A re-evaluation of the role of killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation in the decline of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in the Aleutian Islands
Sea otters in the Western Aleutian Islands have experienced a drastic population decline since the 1990s and Estes et al. (1998) hypothesized that killer whale predation is responsible. This hypothesis has not been challenged nor tested empirically. The aim of this study was twofold: 1) to conduct a...
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University of British Columbia
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/5637 |