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9780128014028 English 0128014024 Sea Otter Conservation brings together the extensive knowledge from well-respected leaders in the field, offering insight into more than 100 years of conservation and research that have resulted in recovery from near extinction. This publication assesses the issues influencing prospects for continued conservation and recovery of sea otter populations and provides insight into anticipating and responding to future changes in coastal ecosystems. Chapters assess many of the issues that influence prospects for continued conservation and recovery of sea otter populations, some of which remain in peril, and highlights the application of lessons learned to conservation more broadly. Sea otters are excellent indicators of ocean health. They produce significant effects on coastal marine ecosystems including kelp forests and communities of organisms in rocky intertidal and soft-sediment habitats. Sea otters are also involved in a number of economically significant conflicts with other marine resources activities, including shellfish harvesting and offshore oil and gas development, and are the focus of broad conservation concern because of their Endangered Species Act (ESA) threatened status and declining and sluggish populations trends in some locations. Sea otters are significant players in the history of economic and cultural development in the coastal northeastern Pacific, and are of substantial cultural importance to indigenous human communities throughout their geographic range. Key Features, Covers scientific, cultural, economic and political components of sea otter conservation, Provides guidance on how to manage threats to the sea otter populations presently and in the face of future change in marine ecosystems, Highlights the effects that interactions of keystone species can have with marine ecosystems, Discusses the lessons learned in sea otter conservation that may be applicable to other species and ecosystems Book jacket., 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 populations. "Sea Otter Conservation" brings together the vast knowledge of well-respected leaders in the field, offering insight into the more than 100 years of conservation and research that have resulted in recovery from near extinction. This publication assesses the issues influencing prospects for continued conservation and recovery of the sea otter populations and provides insight into how to handle future global changes. Covers scientific, cultural, economic and political components of sea otter conservationProvides guidance on how to manage threats to the sea otter populations in the face of future global changesHighlights the effects that interactions of coastal animals have with the marine ecosystem
9780128014028 English 0128014024 Sea Otter Conservation brings together the extensive knowledge from well-respected leaders in the field, offering insight into more than 100 years of conservation and research that have resulted in recovery from near extinction. This publication assesses the issues influencing prospects for continued conservation and recovery of sea otter populations and provides insight into anticipating and responding to future changes in coastal ecosystems. Chapters assess many of the issues that influence prospects for continued conservation and recovery of sea otter populations, some of which remain in peril, and highlights the application of lessons learned to conservation more broadly. Sea otters are excellent indicators of ocean health. They produce significant effects on coastal marine ecosystems including kelp forests and communities of organisms in rocky intertidal and soft-sediment habitats. Sea otters are also involved in a number of economically significant conflicts with other marine resources activities, including shellfish harvesting and offshore oil and gas development, and are the focus of broad conservation concern because of their Endangered Species Act (ESA) threatened status and declining and sluggish populations trends in some locations. Sea otters are significant players in the history of economic and cultural development in the coastal northeastern Pacific, and are of substantial cultural importance to indigenous human communities throughout their geographic range. Key Features, Covers scientific, cultural, economic and political components of sea otter conservation, Provides guidance on how to manage threats to the sea otter populations presently and in the face of future change in marine ecosystems, Highlights the effects that interactions of keystone species can have with marine ecosystems, Discusses the lessons learned in sea otter conservation that may be applicable to other species and ecosystems Book jacket., 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 populations. "Sea Otter Conservation" brings together the vast knowledge of well-respected leaders in the field, offering insight into the more than 100 years of conservation and research that have resulted in recovery from near extinction. This publication assesses the issues influencing prospects for continued conservation and recovery of the sea otter populations and provides insight into how to handle future global changes. Covers scientific, cultural, economic and political components of sea otter conservationProvides guidance on how to manage threats to the sea otter populations in the face of future global changesHighlights the effects that interactions of coastal animals have with the marine ecosystem