Description
Hand written field data from northern
elephant seal research at UC's Ano Nuevo Reserve at Ano Nuevo State Park (San Mateo County,
CA). Primarily census records with some specific accounts. Many of these documents were
originally kept in 49 binders filed in rough chronological order. Notes have been re-housed
for ease of use and preservation purposes, the originial notations on each binder have been
transcribed onto the corresponding folders. Also includes charts detailing daily
observations from northern California elephant seal research, and elephant seal and marine
mammal films.
Background
The elephant seal tagging and censusing project was initiated and financed from federal
grants by B.J. Le Boeuf, at UCSC, from Fall 1967 to 2012. The project built on the previous
work of Thomas Poulter (Stanford Research Institute) and Robert Orr (California Academy of
Sciences) on Año Nuevo Island from 1961 to 1966.
Extent
10 Linear Feet
6 cartons, 1 box, 14 oversize folders
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Availability
Collection is open for research. Audiovisual media is unavailable until reformatted.
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