Decline of the Steller sea lion in Alaskan waters : untangling food webs and fishing nets /

For an unknown reason, the Steller sea lion population in Alaska has declined by 80% over the past three decades. In 2001, the National Research Council began a study to assess the many hypotheses proposed to explain the sea lion decline including insufficient food due to fishing or the late 1970s c...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Alaska Groundfish Fishery and Steller Sea Lions
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Steller's sea lion > Alaska.
Sea lions > Alaska.
Fisheries > Alaska.
Animal populations.
Food chains (Ecology)
Fishing nets > Environmental aspects > Alaska.
Food Chain
Otarie de Steller > Alaska.
Pêches > Alaska.
Animaux > Populations.
Chaînes alimentaires (Écologie)
Filets de pêche > Aspect de l'environnement > Alaska.
Lions de mer > Alaska.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
Animal populations
Fisheries
Fishing nets > Environmental aspects
Sea lions
Steller's sea lion
Bedrohte Tiere
Netzfischerei
Nahrungskette
Seelöwen
Alaska
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matterr
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Environmental Setting
  • 3 Identifying Clues and Testing Hypotheses
  • 4 Review of Steller Sea Lion Biology
  • 5 Fisheries
  • 5 Fisheries
  • 6 Steller Sea Lion Decline: Environmental Context and Compendium of Evidence
  • 7 Information Needs and Recommendations
  • References
  • APPENDIX A Committee and Staff Biographies
  • APPENDIX B Acronyms
  • APPENDIX C Glossary
  • APPENDIX D Early Account of Steller Sea Lions
  • APPENDIX E Federal Funding Summary
  • APPENDIX F Meeting AgendasAPPENDIX G National Research Council Project Oversight Boards
  • APPENDIX H Guide to the Common and Scientific Names of Marine Mammal, Fish, Invertebrate, and Bird Species

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