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  1. Estes, J.A., Brian B. Hatfield, K. Ralls, and J. Ames. In Press. Causes of mortality in California sea otters during periods of population growth and decline. Marine Mammal Science. [Journal Article]

  2. Bowen, L., Riva, F., Mohr, C., Aldridge, B., Schwartz, J., Miles, A.K., Stott, J.L. in press. Differential gene expression induced by exposure of captive mink to fuel oil; a model for the sea otter. Ecohealth. [Journal Article]

  3. Miller, M. A., I. A. Gardner, A. Packham, J. K. Mazet, K. D. Hanni, D. Jessup, J.A. Estes, R. Jameson, E. Dodd, B. C. Barr, L. J. Lowenstine, F. M. Gulland and P. A. Conrad. In press. Evaluation of an indirect fluorescent antibody test (ifat) for demonstration of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Journal of Parasitology. [Journal Article]

  4. Estes, J.A., M. L. Riedman, M.M. Staedler, and M.T. Tinker. In press. Individual variation in prey selection by sea otters: patterns, causes, and implications. J. Animal Ecology. [Journal Article]

  5. Estes, J.A. and J. L. Bodkin. In press. Marine Otters. In B. Wursig and W. Perrin (eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press [Book Chapter]

  6. Doroff, A.M., J. A. Estes, M. T. Tinker, D. M. Burn, and T. J. Evans. In Press. Sea otter population declines in the Aleutian archipelago. Journal of Mammalogy. [Journal Article]

  7. Tinker, M.T., G. Bentall and J.A. Estes 2008. Food limitation leads to behavioral diversification and dietary specialization in sea otters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(2):560-565 [Journal Article]

  8. Using Demography and Movement Behavior to Predict Range Expansion of the Southern Sea Otter (October 2008), Tim Tinker. [Publication Brief]

  9. Tinker, M. Tim, Daniel F. Doak, and James A. Estes. 2008. Using demography and movement behavior to predict range expansion of the southern sea otter. Ecological Applications 18(7):1781-1794 [Journal Article]

  10. Anthony, R.G., M. A. Ricca, A. K. Miles., J. A. Estes, and F. B. Isaacs. September 2004. Bald eagle food habits relative to the sea otter decline in the Aleutian Archipelago, AK. 11th Annual Conference of the Wildlife Society, Calgary, Alberta. [Presentation]

  11. Gerber, L.R., M.T. Tinker, D.F. Doak, J.A. Estes, and D.A. Jessup. 2004. Mortality sensitivity in life-stage simulation analysis: a case study of southern sea otters. Ecological Applications 14(5): 1554-1565. [Journal Article]

  12. Gelatt, T.S., D.B. Siniff, and J.A. Estes. 2002. Activity patterns and time budgets of the declining sea otter population at Amchitka Island, Alaska, Journal of Wildlife Management 66:29-39. [Journal Article]

  13. Laidre K.L., Jameson, R.J., Jeffries, S.J., Hobbs, R.C., Bowlby, C. E., and G. R. VanBlaricom. 2002. Estimates of carrying capacity for sea otters in Washington state. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30(4): 1172-1181 [Journal Article]

  14. Larson S., Jameson R., Etnier M., Flemings M. and P. Bentzen. 2002. Loss of genetic diversity in sea otters (Enhydra lutris) associated with the fur trade of the 18th and 19th centuries. Molecular Ecology 11: 1899-1903. [Journal Article]

  15. Larson, S., R. Jameson, J. Bodkin, M. Staedler, and P. Bentzen. 2002. Microsatellite DNA and mitochondrial DNA variation in remnant and translocated sea otter (Enhydra lutris) populations. Journal of Mammalogy , 83(3): 893-906. [Journal Article]

  16. Larson S., Jameson R., Bodkin J., Staedler M. and P. Bentzen. 2002. Microsatellite DNA and mitochondrial DNA variation in remnant and translocated sea otter (Enhydra lutris) populations. J. Mammol. 83(3): 893-906. [Journal Article]

