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The Behavior, Physiology, and Anatomy of Lactation in the Pinnipedia

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Published1987
Citations291
References163

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Lactation : a comprehensive treatise

1974 • 750 citations

Male-male Competition and Reproductive Success in Elephant Seals

1974 • 670 citations

Historical biogeography, plate tectonics, and the changing environment

1983 • 622 citations

The transmission of passive immunity from mother to young

1970 • 612 citations

The biology of marine mammals

1969 • 509 citations

Seals of the World

1964 • 507 citations

Milk composition, milk yield and energy output at peak lactation: a comparative review

1984 • 507 citations

Ecology and Biology of the Pacific Walrus,Odobenus rosmarus divergensIlliger

1982 • 451 citations

Bioenergetics of Wild Herbivores

2018 • 428 citations

Biochemistry of Lactation

1984 • 417 citations

Fur Seals (Maternal Strategies on Land and at Sea).

1987 • 328 citations

Northern elephant seal development: The transition from weaning to nutritional independence

1978 • 291 citations

The energetics of lactation in the Northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris

1986 • 268 citations

Water and Energy Flux in Elephant Seal Pups Fasting under Natural Conditions

1978 • 261 citations

The caloric value of whole ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in relation to polar bear (Ursus maritimus) ecology and hunting behavior

1975 • 237 citations

The energetics of lactation: accurate measurements from a large wild mammal, the Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)

1982 • 228 citations

Biochemistry of lactation.

1983 • 223 citations

Biology of the harbor seal, Phoca vitulina, in eastern Canada

1979 • 216 citations

Fur Seal Diving Behaviour in Relation to Vertical Distribution of Krill

1985 • 212 citations

Perinatal Behavior of Northern Elephant Seal Females and Their Young

1973 • 200 citations

The Natural History and Behavior of the California Sea Lion

1969 • 192 citations

Birth to weaning in 4 days: remarkable growth in the hooded seal, Cystophora cristata

1985 • 185 citations

Reproductive behaviour of the Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) on Sable Island, Nova Scotia

1979 • 166 citations

The physiology of lactation

1971 • 161 citations

Maternal Investment and Neonatal Growth in Phocid Seals

1986 • 159 citations

The fur seal of South Georgia

1968 • 157 citations

Ecology of the ringed seal, Phoca hispida, in its fast ice breeding habitat

1981 • 156 citations

Concepts of Ecology.

1970 • 155 citations

Natural sucking performance and age of weaning in zebu cattle (Bos indicus)

1981 • 154 citations

Chapter 5. Free-Ranging Energetics of Northern Fur Seals

1986 • 154 citations

Reproductive Biology of Steller Sea Lions in the Gulf of Alaska

1981 • 152 citations

Mutual Mother-Pup Recognition in Galápagos Fur Seals and Sea Lions: Cues Used and Functional Significance

1981 • 147 citations

Parental behaviour of rodents

1983 • 136 citations

Comparative biochemical studies of milks—IV. Constituent fatty acids of milk fats

1967 • 136 citations

Remarks on the Distribution and Natural History of Pagophilic Pinnipeds in the Bering and Chukchi Seas

1970 • 135 citations

Growth in the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella

1979 • 134 citations

THE COMPARATIVE BEHAVIOUR OF THE AUSTRALASIAN SEA LIONS NEOPHOCA CINEREA AND PHOCARCTOS HOOKERI (PINNIPEDIA : OTARIIDAE)

1975 • 134 citations

Reproductive Behavior of the Alaska Fur Seal, Callorhinus ursinus

1953 • 132 citations

Changes in Milk Composition during Lactation in the Northern Elephant Seal

1979 • 131 citations

Neuroendocrine control of milk ejection

1982 • 131 citations

Grey seal males: energetic and behavioural links between size and sexual success

1985 • 131 citations

Suckling Isn't Feeding, or Is It? A Search for Developmental Continuities

1983 • 128 citations

Weaning Conflict in Desert and Mountain Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis): An Ecological Interpretation

2010 • 120 citations

Life History of the Hawaiian Monk Seal

1959 • 120 citations

Physiological effects of lactation on the mother.

