Sea otter population dynamics and the Exxon Valdez oil spill: Disentangling the confounding effects

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-35

  Garshelis, David L ^a   Johnson, Charles B ^b  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b ABR Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity time budgets; Boat based counts; Enhydra lutris; Foraging; Pup production

Indexed keywords

MARINE POLLUTION; MUSTELID; OFFSPRING PRODUCTION; OIL SPILL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; LUTRINAE; MUSTELIDAE; ENHYDRA;

EID: 0034921057     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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