Monitoring population status of sea otters (<i>Enhydra lutris</i>) in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska: options and considerations

Abstract

After many decades of absence from southeast Alaska, sea otters (Enhydra lutris) are recolonizing parts of their former range, including Glacier Bay, Alaska. Sea otters are well known for structuring nearshore ecosystems and causing community-level changes such as increases in kelp abundance and changes in the size and number of other consumers. Monitoring population status of sea otters