Background
Costa, Daniel Paul was born on January 23, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Robert Augustino and Mary Anne (Davis) Costa.
Costa, Daniel Paul was born on January 23, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Robert Augustino and Mary Anne (Davis) Costa.
Bachelor in Zoology cum laude, University of California at Los Angeles, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, University California, Santa Cruz, 1978. Postgraduate, Scripps Institutes Oceanography, 1982.
Assistant research biologist University California, Santa Cruz, 1983-1986, associate research biologist I, 1986-1988, associate research biologist III, since 1988. Visiting scientist Abteilung Wickler, Max-Planck Institute fur Verhaltensphysiologie, Seewiesen, Federal Republic Germany, 1986, British Antartic Survey, Cambridge, England, 1987.
Fellow California Academy of Sciences. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physiological Society, American Society Mammalogists, American Society Zoologists, Ecological Society of America, Society Marine Mammalogy, Western Society Naturalists, Cooper's Ornithological Society, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Pacific Seabird Group, American Ornithological Union.