With climate, biodiversity and inequity crises squarely upon us, never has there been a more
pressing time to rethink how we conceptualize, understand and manage our relationship …

Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) and wolves (Canis lupus) are two apex predators with strong and
cascading effects on ecosystem structure and function. After decades of recovery from near …

Substantial research and conservation resources are invested towards studying, protecting,
and managing carnivore populations, globally. But scholarly investigations that link the …

Limited data, time, and funding lead conservation managers to make difficult choices in
managing species recovery. Coupled dynamical models are relied upon for decision …

The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) population of Southeast Alaska has been growing at a higher
rate than other regions along the Pacific coast. While good for the recovery of this …

Sea otters are apex predators that can exert considerable influence over the nearshore
communities they occupy. Since facing near extinction in the early 1900s, sea otters are …

Sea otters were extirpated throughout much of their range by the maritime fur trade in the
18th and 19th centuries, including the coast of Katmai National Park and Preserve in …

Killer whale is an apex predator which plays an important role in marine ecosystems. In the
Russian waters, killer whales are represented by two ecotypes—fish-eaters (R-type) and …

Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) were extirpated from much of their range in the North Pacific by
the early 1900s but have made a remarkable recovery in Southeast Alaska. Sea otter …

An opportunistic investigation into ecosystem instability in Kachemak Bay (KBay), Alaska,
has led us to investigate exposure to toxic algae in sea otters. We used gene expression to …