Length-mass and total body length of adult female sea otters in Prince William Sound before and after the Exxon Valdez oil spill

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 977-993

  Rotterman, Lisa Mignon ^a   Monnett, Charles ^a,b  

^a Enhydra Research   (United States)

^b MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Body condition; Body mass; Enhydra lutris; Oil spill; Prince William Sound; Sea otters; T V Exxon Valdez; Total body length

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; MUSTELID; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; LUTRINAE; MUSTELIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036775641     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2002.tb01086.x     Document Type: Article

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