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Sea Otter Conservation II
Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration
- 2nd Edition - December 1, 2024
- Editors: Shawn Larson, James Bodkin, Erin Foster
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 8 0 5 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 8 0 4 - 6
Driven to the brink of extinction by the maritime fur trade, sea otter recovery is a remarkable success story, one with broad implications to our understanding of their life… Read more
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Request a sales quote- Covers the fundamental biological and ecological aspects of sea otter conservation
- Provides a detailed account of the influences of sea otters in community ecology, and the broad importance of keystone species recovery in restoring ecosystems
- Describes how historical processes can shape subsequent ecological relationships, particularly when species recover to places from which they were previously extirpated
Researchers and practicing marine biologists, conservationists, and zoologists, Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in marine biology, conservation studies, zoology, and animal sciences
Chapter 2: Sea otters and rocky reef communities
Chapter 3: The role of sea otters in seagrass and salt marsh communities
Chapter 4 Sea otters in mixed sediment habitats
Chapter 5: Sea otter-mediated linkages among oceanic, nearshore, and terrestrial ecosystems
Chapter 6: A catastrophic and unintended experiment: Revising our understanding of sea otters and their social and ecological importance based on a system in transition
Chapter 7: Monitoring sea otter population recovery from the maritime fur trade
Chapter 8: The intersection of individual space use and landscape-level geography and their defining influence on sea otter conservation
Chapter 9: What drives sea otter population growth and recovery: A large-scale perspective
Chapter 10: Insights from molecular methods into past and present sea otter populations
Chapter 11: Reintroductions and restoring nearshore ecosystems ‑‑ the Elakha Alliance: A new approach to sea otter conservation
Chapter 12: Envisioning sea otter recovery in the 21st century
- No. of pages: 400
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: December 1, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443188053
- eBook ISBN: 9780443188046
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Shawn Larson
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James Bodkin
James Bodkin is Scientist Emeritus with the US Geological Survey. Jim received a MSc degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 1986. He led the sea otter and nearshore ecosystem research program for the USGS, Alaska Science Center until his retirement in 2013 and continues to consult with government, private and academic organizations regarding sea otters and coastal marine ecosystems. Jim has 47 years of experience with sea otters and marine ecosystems and co-edited Volume I of Sea Otter Conservation.
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Erin Foster
Dr. Erin Foster is a postdoctoral Research Scientist with the Cetacean Research Program at Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Pacific Biological Station. Erin received a PhD from the University of Victoria, examining the effects of sea otter range expansion, their influence on eelgrass population genetics and community ecology, and the ancient relationships between sea otters, clams, and Indigenous clam gardening. Erin has 17 years of experience with sea otters and nearshore ecology and is interested in restoring the ecological interactions that have been lost or modified where keystone species are reduced.