References & Sources  -  October 17, 1998

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Who’s been eating all those sea otters?

Killer whales may account for the rapid disappearance of sea otters in the Aleutian islands.

 

References:

Estes, J.A., et al. 1998. Killer whale predation on sea otters linking oceanic and nearshore ecosystems. Science 282(Oct. 16):473.

 

Further Readings:

WhaleNet, an educational Web site including updates on animals tagged for tracking by satellite and archives of questions viewers have asked scientists, can be found at http://whale.wheelock.edu/.

Whales: A Thematic Web Unit is an educational theme unit with resources for teachers. It can be found at http://teach.virginia.edu/~kpj5e/Whales/Contents.HTML.

Sources:

James A. Estes
U.S. Geological Survey
Biological Resources Division
A-316 Earth & Marine Sciences Building
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 16, October 17, 1998, p. 245.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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