Juvenile predation preventing Steller sea lion recovery
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 18:30
in Biology & Nature
A new study suggests that the impact of predation on juvenile Steller sea lions in the Gulf of Alaska has been significantly underestimated, creating a "productivity pit" from which their population will have difficulty recovering without a reduction of predators.
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