Changes in sea urchins and kelp following a reduction in sea otter density as a result of the Exxon Valdez oil spill

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 199, Issue , 2000, Pages 281-291

  Dean, Thomas A ^a   Bodkin, James L ^b   Jewett, Stephen C ^c   Monson, Daniel H ^b   Jung, Dennis ^a  

^a Coastal Resources Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Enhydra lutris; Keystone species; Prince William Sound; Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis; Top down control

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDATION; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; UNITED STATES;

INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MARINE MAMMAL; OIL SPILL;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

CARNIVORA; ECHINOIDEA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 0034717730     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps199281     Document Type: Article

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