Foraging depths of sea otters and implications to coastal marine communities

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 305-321

  Bodkin, James L ^a   Esslinger, George G ^a   Monson, Daniel H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diving behavior; Enhydra lutris; Fisheries conflict; Foraging ecology; Invertebrate fisheries; Sea otter; TDR; Time depth recorders

Indexed keywords

DEPTH; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MUSTELID;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; INVERTEBRATA; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 1842812832     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2004.tb01159.x     Document Type: Article

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