which is key to recording what they eat and where they forage. Following the loss of Pisaster, sea otters more than doubled their mussel consumption, increasing from less than 7% to nearly 18% of ...

A devastating sea star plague triggered an unexpected ecological shift, creating a mussel boom that sea otters turned into a buffet.

Sea otters are critical players in marine ecosystems and are a keystone species, meaning they have a profound effect on their ...

In 2013, a sea star wasting syndrome decimated populations of Pisaster along the west coast of North America and along the Monterey Peninsula in California, where this study was conducted. The orange ...

Caption A Southern sea otter foraging and eating mussels in Monterey Bay. Research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium published in the journal Science Advances shows that a mass die-off of ochre sea ...

HUNGRY SEA OTTERS IN CALIFORNIA HELP PREVENT WETLAND EROSION, STUDY FINDS It's not unusual to see a sea otter floating on its back, eating their ... to break open than mussels or small crabs.

But what do these otters eat? What Do Freshwater Otters Eat ... Some of their favorite foods are sea urchins, sea stars, crabs, squid, clams, mussels, and snails. Fish represent a smaller part of the ...

Of the Kiks.adi Clan of Sitka, Ixt’Ik’Eesh has been harvesting herring fish eggs for most of his life. His earliest ...

Mussel bonanza benefits sea otters Monterey Bay Aquarium researchers have been observing sea otter foraging behavior for decades. Sea otters consume their prey at the surface, which is key to ...

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Join us for a 48-hour tour of our favorite places to play, stay and eat in downeast Maine ... coastline offering views of seals, whales, sea otters and the peaks of lower Acadia National Park ...