  17. Laidre, K.L., Jameson, R.J., and D.P. DeMaster. 2001. An estimation of carrying capacity for sea otters along the California coast. Marine Mammal Science 17(2): 294-309. [Journal Article]

  18. Laidre, K.L., Jameson, R.J., Jeffries, S.J. and C.E. Bowlby. 2001. Developing carrying capacity estimates for sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in Washington State. Poster Presented at the Fifth Puget Sound Research Conference, 12-14 February 2001. [Poster]

  19. Jameson, R.J. 2000. Behavior of sea otters in Washington and California. These are databases on the population biology of the respective populations. They include data on movements, reproduction, foraging, and behavior. Data were obtained using known individuals either tagged, radio instrumented or both. California project ended in 1994. Washington work is ongoing. These data sets are located in Corvallis. [Database Nonspatial]

  20. Jameson, R.J. and G. VanBlaricom. 2000. Central California Kelp resource dynamics and sea otter distribution database: Ragged Pt. to San Simeon Pt. GIS database Contains information on the seasonal distribution and abundance of sea otters near Pt. Piedras Blancas, and the seasonal areal distribution of kelp canopies in the study area. [Database Spatial]

  21. Watt, J., D.B. Siniff, and J.A. Estes. 2000. Interdecadal change in diet and population of sea otters at Amchitka Island, Alaska. Oecologia 124:289-298. [Journal Article]

  22. Monson, D., J.A. Estes, D.B. Siniff, and J.B. Bodkin. 2000. Life history plasticity and population regulation in sea otters. Oikos 90:457-468. [Journal Article]

  23. Jameson, R. J., S. Jeffries, and K.W. Kenyon. 2000. Abstract. Status and trends of the Washington, USA, translocated sea otter population. In Gorbics C.S., G.R. VanBlaricom, B.E. Ballachey, N.J. Thomas, and M. Staedler (editors). Sea otter conservation: report from the sixth joint U.S. Russia sea otter workshop. Forks, Washington, 9-15 November 1997. Page 42. [Abstract]

  24. Hatfield, B., and R.J. Jameson. 2000. Abstract. Status of the California (USA) sea otter population as indicated by recent surveys and mortality patterns. In Gorbics C.S., G.R. VanBlaricom, B.E. Ballachey, N.J. Thomas, and M. Staedler (editors). Sea otter conservation: report from the sixth joint U.S. Russia sea otter workshop. Forks, Washington, 9-15 November 1997. Page 41. [Abstract]

  25. Rathbun, G.B., B.B. Hatfield and T. G. Murphey. 2000. Status of translocated sea otters at San Nicolas Island, California. Southwestern Naturalist 45(3):322-328. [Journal Article]

  26. Laidre, K.L., D.P. DeMaster, and R.J. Jameson. 1999. Abstract. An estimation of carrying capacity for the sea otter along the California coast. GIS workshop held at The Thirteenth Biennial Meeting of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, 28 November-3 December 1999, Maui, Hawaii. [Proceedings]

  27. Laidre, K.L., D.P. DeMaster, and R.J. Jameson. 1999. [poster] An estimation of carrying capacity for the sea otter along the California coast. In Proceedings of the thirteenth biennial meeting of the Society for Marine mammalogy, 28 November- 3 December 1999, Maui, Hawaii. [Poster]

  28. Jameson, R.J., M. Stafford, B. Krausse, and S. Jeffries. 1999. An overview of the Biological Resources Division (USGS) sea otter project in Washington. In Bowlby, C.E. and J.Parrish (eds.). Olympic Coast Marine Research '98: Proceedings of a workshop. Seattle, Washington, Feb. 12-13, 1998. Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. [Proceedings]

  29. Jameson, R.J., M. Stafford, B. Krausse, and S. Jeffries. 1999. An overview of the Biological Resources Division (USGS) sea otter project in Washington. In Bowlby, C.E. and J.Parrish (eds.). Olympic Coast Marine Research '98: Proceedings of a workshop. Seattle, Washington, Feb. 12-13, 1998. Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. [Poster]

