Sea otter population declines in the Aleutian archipelago

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-64

  Doroff, Angela M ^a   Estes, James A ^b   Tinker, M Tim ^b   Burn, Douglas M ^a   Evans, Thomas J ^a  

^a U States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial surveys; Aleutian Islands; Enhydra lutris; Population declines; Population trends; Sea otters; Skiff based surveys

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; CONSERVATION STATUS; MUSTELID; POPULATION DECLINE;

UNITED STATES;

ENHYDRA LUTRIS; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 0037328386     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0055:SOPDIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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