References

Leading researchers:

Burney Le Boeuf is professor of biology at UC Santa Cruz and has been studying elephant seals for more than twenty-five years. In 1983, after the building of the first depth recorder that could be attached to the seals, he has been studying their diving habits.

Warren Zapol is head of anesthesiology at Massachusetts General Hospital and is on the faculty of Harvard medical school.

Peter Hochachka is in the zoology department at the University of British Columbia in Canada.

Sheila Thornton is conducting research towards a doctorate in the same department.

Articles to read:

"Elephant seals: the champion divers of the deep." by Kathleen McAuliffe, appeared in "Smithsonian" magazine in September 1995.

"The roar from Ano Nuevo." by Michael Tennesen, appeared in "Wildlife Conservation" in the Nov.-Dec. issue of 1996.

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