The Distribution of the California Sea Otter
Author | : Richard A. Boolootian |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 6 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Marine mammal populations |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Richard A. Boolootian |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 6 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Marine mammal populations |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Donald Blair Siniff |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Mammal populations |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James A. Estes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 46 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Animal populations |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Michael L. Bonnell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Mammal populations |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Shawn Larson |
Publisher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2014-12-23 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0128016876 |
Sea otters are good indicators of ocean health. In addition, they are a keystone species, offering a stabilizing effect on ecosystem, controlling sea urchin populations that would otherwise inflict damage to kelp forest ecosystems. The kelp forest ecosystem is crucial for marine organisms and contains coastal erosion. With the concerns about the imperiled status of sea otter populations in California, Aleutian Archipelago and coastal areas of Russia and Japan, the last several years have shown growth of interest culturally and politically in the status and preservation of sea otter populations. Sea Otter Conservation brings together the vast knowledge of well-respected leaders in the field, offering insight into the more than 100 years of conservation and research that have resulted in recovery from near extinction. This publication assesses the issues influencing prospects for continued conservation and recovery of the sea otter populations and provides insight into how to handle future global changes. Covers scientific, cultural, economic and political components of sea otter conservation Provides guidance on how to manage threats to the sea otter populations in the face of future global changes Highlights the effects that interactions of coastal animals have with the marine ecosystem
Author | : Glenn R. VanBlaricom |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3642728456 |
The impetus for this volume comes from two sources. The first is scientific: by virtue of a preference for certain large benthic invertebrates as food, sea otters have interesting and significant effects on the structure and dynamics of nearshore communities in the North Pacific. The second is political: be cause of the precarious status of the sea otter population in coastal California, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced, in June 1984, a proposal to establish a new population of sea otters at San Nicolas Island, off southern California. The proposal is based on the premise that risks of catastrophic losses of sea otters, due to large oil spills, are greatly reduced by distributing the population among two geographically separate locations. The federal laws of the U.S. require that USFWS publish an Environmental Impact Statement (ElS) regarding the proposed translocation of sea otters to San Nicolas Island. The EIS is intended to be an assessment of likely bio logical, social, and economic effects of the proposal. In final form, the EIS has an important role in the decision of federal management authority (in this case, the Secretary of the Interior of the U.S.) to accept or reject the proposal.