| Title | An Ecological Assessment of a Potential Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Reintroduction to the Oregon Coast |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 2019 |
| Authors | Kone, Dominique V. |
| Academic Department | College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences. Marine Resource Management Program |
| Degree | M.S. |
| Pagination | 82 p. |
| University | Oregon State University |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Blanco Reef, commercial fisheries - shellfish, demographics, economics, ecosystem health, environmental law and policy, Gold Beach (Or.), habitats, historical, human impacts, marine mammals, Newport (Or.), Orford Reef, Otter Rock Marine Reserve, population biology, Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve, Reintroductions, Sea otter = Enhydra lutris, Simpson Reef, Translocations |
| Notes | This Master’s thesis was written to address the concerns of groups working to bring sea otters back to Oregon. “Managers seek improved understanding of the potential for coastal habitats to support sea otter populations, factors likely to affect reintroduction success, and how sea otters may change nearshore ecosystems if brought back. These uncertainties were addressed by adapting and applying a recently developed model of habitat-specific carrying capacity for southern sea otters to estimate spatial variation in potential sea otter abundance (at equilibrium) in Oregon. These predictions were spatially related to human activities to investigate potential human interactions” (from the Abstract) The major professor was Leigh G. Torres. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/bv73c622c |
