Aleuts, Sea Otters, and Alternate Stable-State Communities

Reexamination of stratified faunal components of a prehistoric Aleut midden excavated on Amchitka Island, Alaska, indicates that Aleut prey items changed dramatically during 2500 years of aboriginal occupation. Recent ecological studies in the Aleutian Islands have shown the concurrent existence of...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Simenstad, Charles A., Estes, James A., Kenyon, Karl W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1978
Subjects:
Amchitka
Amchitka Island
aleut
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.200.4340.403
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.200.4340.403

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