Story: Seals

More links and websites

• The Seal Conservation Society

  This international site features all the New Zealand seals, as well as news digests, a bibliography and research on seal biology and conservation.

• Seals

  On the New Zealand Department of Conservation site, this page gives general information about seals in New Zealand and on individual seal species. It also links to research publications.

More suggestions and sources

• Atkinson, S. ‘Reproductive biology of seals.’ Reviews of Reproduction 2 (1997): 175–194.
• Bonner, N. Seals and sea lions of the world. New York: Facts on File, 1994.
• Harcourt, R. G. ‘Advances in New Zealand mammalogy 1990–2000: pinnipeds.’ Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Special issue 31 (2001): 135–160.
• Harcourt, R. G., and others. ‘Foraging ecology of a generalist predator, the female New Zealand fur seal.’ Marine Ecology Progress Series 227 (February 2002): 11–24.
• Lalas, C., and C. J. A Bradshaw. ‘Expectations for population growth at new breeding locations for the vulnerable New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) using a simulation model.’ Biological Conservation 114 (2003): 67–78.
• Peat, Neville. Coasting: the sea lion and the lark. Dunedin: Longacre, 2001.