Donald Siniff

Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN
Email: siniff@ecology.umn.edu
Project:             Population Dynamics and Biology of the California Sea Otter at the Southern End of its Range
 
Education:          B.S.                    Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University                                                    1957
                             M.S.                   Mathematical Statistics, Michigan State University                                                    1958
                             Ph.D.                  Entomology, Fisheries & Wildlife, University of Minnesota                                       1967
 
Positions:          1975-Present     Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
                                                                Director of the Itasca Biology Program, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
                                                  Director of the Conservation Biology Graduate Program, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

Selected Publications:

Gelatt, T.S., Siniff, D.B., and J.A. Estes. 2002. Activity patterns and time budgets of the declining sea otter population at Amchitka Island, Alaska. J Wildlife Manage 66(1): 29-39.

Sato, K., Mitani, Y., Cameron, M.F., Siniff, D.B., Watanabe, Y., and Y. Naito. 2002. Deep foraging dives in relation to the energy depletion of Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) mothers during lactation. Polar Biol 25(9): 696-702.

Gelatt, T.S., Davis, C.S., Siniff, D.B., and C. Strobeck. 2001. Molecular evidence for twinning in Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii). J Mammal 82(2): 491-499.

White, P.J., Ralls, K., and D.B. Siniff. 2000. Nocturnal encounters between kit foxes. J Mammal 81(2): 456-461.

Monson, D.H., Estes, J.A., Bodkin, J.L., and D.B. Siniff. 2000. Life history plasticity and population regulation in sea otters. OIKOS  90(3): 457-468.

Watt, J., Siniff, D.B., and J.A. Estes. 2000. Inter-decadal patterns of population and dietary change in sea otters at Amchitka Island, Alaska. Oecologia 124(2): 289-298.

Gelatt, T.S., Arendt, T., Murphy, M.S., and D.B. Siniff. 1999. Baseline levels of selected minerals and fat-soluble vitamins in weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) from Erebus Bay, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Mar Pollut Bull 38(12): 1251-1258.

Bowen, D. and D. Siniff. 1999. Distribution, population biology, and feeding ecology of marine mammals. In Biology of Marine Mammals. J.E. Reynolds and S.A. Rommel, eds. Smithsonian Press. pp. 423-484.

Gelatt, T. and D. Siniff. 1999. Line transect survey of crabeater seals in the Amundsen Bellingshausen Seas, 1994. Wildl. Soc. Bulletin 27(2): 330-336.

Brody, A.J., Ralls, K., and D. Siniff. 1996. Potential impact of oil spills on California sea otters: Implications of the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska. Marine Mammal Science 12(1): 38-53.

Ralls, K., Hatfield, B., and D. Siniff. 1995. Foraging patterns of California sea otters as indicated by telemetry. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73: 523-531.

Erickson, A.W., Siniff, D.B., and J. Harwood. 1993. Estimation of population sizes. In Antarctic Seals; Research Methods and Techniques. R.M. Laws, ed. Cambridge University Press. pp. 29-45.

Siniff, D.B. and K. Ralls. 1991. Reproduction, survival and tag loss in California sea otters. Marine Mammal Science 7(3):211-229.

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