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The Community Ecology of Sea Otters

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Glenn R. VanBlaricom

    1. U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Sevice, USA
      Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

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  2. James A. Estes

    1. U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Sevice, USA
      Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 65)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Introduction

    • G. R. VanBlaricom, J. A. Estes
    Pages 1-3

  3. A Review of the History, Distribution and Foraging Ecology of Sea Otters

    • M. L. Riedman, J. A. Estes
    Pages 4-21

  4. Sea Otter Foraging Habits and Effects on Prey Populations and Communities in Soft-Bottom Environments

    • R. G. Kvitek, J. S. Oliver
    Pages 22-47

  5. Effects of Foraging by Sea Otters on Mussel-Dominated Intertidal Communities

    • G. R. VanBlaricom
    Pages 48-91

  6. Kelp Communities and Sea Otters: Keystone Species or Just Another Brick in the Wall?

    • M. S. Foster, D. R. Schiel
    Pages 92-115

  7. Sea Otters, Sea Urchins, and Kelp Beds: Some Questions of Scale

    • J. A. Estes, C. Harrold
    Pages 116-150

  8. Effects of Sea Otter Foraging on Subtidal Reef Communities off Central California

    • D. R. Laur, A. W. Ebeling, D. A. Coon
    Pages 151-168

  9. Fish Populations in Kelp Forests Without Sea Otters: Effects of Severe Storm Damage and Destructive Sea Urchin Grazing

    • A. W. Ebeling, D. R. Laur
    Pages 169-191

  10. The Effects of Kelp Forests on Nearshore Environments: Biomass, Detritus, and Altered Flow

    • D. O. Duggins
    Pages 192-201

  11. Sea Otters and Nearshore Benthic Communities: A Theoretical Perspective

    • S. A. Levin
    Pages 202-209

  12. Concluding Remarks

    • J. A. Estes, G. R. VanBlaricom
    Pages 210-218

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 219-247
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Sevice, USA

    Glenn R. VanBlaricom, James A. Estes

  • Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

    Glenn R. VanBlaricom, James A. Estes

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Community Ecology of Sea Otters

  • Editors: Glenn R. VanBlaricom, James A. Estes

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72845-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-72847-1Published: 06 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-72845-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 247

  • Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Ecology, Zoology

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