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Salmon in the Pacific Northwest Are Facing a New Threat: Booming Populations of Seals and Sea Lions
Salmon in the Pacific Northwest Are Facing a New Threat: Booming Populations of Seals and Sea Lions
The mammals' return to the region represented a conservation success story, but their appetite for endangered fish is upsetting the balance of a delicate ecosystem
'Warning sign of an accelerating decline in critically endangered killer whales (Orcinus orca)'
'Warning sign of an accelerating decline in critically endangered killer whales (Orcinus orca)'
The Southern Resident killer whale population will decline slowly for a generation or two before accelerating toward extinction, suggests a model-based population viability analysis accounting for sensitivities to age structure, survival rates, and prey-demography functional relationships.
See our research in the Seattle Times
See our research in the Seattle Times
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Animal Counting Toolkit
Animal Counting Toolkit
Animal Counting Toolkit Knowing how many animals are in an area, and how they are distributed, is a central task in conservation science. This information is used to assess whether fisheries are catching more marine mammals in their fishing nets than the population can withstand, to guide spatial plans for protecting critical habitat, or assessing
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