 |
| NMFS permit #14636. Adult male northern elephant at Ano Nuevo State Park. |
One of my dissertation projects started this weekend! We (a team of researchers from UC Santa Cruz, Sonoma State University, and Moss Landing Marine Labs) deployed satellite tags on three male northern elephant seals at Ano Nuevo State Park. I will be using the information that I collect from these tags along with the morphometric data and biological samples to investigate the foraging behaviors and habitat use of northern elephant seals.
The three adult males we are tracking are:
9930 (otherwise known as 9839)
 |
| NMFS permit #14636. Photo by Daniel Costa. |
7717
 |
| NMFS permit #14636. Photo by Sarah Kienle. |
7718
 |
| NMFS permit #14636. Photo by Sarah Kienle. |
Now, we just need to hope that they all survive their months long journey at sea, that the tags work, and that they come back to Ano Nuevo during the molt!
No comments:
Post a Comment