| Elephant Seals |
| PREFACE |
 | CONTRIBUTORS |
 | PART I— POPULATION ECOLOGY |
| Two— History and Present Status of the Northern Elephant Seal Population |
| Three— History and Present Status of Southern Elephant Seal Populations |
| Four— Possible Causes of the Decline of Southern Elephant Seal Populations in the Southern Pacific and Southern Indian Oceans |
| Five— Population Ecology of Southern Elephant Seals at Marion Island |
| Six— Biomass and Energy Consumption of the South Georgia Population of Southern Elephant Seals |
| PART II— BEHAVIOR AND LIFE HISTORY |
| Seven— Juvenile Survivorship of Northern Elephant Seals |
| Eight— Life History Strategies of Female Northern Elephant Seals |
| Nine— Sexual Selection and Growth in Male Northern Elephant Seals |
| • | Review of Male Life History |
| Methods of Measuring Length and Growth |
| • | Growth of Male Northern Elephant Seals |
| • | Life History and Growth |
| • | References |
| Ten— Sex- and Age-related Variation in Reproductive Effort of Northern Elephant Seals |
| Eleven— Diet of the Northern Elephant Seal |
| PART III— DIVING AND FORAGING |
| Twelve— Theory of Geolocation by Light Levels |
| Thirteen— Variation in the Diving Pattern of Northern Elephant Seals with Age, Mass, Sex, and Reproductive Condition |
| Fourteen— Diving Behavior of Southern Elephant Seals from Macquarie Island: An Overview |
| Fifteen— Developmental Aspects of Diving in Northern Elephant Seal Pups |
| Sixteen— Postbreeding Foraging Migrations of Northern Elephant Seals |
| Seventeen— Functional Analysis of Dive Types of Female Northern Elephant Seals |
| Eighteen— Swim Speed and Dive Function in a Female Northern Elephant Seal |
| PART IV— PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY |
| Nineteen— Apnea Tolerance in the Elephant Seal during Sleeping and Diving: Physiological Mechanisms and Correlations |
| Twenty— Expenditure, Investment, and Acquisition of Energy in Southern Elephant Seals |
| Twenty-one— Hormones and Fuel Regulation in Fasting Elephant Seals |
| INDEX |