SHORT COMMUNICATION Ancient DNA reveals genotypic relationships among Oregon populations of the sea otter (Enhydra lutris)

• Main Authors: Virginia L. Butler, Æ Roberta, L. Hall, Æ Niles Lehman
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands of Russia; to the; Kamchatka Peninsula; Pacific; Kamchatka; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.568.132; http://web.pdx.edu/~virginia/pdf files/Valentine etal2007ConsGenetics.pdf

Abstract The sea otter has experienced a dramatic population decline caused by intense human harvesting, followed by a century of recovery including relocation efforts to reestablish the species across its former range in the eastern Pacific. Although the otter was historically present along the coa...