Sea Otter
REPORTS
To receive a copy of a publication or report listed here, please contact:
Marine Mammals Management, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
1011 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503
or call 907-786-3800
2008 Final Stock Assessment Reports
Sea Otter - Southwest
Alaska Stock (pdf)
Sea Otter - Southcentral
Alaska Stock (pdf)
Sea Otter - Southeast
Alaska Stock (pdf)
Federal Register Notice (pdf)
For more information,
and for Stock Assessment Reports on other marine mammals, visit the National
Marine Fisheries Service web site.
Publications
Garrott, R.A., L.L. Eberhardt, and D.M. Burn. 1993. Mortality of
sea otters in Prince William Sound following the Exxon Valdez oil
spill. Marine Mammal Science. 9(4):343-359.
Burn, D.M. 1994. Boat-based population surveys of sea
otters in Prince William Sound. Pp. 61-80 in: Marine Mammals and the
Exxon Valdez. T. Loughlin (Ed.) Academic Press, Inc.
DeGange, A.R., A.M. Doroff, and D.H. Monson. 1994. Experimental recovery
of sea otter carcasses at Kodiak Island, Alaska, following the Exxon
Valdez oil spill. Marine Mammal Science 10(4):492-496.
Doroff, A.M. and J.L. Bodkin. 1994. Sea otter foraging
behavior and hydrocarbon levels in prey following the Exxon Valdez oil
spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. In: Marine Mammals and Oiling.
Ed. T.R. Loughlin. Academic Press.
Doroff, A.M. and A.R. DeGange. 1994. Sea otter prey composition and
foraging success in the northern Kodiak archipelago. Fishery Bulletin
92:704-710 (1994).
Gorbics, C.S. and J.L. Bodkin. 2001. Stock structure
of sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in Alaska. Marine Mammal Science
17(3): 632-647.
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. Journal
of Mammalogy 84(1):55-64.
Burn, D.M., A.M. Doroff, M.T. Tinker. In press. Carrying
capacity and pre-decline abundance of sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni)
in the Aleutian Islands. Northwest Naturalist.
Doroff, A.M., D.M. Burn, and R.A. Stovall. Submitted. Unexpected
population declines of sea otters in the Kodiak archipelago, Alaska.
Journal of Wildlife Management.
Burn, D.M. and A.M. Doroff. Submitted. The northern
sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni): population declines along the Alaska
Peninsula 1986-2001. Fishery Bulletin.
Unpublished Technical Reports
Doroff, A.M., A.R. DeGange, C. Lensink, B.E. Ballachey,
J.L. Bodkin, and D. Bruden. 1993. Recovery of sea otter carcasses following
the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Pp. 285-288 in: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Symposium,
Program and Abstracts. 365 pp.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1994. Conservation plan for the sea
otter in Alaska. Marine Mammals Management, Anchorage, Alaska. 44
pp.
Doroff, A.M. and A.R. DeGange. 1995. Experiments to
determine drift patterns and rates of recovery of sea otter carcasses
following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill State/Federal
Natural Resources Damage Assessment Marine Mammal Study 6-9. Final Report.
13 pp.
Doroff, A.M. and J.L. Bodkin. 1996. Sea otter foraging behavior and
hydrocarbon levels in prey following the Exxon Valdez oil spill in
Prince William Sound, Alaska. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill State/Federal
Nat Natural Resources Damage Assessment Marine Mammal Study 6-8. Final
Report. 33 pp.
Doroff, A.M. and C. Gorbics. 1997. Sea otter surveys
of Yakutat Bay and adjacent Gulf of Alaska coastal areas - Cape Hinchinbrook
to Cape Spencer 1995-1996. Final Report to Minerals Management Service.
Interagency Agreement No. 05059. 23 pp.
Doroff, A.M. and D. Mulcahy. 1997. A field guide to general necropsy
and tissue collection for sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in Alaska. U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management Technical Report
MMM 97-3. 49 pp.
Evans, T.J., D.M. Burn, and A.R. DeGange. 1997. Distribution
and relative abundance of sea otters in the Aleutian archipelago. U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management Technical Report
MMM 97-5.
Doroff, A.M. and M. Roy. 1999. Sea Otter Surveys of Izembek Lagoon,
Alaska: a Pilot Study. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals
Management, Anchorage, Alaska. 6 pp.
Ballachey, B.E., C.S. Gorbics, and A.M. Doroff. 2001.
Sea otter mortality in Orca Inlet, Prince William Sound, Alaska, winter
1995-1996. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management
Technical Report: MMM 01-1. 23 pp.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2001a. Standard methods to assess
over winter mortality trends in sea otter populations in Alaska. Marine
Mammals Management, Anchorage, Alaska. 7 pp.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2001b. Population trend
surveys as an index to abundance and distribution of sea otters: a standard
protocol in Alaska. Marine Mammals Management, Anchorage, Alaska. 10
pp.
Doroff, A.M., D.M. Burn and J.A. Haddix. 2002. Skiff-based surveys
of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in the Semidi Islands and outer Shumagin
Islands of the Alaska Peninsula, May 2002. Internal report. U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management, 1011 E. Tudor Road,
Anchorage, Alaska 99503. 15 pp.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2002a. Stock assessment
for sea otters (Enhydra lutris) - southwest Alaska Stock. 8 pp.: Available
on our web site under Stock Assessment Reports
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2002b. Stock assessment for sea otters
(Enhydra lutris) - southcentral Alaska Stock. Marine Mammal Protection
Act Stock Assessment Report. 6 pp. Available on our web site under
Stock Assessment Reports.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2002c. Stock assessment for sea otters
(Enhydra lutris) - southeast Alaska Stock. Marine Mammal Protection
Act Stock Assessment Report. 6 pp. Available on our web site under
Stock Assessment Reports.
Gill, V.A. 2006. Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality event initiation protocol for northern sea otters.
Unpublished USFWS report. 11pp.
Gill, V.A., A.M. Doroff, and D. Burn. 2009. Aerial Surveys of Sea Otters Enhydra lutris in Kachemak, Alaska 2008. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report for Army Corps of Engineers. MIPR # WC1JUW80880784. 21pp.
Last updated: June 25, 2009
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