Sea otters in a dirty ocean

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 231, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1648-1652

  Jessup, David A ^a   Miller, Melissa A ^a   Kreuder Johnson, Chris ^b   Conrad, Patricia A ^b   Tinker, M Timothy ^c   Estes, James ^c   Mazet, Jonna A K ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NOTE; POLLUTION; SEA; WATER POLLUTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; OTTERS; WATER POLLUTION;

CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA;

EID: 37349002706     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.231.11.1648     Document Type: Note

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