The Community ecology of sea otters

摘要: This book discusses effects of predation by sea otters in nearshore benthic communities the North Pacific. It includes chapters written researchers kelp forest, rocky intertidal, and soft sediment habitats. They review current knowledge areas controversy, present new data, identify needs for additional study. In concluding consensus as well barriers to overgeneralization accurate prediction are noted. is first technical focusing on empirical studies a marine mammal ecosystems. Researchers, fisheries environmental conservation organizations will find this valuable