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This site is for contributions to a study of harbor seals at La Jolla's Children's Pool Beach (CPB) and the surrounding region. We are creating a database of individually-identified seals using CPB which is being used in several research projects at UCSD under the supervision of Dr. Jim Moore.

We welcome contributions of seal photographs, but emphasize that the process of entering images, extracting 'landmarks' and matching them is slow and we currently don't have funds to hire more assistants - so cannot guarantee when or even if your photos will be entered; it depends on volume. By donating your images, you are agreeing that they can be used in this research and potentially included (with credit) in a free photo-ID catalog available to researchers and/or interested public (if you specify it, your images will ONLY be used by this project, internally). None will be used commercially.

Though any high-quality images are welcome, our research is focusing on LEFT FLANK and CHEST/ABDOMEN photos. Photos should be as perpendicular to the seal as possible, with low glare and minimal sand, and include from tip of the nose to base of tail. We can't use solid beige or heavily molting images.

Please indicate the photo's date and (if not at CPB) the location, as well as any details you think relevant. It looks like the best way to do this is to name the image with your initials and date (e.g., "JM8Feb09"). One of us will email you to acknowledge & thank you, and ask for any details needed. If you can create your own album here, great; otherwise just add individual images to the album below. We'll be downloading pictures from the website to the database and deleting from the website periodically so don't worry if an image vanishes after we've thanked you.

You can upload photos by clicking the "Add pictures" (or album) link below and following instructions; apparently you need to become a member (FREE) to do so. We are still working out details on using this site, so please email me (jjmoore@ucsd.edu) if you have questions or suggestions.

Alternative: http://www.yousendit.com/ allows you to send files up to 100mb in size (e.g. a number of photos in a zip archive) free, and is an easy interface.

THANK YOU!

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Seal Pup

Seal Pup
Taken on 6/14/2012

Seals resting on sand

Seals resting on sand
Taken on 6/14/2012

Seal Pups

Seal Pups
Taken on 6/14/2012

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seal2.jpg 2011-03-30

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seal1.jpg 2011-03-30

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Hangin' Out.JPG 2007-01-17

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Happy Seal 2.jpg 2007-01-17

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SAN DIEGO 6.2009 139.JPG 2007-01-17

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SAN DIEGO 6.2009 142.JPG 2007-01-17

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SAN DIEGO 6.2009 172.JPG 2007-01-17

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SAN DIEGO 6.2009 271.JPG 2007-01-17

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SAN DIEGO 6.2009 273.JPG
SAN DIEGO 6.2009 273.JPG 2007-01-17

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Steel Seal Crop 1.jpg
Steel Seal Crop 1.jpg 2007-01-17

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