Toward a prehistory of the Southern Sea Otter (Enhydra Lutris Nereis)

Human Impacts on Seals, Sea Lions, and Sea Otters: Integrating Archaeology and Ecology in the Northeast Pacific

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 243-271

  Jones, Terry L ^a   Culleton, Brendan J ^b   Larson, Shawn ^c   Mellinger, Sarah ^d   Porcasi, Judith F ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c Seattle Aquarium   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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