A re-evaluation of the role of killer whales Orcinus orca in a population decline of sea otters Enhydra lutris in the Aleutian Islands and a review of alternative hypotheses

Mammal Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-124

  Kuker, Katie ^a,b   Barrett Lennard, Lance ^a,b  

^a VANCOUVER AQUARIUM   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alaska; Contaminants; Marine mammals; North Pacific Ocean; Predator prey dynamics

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE MAMMAL; POLLUTANT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR CONTROL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; WHALE;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

CARNIVORA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 77952554988     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2009.00156.x     Document Type: Review

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