Food limitation and the recovery of sea otters following the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 241, Issue , 2002, Pages 255-270

  Dean, Thomas A ^a   Bodkin, James L ^a   Fukuyama, Allan K ^a   Jewett, Stephen C ^a   Monson, Daniel H ^a   O'Clair, Charles E ^a   VanBlaricom, Glenn R ^a  

^a Coastal Resources Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Condition indices; Predator prey interaction; Prey availability; Prey consumption rate; Prince William Sound

Indexed keywords

FOOD LIMITATION; OIL SPILL; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; LUTRINAE; PINNIPEDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037019905     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps241255     Document Type: Article

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