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Monterey Bay Aquarium: Sea Otters Activities, Videos and Resources
Conservation (SORAC) Program The aquarium's Sea Otter Research and Conservation program supports the federal recovery plan for California's southern sea otters. Take a closer look at what we're ... Alaskan wildlife and their vast habitats. This site includes information on the status of the sea otter population in Alaska. Defenders of Wildlife This organization is dedicated to the protection of ...
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Monterey Bay Aquarium: Sea Otter Research and Conservation Program - Sea Otters At Risk
Big Sur coast had escaped the slaughter. Today's southern sea otters are descendants of those few survivors. With conservation efforts, the sea otter population has slowly grown to around 2,000, ... been called a keystone species. They contribute to the ecological balance of the ocean by eating sea urchins and other invertebrates that graze heavily on giant kelp. Too many of these grazing ...
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Marine Mammal Commission
Service's 5-year reviews of the status of fin whales, sperm whales, and southern right whales under the provisions of the Endangered Species Act. Download a copy: PDF (93 KB) ... : Comments and recommendations on a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the translocation of southern sea otters Download a copy: PDF (76 KB) Date: December 27, 2005 Recipient: National Marine Fisheries ...
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USGS National Wildlife Health Center - Diseases of Wildlife in the United States
Ecology of wildlife disease at the Salton Sea. Plague: Management tools and disease ecology. Parasites of native and non-native fishes in the Southwest. Southern sea otters: Significance of disease as a mortality factor. Amphibian malformations and diseases. Wildlife diseases in the Pacific Ocean. Field investigations, training, technical assistance and develelopment of information ...
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OTTERNET.COM Species Profiles- Sea Otter
Kuril Islands, Vancouver Island, and an area around Point Sur, In California. How can the Sea Otter stand the differences in temperature? Above water the temperatures vary, but underwater there is a warm ... room for one pup. The season the pup is born differs depending on where they live. Southern Sea Otters in California give birth in the winter from around January to about March. On the other ...
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Sea Otters
Big Sur. Today, only about 2,000 southern sea otters exist, and they face many dangerslike oil spills, entanglement in fishing gear, diseases and pollution. ... finfish, but their rounded teeth lack the sharp edges necessary to handle the slippery prey. Since otters' eyes are not well adapted for dimly lit ocean water, they rely on their sensitive front ...
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California State Legislature unanimously approves Sea Otter Awareness Week - Defenders of Wildlife
Ventura and as far away as Homer, Alaska. This year’s sixth annual celebration of Sea Otter Awareness Week promises to reach even more people than ever. Elected officials from cities ... Defenders Magazine Articles Defenders News Briefs: Spring 2008 (Spring 2008) Defenders News Briefs Winter 2007 (Winter 2007) Defenders in Action: Southern Sea Otters May Go South  (Winter 2006) Wildlife Fact Sheets ...
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The Marine Mammal Center
Marine Science Careers Strategies For Pursuing A Career In Marine Science College/University Programs Oceangraphy Careers Sea Lions at PIER 39 History Fascinating Facts FAQ'S On the Web Video Education Vol. ... and surgery case studies Otter Care A threatened species, southern sea otters are often some of The Center's most critical patients. Otters may be housed initially in the intensive care unit, ...
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SCS: Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
Steller sea lion numbers have been declining in recent years in the southern end of the species' range in central California where habitat ... in their habitat, although the species is not as vulnerable to oil-related injuries as sea otters or sea birds. In May 1999 a 24-metre fishing vessel ran aground on the rocks of ...
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Sea Otter - All About The Sea Otter
Sea otters do not mate for life but may have multiple partners, however, temporary pair-bonding occurs for ... most happen in May and June, in the Northern polar regions, with January and March in the Southern populace. Their gestation seems to be about twelve months. This species is able to delay the egg ...
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