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Assessment of Competition between Fisheries and Steller Sea Lions in Alaska Based on Estimated Prey Biomass, Fisheries Removals and Predator Foraging Behaviour

A leading hypothesis to explain the dramatic decline of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in western Alaska during the latter part of the 20th century is a change in prey availability due to commercial fisheries. We tested this hypothesis by exploring the relationships between sea lion populati...

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Autores principales: Hui, Tabitha C. Y., Gryba, Rowenna, Gregr, Edward J., Trites, Andrew W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4424003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25950178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123786