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Alaska SeaLife Center
PO Box 1329
Seward, AK 99664
research@alaskasealife.org

Anne Hoover-Miller Affiliate Professor

Marine Mammals

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Research Overview

Anne Hoover-Miller has been studying the ecology and population biology of harbor seals and other pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walruses) for more than 30 years. She initially began her research of elephant seals, harbor seals and Steller sea lions in 1975 on Año Nuevo Island, in central California; in 1978, Anne relocated to Alaska to learn how ice influences seals. After earning her MSc degree at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks in 1978, she moved to Day Harbor where she continued to explore the marine environment by blending research, commercial fishing and recreation. In 2002, Anne began working at the Alaska SeaLife Center to develop the harbor seal research program. Through studies of resident, free-ranging, and rehabilitating seals, we are learning how the physiology, condition, distribution, and behavior of harbor seals respond to changing environmental conditions.

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Publications

Hoover-Miller, A., S. Atkinson, P. Armato. 2004 Live feed video monitoring of harbor seals. Alaska Park Science. National Park Service. Anchorage Alaska. Vol 3, Issue 1. pp 25-29.

Hoover-Miller, A. A, K. R. Parker, and J. J. Burns. 2001. A reassessment of the impact of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) in Prince William Sound. Marine Mammal Science. 17(1):111-135.

Hoover-Miller, A. A. 1994. Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina): Biology and Management in Alaska. Report to the Marine Mammal Commission. Contract Number T75134749. Washington, D.C. 45 pp.

Hoover-Miller, A. A. 1988. Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). In: Selected marine mammals of Alaska: species accounts with management recommendations. Jack Lentfer (ed.). Marine Mammal Commission. Washington D.C.

Hoover, A. A. 1983. Behavior and ecology of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) inhabiting glacial ice in Aialik Bay, Alaska. M.Sc. Thesis. University of Alaska, Fairbanks. 133 pp.