Inter-decadal patterns of population and dietary change in sea otters at Amchitka Island, Alaska

Challenges in the Quest for Keystones

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Killer Whale Predation on Sea Otters Linking Oceanic and Nearshore Ecosystems

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Trophic Impact, Biodiversity, Engineering +10

Sea Otters and Kelp Forests in Alaska: Generality and Variation in a Community Ecological Paradigm

James A. Estes, David O. Duggins · Ecological Monographs · 1995 · 787 citations

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