Ecosystem models show combined effects of fishing, predation, competition, and ocean productivity on Steller sea lions ( Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Guénette, Sylvie, Heymans, Sheila JJ, Christensen, Villy, Trites, Andrew W
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2006
• Subjects: Atka; Gulf of Alaska; Pacific; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f06-136; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f06-136

Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) increased in the eastern portion of their range while declining in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands from the late 1970s to late 1990s. We constructed ecosystem models of the central and western Aleutians and of southeast Alaska to simultaneously evaluate...