1977 • 119 citations

Comparative aspects of milk proteins

1979 • 116 citations

Mass transfer from mother to pup and subsequent mass loss by the weaned pup in the hooded seal, Cystophora cristata

1987 • 110 citations

Adaptive Evolution of Sea Lions and Walruses

1976 • 107 citations

Variation in the density of ringed seal (Phoca hispida) birth lairs in the Amundsen Gulf, Northwest Territories

1978 • 105 citations

Milk Intake of Elephant Seal Pups: An Index of Parental Investment

1984 • 104 citations

Time budgets and topography: how energy reserves and terrain determine the breeding behaviour of grey seals

1985 • 103 citations

Studies on the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina (L.). III. The annual cycle in relation to age and sex

1962 • 102 citations

Behaviour of Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) during a breeding season at North Rona

1975 • 102 citations

Immunological Functions of the Mammary Gland and Its Secretion-Comparative Review

1980 • 99 citations

THE BREEDING CYCLE OF THE SOUTHERN SEA LION, OTARIA BYRONIA

1985 • 95 citations

Geography of Phocid Evolution

1976 • 94 citations

Aggressive and maternal activities of female southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)

1982 • 92 citations

Food and Feeding Behavior of Steller and California Sea Lions

1966 • 92 citations

Mother‐young behaviour at Grey seal breeding beaches

1971 • 91 citations

Reproduction in the female Cape Fur Seal, Arctocephalus pusillus (Schreber)*

1955 • 90 citations

Social and reproductive behavior of crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophagus) during the austral spring

1979 • 89 citations

Energy transfer and female condition in nursing harp seals Phoca groenlandica

1984 • 88 citations

The Breeding Biology of the Grey Seal, Halichoerus grypus (Fab.), on the Farne Islands, Northumberland

1964 • 87 citations

The effects of prolactin and oxytocin on milk secretion and on the permeability of the mammary epithelium in the rabbit.

1975 • 86 citations

Water and sodium fluxes and lactational energetics in suckling pups of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii)

1987 • 82 citations

Feeding Habits and Feeding Grounds of the Northern Elephant Seal

1984 • 81 citations

Chapter 6. Attendance Behavior of Antarctic Fur Seals

1986 • 80 citations

The Weddell Seal in the Bay of Whales, Antarctica

1937 • 79 citations

Aggression in the Female Northern Elephant Seal, Mirounga Angustirostris

1978 • 78 citations

Maternal behaviour and early behavioural ontogeny of harp seals, Phoca groenlandica

1987 • 75 citations

Composition of the Milk from Zalophus californianus , the California Sea Lion

1962 • 75 citations

Comparative mammary fine structure.

1977 • 71 citations

Mother-young relations and the maturation of pup behaviour in the Alaska fur seal

1959 • 69 citations

Comparative nutrition in pregnancy and lactation

1968 • 69 citations

Observations on Milk, Blood, and Urine Constituents of the Weddell Seal

1968 • 67 citations

Energetics of fasting and subsequent growth in weaned harp seal pups, Phoca groenlandica

1983 • 66 citations

Abundance Estimation of a Dispersed, Dynamic Population: Hooded Seals (Cystophora cristata) in the Northwest Atlantic

1987 • 64 citations

Cow-Pup Behaviour of the Weddell Seal, Leptonychotes Weddelli (Pinnipedia), in Mcmurdo Sound, Antarctica.

1979 • 63 citations

Pelage and Surface Topography of the Northern Fur Seal

2017 • 62 citations

Some Comparative Aspects of Milk from Four Species of Bears

1972 • 61 citations

Feeding of ribbon seals (Phoca fasciata) in the Bering Sea in spring

1980 • 60 citations

Implications of a comparison of the airbourne vocalizations and some aspects of teh behaviuo of the two Australian fur seals, Arctocephalus spp., on the evolution and present taxonomy of the genus

1971 • 60 citations

Observations on the Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) at Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire.

