The Sea Otter

Focuses on the history of the sea otter from its discovery and near-extinction to the present, reporting studies which show the importance of the sea otter in maintaining an ecological balance of nature. Shows Edna Fisher's studies of the sea otter as it feeds, rests, and cleans itself amidst the kelp forest. Notes that the sea otter is now protected by international agreement and cites that its near-extinction was a result of unrestricted hunting.

More in Ecology Series

  1. Life in the Wood Lot
  2. THE SPRUCE BOG 1958
  3. World in a marsh 1958
  4. ABOVE THE TIMBERLINE 1960
  5. Ecology I - The Sea Otter 1971
  6. The Sea Otter 1971

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