Marine Mammals
VII. Selected Marine Mammal Resources

Research/Monitoring Institutions

• Institute of Marine Sciences, UC Santa Cruz
• Marine Mammal Center
• Marine Mammal Stranding Network
• Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
• Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, La Jolla, CA
• U.S. Marine Mammal Commission
• U.S. Marine Mammal Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA

Local Conservation Organizations

• Friends of the Sea Otter
• Monterey Bay Chapter of American Cetacean Society
• Pacific Cetacean Group

Books/Journal Article

• Evans, P. 1987. The natural history of whales and dolphins. Facts on File.
• Reeves, R., B. Stewart, and S. Leatherwood. 1992. Sierra Club Handbook of seals and sirenians. Sierra Club Books. 359 pp.
• Ridgway, S. and R. Harrison 1981-1989 . Handbook of marine mammals. Vols. 1-4. Academic Press.
• Riedman, M. and J. Estes. 1990. The sea otter (Enhydra lutris): Behavior, ecology and natural history. U.S. Fish and Wildl. Serv. Biol. Rep. 90 (14).

Internet Resources

• American Cetacean Society
  http://acsonline.org/
• National Marine Mammal Lab Publications
  http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/publications.php
• Bird and Mammal Research Group, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
  http://birdmam.mlml.calstate.edu/