1949 • 59 citations

Swelling of golgi vesicles in mammary secretory cells and its relation to the yield and quantitative composition of milk

1983 • 57 citations

Studies on the behaviour on the South Ausralian fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri (Lesson) II. Adult females and pups

1971 • 56 citations

Milk of the Galapagos fur seal and sea lion, with a comparison of the milk of Eared seals (Otariidae)

1986 • 56 citations

Changes in Energy Stores during Postnatal Development of the Harp Seal, Phoca groenlandica

1983 • 56 citations

Annual cycle of the southern elephant sealMirounga leonina(Linn.) at Marion Island

1979 • 55 citations

Species Difference in the Composition of Milk with Special Reference to the Northern Fur Seal

1966 • 55 citations

The vocalization of the Harbour seal pup (Phoca vitulina) and its role in the maintenance of contact with the mother*

1984 • 54 citations

Function of endomembranes and the cell surface in the secretion of organic milk constituents.

1983 • 53 citations

Composition of Elephant Seal Milk

1977 • 51 citations

Changes in Composition and Energy Content of Harp Seal Milk during Lactation

1982 • 51 citations

Observations on a breeding colony of the seal Phoca vitulina in Shetland

1955 • 50 citations

Lactation and suckling in relation to early growth of the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina (L.)

1968 • 49 citations

Functions of female aggression during the pupping and mating season of grey seals, Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius)

1982 • 49 citations

The Hawaiian Monk Seal on the Laysan Island: 1982

1984 • 49 citations

Mark–Recapture Estimates of Harp Seal Pup (Phoca groenlandica) Production in the Northwest Atlantic

1983 • 48 citations

Observations on the Behavior of the New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus Forsteri)

1970 • 47 citations

PELAGE AND SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN FUR SEAL

1962 • 45 citations

Milk of Northern Fur Seal: Composition, Especially Carbohydrate and Protein

1983 • 44 citations

Dispersal of Common seals (Phoca vitulina), tagged in the Wash, East Anglia

1974 • 42 citations

Elephant seals breeding on the mainland in California

1977 • 42 citations

Principal Fatty Acids of Depot Fat and Milk Lipids from Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandica) and Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata)

1968 • 42 citations

Predation by Sharks on the Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) in Eastern Canada

1983 • 40 citations

Comparative physiology of milk removal.

1977 • 38 citations

Ultrastructure of the placenta of antarctic seals during the first third of pregnancy

1974 • 38 citations

COMPONENT FATTY ACIDS OF THE MILK OF THE GREY (ATLANTIC) SEAL

1963 • 37 citations

The milk of the fur‐seal, Arctocephalus tropicatis gazella; in particular the composition of the aqueous phase

1978 • 36 citations

Chapter 8. Attendance Behavior of South African Fur Seals

1986 • 36 citations

The natural history and behavior of the California sea lion / by Richard S. Peterson and George A. Bartholomew.

1967 • 35 citations

Reproductive and endocrine organs of foetal, newborn and adult seals

1965 • 34 citations

GROWTH RATES AND AGES OF CRABEATER SEALS, LOBODON CARCINOPHAGUS JACQUINOT & PUCHERAN

1958 • 34 citations

Adoption of a Strange Pup by the Ice-Inhabiting Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina largha

1972 • 33 citations

The breeding and distribution of the grey seal ( Halichoerus grypus Fab.) in the Baltic Sea, with observations on other seals of the area

1972 • 32 citations

On the origin of the Caspian and Baikal seals and the paleoclimatological implication

1960 • 31 citations

Adoptive suckling in pinnipeds.

1975 • 30 citations

The occurrence of gastric ulcers in sea mammals of the California coast, their etiology and pathology.

