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Sea otters may be key drivers of changes in California's kelp forests, according to data spanning a century

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Sea otters may be key drivers of changes in California's kelp forests, according to data spanning a century 

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A RAFT OF SEA OTTERS (ENHYDRA NEREIS) CONGREGATES OFF THE BACK DECK OF THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM IN KELP.

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CREDIT: MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM / TYSON V. RININGER





Sea otters may be key drivers of changes in California's kelp forests, according to data spanning a century

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In your coverage please use this URL to provide access to the freely available article in PLOS Climate: https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000290

Article Title: Sea otter recovery buffers century-scale declines in California kelp forests

Citation: Nicholson TE, McClenachan L, Tanaka KR, Van Houtan KS (2024) Sea otter recovery buffers century-scale declines in California kelp forests. PLOS Clim 3(1): e0000290. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000290

Author Countries: Canada, US

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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