Sea Otter
Southwest Alaska Sea Otter Recovery Team (SWAKSORT)
Reading List
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2005. Recovery Outline for the Southwest Alaska Distinct Population Segment of the Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni). (pdf)
Federal Register Notices
69 FR 6600. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing the Southwest Alaska Distinct Population Segment of the Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) as Threatened. Proposed Rule. February 11, 2004. (pdf)
70 FR 46366. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Threatened Status for the Southwest Alaska Distinct Population Segment of the Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni). Final Rule. August 9, 2005. (pdf)
Recovery Plans
Lance, M.M., S.A. Richardson, and H.L. Allen. 2004. Sea Otter Recovery Plan. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Wildlife Program, 600 Capitol Way, N. Olympia, Washington 98501. 91pp.
Sea Otter Recovery Team. 2004. National Recovery Strategy for the Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) in Canada. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 59pp. (pdf)
Sea Otter Recovery Team. 2004. Recovery Action Plan for the Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) in Canada: 2004-2009. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 35pp. (pdf)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2003. Final Revised Recovery plan for the southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1, Ecological Services Office, 911 NE. 11 th Avenue. Portland, Oregon 97232. 59pp plus appendices.
Unpublished Reports
Funk, F. 2003. Overview of state-managed marine fisheries in southwest Alaska, with reference to northern sea otters. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Juneau, Alaska. Regional Information Report 5J03-02. Link to 5J03-02 6.26.03.pdf (pdf)
Maldini, D., D. Calkins, S. Atkinson, and R. Meehan. 2004. Alaska Sea Otter Research Workshop: Addressing the decline of the southwestern Alaska sea otter population. Alaska Sea Grant College Program. University of Alaska Fairbanks. AK-SG-04-03. 99pp.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2002. Southwest Alaska Sea Otter Decline Workshop Summary Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management Office. 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503. 27pp plus appendices. Link to SW Alaska Sea Otter Decline Workshop Summary Report.pdf (pdf)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2005. A population monitoring plan for sea otters in Alaska. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska SeaLife Center and U.S. Geological Survey white paper. 17pp plus appendices. Link to Final Alaska Sea Otter Population Monitoring Plan 01JUL2005.pdf (pdf)
Publications
Burn, D.M., A.M. Doroff, and M.T. Tinker. 2003. Estimated carrying capacity and pre-decline abundance of sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in the Aleutian islands. Northwestern Naturalist. 84(3):145-148. (pdf)
Burn, D.M. and A.M. Doroff. 2005. Decline in sea otter (Enhydra lutris) populations along the Alaska Peninsula, 1986-2001. Fishery Bulletin 103:270-279. Link to Burn and Doroff Fishery Bulletin 2005.pdf (pdf)
Doroff, A. M., J. A. Estes, M. T. Tinker, D. M. Burn, and T. J. Evans. 2003. Sea otter population declines in the Aleutian Archipelago. J. Mammalogy. 84(1):55-64. Link to Doroff et al. Journal of Mammalogy.pdf (pdf)
Estes, J.A., M.T. Tinker, T.M. Williams, and D.F. Doak. 1998. Killer Whale Predation Linking Oceanic and Nearshore Ecosystems. Science 282: 473-476. (pdf)
Estes, J.A., M.T. Tinker, A.M. Doroff, and D.M. Burn. 2005. Continuing sea otter population declines in the Aleutian archipelago. Marine Mammal Science. 21:169-172. (pdf)
Springer, A.M, J.A. Estes, G.B. van Vliet, T.M. Williams, D.F. Doak, E.M. Danner, K.A. Forney, and B. Pfister. 2003. Sequential megafaunal collapse in the North Pacific Ocean: an ongoing legacy of industrial whaling? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(21):12223-12228. (pdf)
Last updated: September 10, 2008
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