Predation on an Upper Trophic Marine Predator, the Steller Sea Lion: Evaluating High Juvenile Mortality in a Density Dependent Conceptual Framework

Markus Horning; Jo-Ann E. Mellish

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030173

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Predation on an Upper Trophic Marine Predator, the Steller Sea Lion: Evaluating High Juvenile Mortality in a Density Dependent Conceptual Framework

Markus Horning ,

* E-mail: markus.horning@oregonstate.edu

Affiliations Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, Newport, Oregon, United States of America, Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station, Newport, Oregon, United States of America
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Jo-Ann E. Mellish

Affiliations Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska, United States of America, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
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Predation on an Upper Trophic Marine Predator, the Steller Sea Lion: Evaluating High Juvenile Mortality in a Density Dependent Conceptual Framework

Markus Horning,
Jo-Ann E. Mellish

Published: January 17, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030173

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