Abstract The Dungeness crab, Cancer magister, is a commercially important crustacean that
ranges from the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, to Santa Barbara, California. Mating occurs between …

On 30 April 1994, Public Law 103-238 was enacted allowing significant changes to
provisions within the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Interactions between marine …

Otters are highly charismatic and popular animals of very considerable concern to
conservationists worldwide. Written by the pre-eminent authority in the field, this book builds …

Predator recovery often leads to ecosystem change that can trigger conflicts with more
recently established human activities. In the eastern North Pacific, recovering sea otters are …

Small mesopelagic fishes dominate the world's total fish biomass, yet their ecological
importance as prey for large marine animals is poorly understood. To reveal the little-known …

Sea otter populations in Southeast Alaska, USA, have increased dramatically from just over
400 translocated animals in the late 1960s to> 8,000 by 2003. The recovery of sea otters to …

Changes in food web dynamics and ocean productivity over the past 4500 years are
investigated using stable isotope analysis of nitrogen and carbon in collagen from animal …

The existence of individual prey specializations has been reported for an ever-growing
number of taxa, and has important ramifications for our understanding of predator–prey …

Humans share with seals the ability to contract the spleen and increase circulating
hematocrit, which may improve apneic performance by enhancing gas storage. Seals have …

To fully understand how diving seabirds and marine mammals balance the potentially
conflicting demands of holding their breath while living their lives underwater (and …