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Title: Technical report: Marine mammals study number 6. Mortality and reproduction of sea otters oiled and treated as a result of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Marine mammal study 6-14. Exxon Valdez oil spill state/federal natural resource damage assessment final report. Technical report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:426741

Radio-instrumented sea otters (N = 45) that were released into eastern Prince William Sound during summer, 1989, following efforts to rehabilitate them at otter treatment centers, have been monitored regularly for approximately 2 years. Respective survival rates of male and female sea otters released from the treatment centers were: Year 1: males P = 0,401, females P = 0.401, females P = 0.445; Year 2: males P = 0.714, females P = 0.692. Only 2 of 11 (18%) mature females pupped during 1990. Sea otters released from treatment centers had lower survivorship and pupping rates than sea otters in other study populations.

Research Organization:
Alaska Fish and Wildlife Research Center, Anchorage, AK (United States)
OSTI ID:
426741
Report Number(s):
PB-96-196902/XAB; TRN: 62393049
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: May 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English