Links & Books

Links

The Marine Mammal Center
www.tmmc.org
Check out the website of the Marine Mammal Center, the nonprofit veterinary facility featured in the documentary.

Sea Mammal Research Unit
www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk
Learn how to identify different types of seals and see how human activities impact marine mammal migration at the University of St. Andrews School of Biology website.

Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health
Stranded marine mammals have a friend in this program. Even when the animals can't be treated, the agency uses data gathered from stranding deaths to monitor the health of marine mammal populations.

NPR Podcast: Researchers Use Elephant Seals to Monitor Oceans
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11630600
Learn how researchers are using tracking data from the northern elephant seal migration to monitor the condition of our warming oceans in this podcast from "All Things Considered."

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
www.iucnredlist.org/details/13654
The Hawaiian monk seal is one of the most endangered animals in the world. Find more information about this species and the other endangered and threatened marine mammals at the website of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Books

National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World
by Brent S. Stewart, Phillip J. Clapham, and James A. Powell. Knopf, 2002.

Marine Mammal Research: Conservation Beyond Crisis
by Timothy J. Ragen. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.

Seals and Sea Lions
by Bobbie Kalman and John Crossingham. Crabtree Children's Books, 2005.

CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine
by Leslie A. Dierauf. CRC Press, 2001.

Articles

"NOAA Confirms Caribbean Monk Seal Extinct"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, June 6, 2008.
www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080606_monkseal.html

"Satellite Tracks Elephant Seal's Polar Journey"
by Roger Highfield. Telegraph, July 8, 2007.

"Sea Lions Hit by High Levels of Acid Poison in California"
by Regan Morris. The New York Times, June 6, 2007.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/06/science/earth/06sealions.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=domoic%20acid&st=cse&oref=slogin

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