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Sea Otter Declines Blamed on Hungry Killers.

Authors :
Kaiser, Jocelyn
Source :
Science. 10/16/1998, Vol. 282 Issue 5388, p390-391. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.
Publication Year :
1998

Abstract

Reports that ecologists have discovered that the sea otter population around the Alaskan coastline has declined dramatically in the late 1990s. Estimations that the otter population has dropped 90 percent in the 1990s; How ecologists have witnessed sea otters being eaten by orcas; The puzzling nature of this find since the usual diet of orcas do not include otter; Implications of the declining otter population.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00368075
Volume :
282
Issue :
5388
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Science
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
1208339
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.282.5388.390