbook for Seals and Sirenians. Sierra Club Books. San Francisco, CA, 1992.

Reidman, Marianne. The Pinnipeds. University of California Press. Berkeley, CA, 1990.

Scheffer, Victor B. A Natural History of Marine Mammals. Scribner's Sons. New York, NY, 1976.

Talbot, Frank H. The Nature Company's Discoveries Library: Under the Sea. US Weldon Owen Inc., 1996.

Tom, Martha, et al. Año Nuevo State Reserve Teacher's Guide. San Mateo Coast Natural History Association.

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Related Publications

"Hydrosphere"

Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association, The Presidio, P.O. Box 29386, San Francisco, CA 94129

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Internet Addresses

Año Nuevo State Reserve

http://www.parks.ca.gov/DISTRICTS/bayarea/ansr228.htm

Birmingham Zoo

http://www.birminghamzoo.com/ao/marinmam.htm

Center for Marine Conservation

http://www.cmc-ocean.org

Elephant Seals

http://www.highlands.w-cook.k12.il.us/Staff/Kuntz/PAL/PAL4/Sarah.html

Elephant Seals of the Faulklands

http://web.tiscalinet.it/esrg/

Friends of the Elephant Seal

http://www.elephantseals.com/

Marine Mammal Center

http://www.tmmc.org/elphntseal.html

Monterey Bay Aquarium

http://www.mbayaq.org/

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

http://bonita.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/

Seal Conservation Society

http://www.greenchannel.com/tec/main.htm

Sounds of Science: Sound and Elephant Seal Behavior

http://beca.sfsu.edu/sos/esealhp.html

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Workshops and Classes

Point Reyes Field Seminars offers naturalist classes. Please call for a calendar and registration form.

PRNSA Field Seminars, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956 (415) 663-1200.

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Videos

Elephant Seals of Piedras Blancas. Side-Off Videos. 1999. 70min.

This new video chronicles a year in the life of the newest and fastest growing colony of northern elephant seals ever recorded; the Piedras Blancas colony. $19.95,(805) 927-8838, www.elephantseals.com

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