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Juvenile predation preventing Steller sea lion recovery
« on: February 05, 2012, 08:02:30 AM »

Juvenile predation preventing Steller sea lion recovery
19 January 2012, 12:10 am

A new study suggests that the impact of predation on juvenile Steller sea lions in the Gulf of Alaska has been significantly underestimated, creating a "productivity pit" from which their population will have difficulty recovering without a reduction of predators.

Source: ScienceDaily: Marine Biology News