Decline in Alaskan Sea Otters Affects Bald Eagles' Diet
Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 23:28
in Biology & Nature
Sea otters are known as a keystone species, filling such an important niche in ocean communities that without them, entire ecosystems can collapse. Scientists are finding, however, that sea otters can have even farther-reaching effects that extend to terrestrial communities and alter the behavior of another top predator: the bald eagle.