Año Nuevo Island Reserve Annual Report

UCSC Faculty Berger. Sleep mechanisms and sleep physiology in Mirounga angustirostris. LeBouef and Ortiz. Mechanisms of natural fasting, water conservation, maternal investment and lethal injuries in Mirounga angustirostris. BLM Dohl, Briggs, Bonnell, et. a1. Bureau of Land Management UCSC contingent. Outer continental shelf baseline study of marine mammals and seabirds in northern and central California. Ph.D. Graduate Riedman. Biology and behavior of seals, sea otters and sirenians. Ph.D. Candidates Condit. Food and eating habits and patterns of distribution in Mirounga angustirostris. Gisiner. Breeding behavior of stellar sea lions, Eumetopias jubatus. Huntley. Water conservation, sleep, and histology and anatomy in organ systems in Miroun~ angustirostris. Keith. Physiology of fasting Mirounga using radio isotopes. Pernia. Nitrogen metabolism of fasting Mirounga. Reiter. Behavior and female reproductive success in Mirounga. Graduate Students Deutsch. Behavior and energetics of Mirounga breeding males. Edgerton. Vocalization patterns in Mirounga. Undergraduate Students Lyons. Sleep behavior and apnea in Mirounga. Roberts and Vacca. Population study of island resident house finches. Other Institutions Bandar. California Academy of Sciences, collector. Continuing to build marine mammal study collection. Costa. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Research Associate. Physiology of fasting, metabolism and sleep in Mirounga. Morad and Maylie. University of Pennsylvania Medical School, faculty and post doctura1 fellow. Cardiac electrophysiological studies in Mirounga. Rubin. Santa Rosa Community College, faculty. Water balance problems in Mirounga.