Testing the Effects of Recovering Sea Otters on Seagrass Ecosystems in Southeast Alaska

• Main Author: Jessica J. Saavedra
• Other Authors: Brent B. Hughes, PhD, Ginny L. Eckert, PhD, Daniel E. Crocker, PhD
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Sonoma State University 2021
• Subjects: Zostera marina; Sea otter; Eelgrass; Alaska > Alexander Archipelago; Enhydra lutris; Alaska > Prince of Wales Island; Prince of Wales Island; Saavedra; Archipelago; Alaska
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12680/k0698d786

Over time, the loss of a top predator can alter communities, ecosystem function and resilience. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the recovery of sea otters (Enhydra lutris), as toppredators, affect their invertebrate prey within a seagrass (Zostera marina) ecosystem in southeast Alask...