Habitat associations of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in a soft- and mixed-sediment benthos in Alaska

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1278-1286

  Gilkinson, Andrea K ^a   Finerty, Shannon E ^a   Weltz, Frederick ^b   Dellapenna, Timothy M ^a   Davis, Randall W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alice Cove Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhydra lutris; feeding behavior; habitat associations; sea otter

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HABITAT TYPE; LOGISTICS; MUSTELID; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SURVEY; WATER DEPTH;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83755180636     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-379.1     Document Type: Article

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