Sea Otter
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Mustelidae
Enhydra
Enhydra lutris
Highly aquatic, the Sea Otter eats, sleeps, mates, and even gives birth at sea, and can remain submerged for four to five minutes. Flipper-like hindlegs make the species clumsy on land; it takes to the beach… More »
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Sea Otter population, mortality rate, conflicts with humans and other important facts ... “How are the sea otters doing?” We get asked this A LOT! It would be easier if we could say the California sea otter population was increasing or decreasing, healthy or not.
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Everything You Need To Know About the Sea Otter ... Send Sea Otters to Washington! Contribute to the Give Otters A Voice Fund! ; Latest news! The Otter Project files suit against the USFWS ... Become a fan!; Follow us! Sea Otter Scoop; Share photos;
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APPLICATION OF RESEARCH: Studies of sea otter population status and trends are important to assess the recovery of the populations and the potential effects of human perturbations (e.g., harvest, contaminants, and habitat modifications) on population status and trends.
www.absc.usgs.gov/research/sea_otters/popchange.htm www.absc.usgs.gov/research/sea_otters/popchange.htm
Estimated Sea Otter Population Size in Glacier Bay; 8-13 May 1999; J.L. Bodkin; G.G. Esslinger; D.M. Monson; 13 December, 1999; U.S. Geological Survey; Alaska Biological Science Center; 1011 East Tudor Road; Anchorage, AK 99503;
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AND BIOLOGY OF THE CALIFORNIA SEA OTTER AT THE SOUTHERN END OF ITS RANGE ... Although the California sea otter population is declining, the geographic range of the population continues to expand both to the north and south.
www.coastalresearchcenter.ucsb.edu/cmi/seaotters.html www.coastalresearchcenter.ucsb.edu/cmi/seaotters.html
In Canada, the sea otter population in British Columbia is classified as threatened by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).
www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/sea_ott... www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/sea_otter.php
Sea otter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The sea otter ( Enhydra lutris ) is a marine mammal native to the coasts of the northern and eastern North Pacific Ocean. Adult sea otters typically weigh between 14 and 45 kg (30 to 100 lb), maki...
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Sea Otter Population Not at Risk from TBT in Their Diet ... 1998). Risks were negligible to the sea otter population as a whole because less than one percent of California, Washington and Alaska sea otter populations frequent marinas...
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