TY - BOOK ID - 7833830 TI - Sea otter conservation AU - Larson, Shawn E AU - Bodkin, James L AU - VanBlaricom, G R PY - 2015 SN - 0128016876 0128014024 1322565228 9781322565224 9780128016879 9780128014028 PB - Amsterdam Boston Academic Press DB - UniCat KW - Sea otter KW - Zoology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Vertebrates KW - Conservation KW - Sea otter. KW - Conservation. KW - Enhydra lutris KW - Enhydra lutris kamtschatica KW - Lutra gracilis KW - Lutra marina KW - Lutra stelleri KW - Mustela lutris KW - Sea-otters KW - Enhydra UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7833830 AB - Sea otters are good indicators of ocean health. In addition, they are a keystone species, offering a stabilizing effect on ecosystem, controlling sea urchin populations that would otherwise inflict damage to kelp forest ecosystems. The kelp forest ecosystem is crucial for marine organisms and contains coastal erosion. With the concerns about the imperiled status of sea otter populations in California, Aleutian Archipelago and coastal areas of Russia and Japan, the last several years have shown growth of interest culturally and politically in the status and preservation of sea otter population ER -