1935 • 30 citations

Lactose synthetase activity in northern fur seal milk

1971 • 29 citations

Comparative biochemical studies of milk—VI. Constituent fatty acids of milk fats of additional species

1971 • 28 citations

Seal milk. I. Harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) milk: composition and pesticide residue content

1969 • 28 citations

Amino acid composition of casein isolated from the milks of different species

1977 • 28 citations

Seal milk. Π. Harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) milk: effects of stage of lactation on the composition of the milk

1971 • 28 citations

Chapter 3. Attendance Behavior of Northern Fur Seals

1986 • 28 citations

Endomembrane Composition and Function in Milk Formation

1978 • 27 citations

First observations on colony structure, behavior, and vocal repertoire of the South American Für Seal (Arctocephalus australis Zimmermann, 1783) in Peru

1980 • 25 citations

Chapter 10. Attendance and Diving Behavior of South American Fur Seals during El Niño in 1983

1986 • 25 citations

Researches upon the Anatomy of the Pinnipedia.—Part II. Descriptive Anatomy of the Sea‐lion (Otaria jubata)

1871 • 25 citations

Perinatal activities in the Grey seal ( Halichoerus grypus )

1975 • 25 citations

Chapter 15. Synthesis and Conclusions

1986 • 24 citations

Metabolism of fatty acids in the southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina (L.)

1969 • 24 citations

Intestinal glycosidases of three species of seals

1968 • 24 citations

Seasonal changes in the population composition of the fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis at Gough Isalnd

1981 • 24 citations

Galápagos sea lions and fur seals

1979 • 23 citations

The effect of disturbance on the daily movements of harbour seals and grey seals between the sea and their hauling grounds at Miquelon

1981 • 23 citations

Compound exocytosis of casein micelles in mammary epithelial cells.

1983 • 23 citations

Lactose synthetase in mammary gland of the California sea lion

1972 • 22 citations

Chapter 11. Attendance Behavior of Galapagos Fur Seals

1986 • 22 citations

Determining lactose content of harp seal milk

1983 • 22 citations

Chapter 13. Attendance Behavior of Galapagos Sea Lions

1986 • 21 citations

Food Habits of Lactating Harp Seals (Phoca groenlandica) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in March

1986 • 20 citations

Summer behavior of Atlantic walruses Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus (L.) at Coats Island, N. W. T. (Canada)

1982 • 20 citations

Lipids of the Weddell Seal, Leptonychotes weddelli

1967 • 19 citations

Counting Harp Seals with ultra-violet photography

1976 • 18 citations

Behavioral interactions between harbour seal mothers and pups during weaning (Pinnipeds: Phocidae)

1984 • 17 citations

EFFECTS OF COLD CLIMATE ON THE EVOLUTION OF PINNIPED BREEDING SYSTEMS

1980 • 16 citations

A comparative study of plasma cells in the mammary gland in pregnancy and lactation.

1977 • 16 citations

Maternal care and behavioural development in pikas Ochotona princeps

1984 • 14 citations

Phoca sibirica

1982 • 13 citations

Sucking, milk synthesis, and milk ejection in the Norway rat.

1983 • 13 citations

The seasonal haul-out cycle of the fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis (Gray, 1872) on Amsterdam Island

1984 • 13 citations

Census of California Sea Lions on Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia

1973 • 12 citations

The mammary gland of the weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddelli (Pinnipedia). I. Gross and microscopic anatomy

1981 • 12 citations

Parturition in Harp Seals

1981 • 11 citations

Ultrastructural distribution of morphology of the mammary gland with observations on the size fat droplets in milk of the Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddelli (Pinnipedia)

1983 • 11 citations

An Electrophoretic Study of Blood and Milk Proteins of the Southern Elephant Seal, Mirounga leonina

1974 • 11 citations

COMPONENT FATTY ACIDS OF THE MILK OF THE GREY (ATLANTIC) SEAL

1963 • 10 citations

Lactation in the grey seal.

1951 • 10 citations

Bile Salt Stimulated Lipase: The Enzyme is Present in Non Primate Milk

1986 • 10 citations

The component acids of the milk fat of a grey Atlantic seal

1952 • 7 citations

Distribution and movements of Steller Sea lion cows, Eumetopias jubata Schreber, on a pupping colony

1977 • 4 citations

The Year of the Seal

1972 • 4 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations

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