Developing a criterion for delisting the southern sea otter under the U.S. Endangered Species Act;Desarrollo de un criterio para desenlistar la nutria marina del sur bajo el Acta de Especies Amenazadas de los Estados Unidos

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1528-1537

  Ralls, Katherine ^a   Demaster, Douglas P ^b   Estes, James A ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELISTING; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; OIL SPILL; SOUTHERN SEA OTTER;

USA, (NORTHWEST); USA, CALIFORNIA;

CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS NEREIS; LUTRINAE; NEREIS;

EID: 0030442018     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10061528.x     Document Type: Article

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