Graduate students, thesis publications and publications from work
completed while in the Crocker lab.
Gitte
McDonald
Graduated in 2003. Currently in the doctoral program
at UCSC.
McDonald,
B.I., D.E.
Crocker, J.M Burns, and D.P. Costa. 2008. Body condition as an index of winter foraging
success in crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophaga).
McDonald, B.I. and D.E. Crocker. 2006.
Maternal physiology and behavior impact lactation efficiency in northern
elephant seals. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 79(3):484-496.
Tremblay, Y., S.A. Shaffer, S.L.
Fowler, C.E. Kuhn, B.I. McDonald,
M.J. Weise, C. Bost, H. Weimerskirch,
D.E. Crocker, M.E. Goebel, and D.P. Costa. 2006. Interpolation of animal tracking data in a fluid environment. Journal of Experimental Biology. 209: 128-140.
Kuhn, C.E., B.I. McDonald,
S.A. Shaffer, J. Barnes, D E. Crocker, J. Burns, D.P. Costa. 2006. Diving
physiology and winter foraging behavior of a juvenile leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx). Polar Biology. 29(4):303-307.
Burns, J.M. D. P. Costa, M. A. Fedak, C. J. A.
Bradshaw, M. A. Hindell, N. Gales, B.I. McDonald, S. J. Trumble, D. E. Crocker. 2004. Winter habitat use and
foraging behavior of crabeater seals along the
Jason Hassrick
Graduated in 2004. Currently in the doctoral program
at UCSC.
Hassrick, J.L., D.E. Crocker, R.L. Zeno, S.B. Blackwell, D.P. Costa, and B.J. Le Boeuf.
Swimming speed and foraging strategies of northern elephant seals.
Zeno, R.L., D.E. Crocker, J.L. Hassrick,
S.A. Allen, and D.P. Costa. Development
of foraging behavior in juvenile northern elephant seals. Journal of Zoology. 274: 180-187.
Ramona Zeno
Graduated in 2004.
Zeno, R.L.,
D.E. Crocker, J.L. Hassrick, S.A. Allen,
and D.P. Costa. Development of foraging behavior in juvenile
northern elephant seals. Journal of Zoology. 274: 180-187
Hassrick, J.L., D.E. Crocker, R.L. Zeno, S.B. Blackwell, D.P. Costa,
and B.J. Le Boeuf. Swimming speed and foraging strategies of northern
elephant seals.
Cory Champagne
Graduated in 2005. Currently in the doctoral program
at UCSC.
Fowler, M.A., C.D. Champagne, D.S. Houser, and D.E. Crocker. 2008. Hormonal
regulation of glucose clearance in lactating northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris). Journal of Experimental
Biology. 211:2943-2949.
Houser,
D.S., C.D. Champagne, and D.E.
Crocker. 2007. Lipolysis and glycerol gluconeogenesis
in simultaneously fasting and lactating northern elephant seals. American
Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.
293:R2376-R2381.
Melinda Fowler
Graduated in 2006. Currently in the doctoral program at UCSC.
Fowler, M.A., C.D.
Champagne, D.S. Houser, and D.E. Crocker. 2008. Hormonal regulation of glucose
clearance in lactating northern elephant seals (Mirounga
angustirostris). Journal of Experimental Biology. 211:2943-2949.
Nate Kofahl
Graduated in 2006.
Crocker, D.E., N. Kofahl, G.D. Fellers, N.B.Gates and D.S. Houser. High rates of energy expenditure and
water flux in free ranging Pt. Reyes mountain beavers. Physiological
and Biochemical Zoology. 80(6): 635-642.
Brian Wenzel
Graduated in 2008.
Glucose production during
fasting in adult male northern elephant seals.
Lovisa
Sonnerstedt
Graduated in 2009.
Life history strategies
and breeding behavior in female northern elephant seals.
Amy Norris
Graduated in 2009.
Thermoregulation and heat flux in breeding
adult male northern elephant seals.
Betsy Kelso
Sex differences in fuel
use and metabolism during development in fasting northern elephant seals.
Segal Boaz
Vitamin homeostasis during
extended fasts in developing and lactating northern elephant seals.
Mike Tift
Development of diving
physiology in juvenile northern elephant seals.