  30. Kenner, M., R.J. Jameson, and E. Bowlby. 1999. Benthic sea otter habitat surveys between Cape Flattery and the Sekiu river. In Bowlby, C.E. and J.Parrish (eds.). Olympic Coast Marine Research '98: Proceedings of a workshop. Seattle, Washington, Feb. 12-13, 1998. Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. [Proceedings]

  31. Bacon, C.E., W.M. Jarman, J.A. Estes, M. Simon, and R.J. Norstrom. 1999. Comparison of organochlorine contaminants among sea otter (Enhydra lutris) populations in California and Alaska. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 18:452-458. [Journal Article]

  32. Jameson, R.J. and B.B. Hatfield. 1999. Distribution and abundance of sea otters in California, 1982-1999. This is the database for the semiannual surveys of the California sea otter population. Surveys are ongoing. Reports on each survey are produced by Brian Hatfield. [Database Spatial]

  33. Jameson, R. J. 1999. Distribution and abundance of sea otters in Washington State, 1997-1999. This is the database for the annual surveys of the Washington sea otter population. Surveys are ongoing, including an annual survey report. [Database Spatial]

  34. Jameson, R. J., and S. Jeffries. 1999. Results of the 1999 survey of the reintroduced sea otter population in Washington state. IUCN Otter Specialist Bulletin 16(2): 79-85. [Journal Article]

  35. Rathbun, G.B. 1999. Sirenia and sea otters sections Pp. 347-353; 390-399 in R. S. Wells, D. Boness, and G.B. Rathbun. Chapter 8: Behavior. Pp. 324-422 in J.E. Reynolds, III and S.A. Rommel (eds). Biology of marine mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 578 pp. [Book Chapter]

  36. Jameson R.J. 1999. Status of Wild Sea Otters in California, Oregon, and Washington. Abstract. Proceedings of a workshop on research on captive and wild sea otter populations, 17-20 February 1999, Seattle, WA. [Proceedings]

  37. Hatfield, B. B., D. B. Marks, M. T. Tinker, K. Nolan and J. Peirce. 1998. Attacks on sea otters by killer whales. Marine Mammal Science 14(4):888-894. [Journal Article]

  38. Hatfield, B. B. 1998. Fall 1997 sea otter survey. The Otter Raft. 59:5 [Journal Article]

  39. Estes, J.A., M.T. Tinker, T.M. Williams, and D.F. Doak. 1998. Killer whale predation on sea otters linking coastal with oceanic ecosystems. Science 282:473-476. [Journal Article]

  40. Jameson, R. J. 1998. Sexual Segregation in sea otters and its role in range expansion. The Otter Raft No. 60, pp 6-8. [Journal Article]

  41. Jameson, R.J. 1998. Translocated sea otter populations off the coasts of Oregon and Washington. Pages 684-686 in Mac, M.J., P.A. Opler, C.E. Puckett-Haecker, and P.D. Doran, editors. Status And Trends Of The Nation's Biological Resources. Vol 2. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va. 964 pp. [Book Chapter]

  42. Bodkin, J.L., J. Ames, R.J. Jameson, and A.M. Johnson. 1997. Accuracy and precision in estimating age of sea otters using cementum layers in the first pre molar. Journal of Wildlife Management. [Journal Article]

  43. Estes, J.A., C.E. Bacon, W.M. Jarman, R.J. Nordstrom, R.G. Anthony, and A.K. Miles. 1997. Organochlorines in sea otters and bald eagles from the Aleutian Archipelago. Marine Pollution Bulletin 34:486-490. [Journal Article]

  44. Lafferty, K. D. and M. E. Torchin. 1997. Parasites of the sand crabs, Emerita analoga and Blepharipoda occidentalis and the risk of infection for foraging sea otters, Enhydra lutris. Final report to the USGS. [Technical Report]

  45. Gallo, J-P. and G.B. Rathbun. 1997. Status of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in Mexico. Marine Mammal Science 13:332-340. [Journal Article]

  46. Estes, J.A. 1997. Wild Otters--Predation and Populations. (Book Review). J. Wildl. Manage. 61:984-987. [Book Review]

  47. Estes, J.A., D. F. Doak, J.R. Bodkin, R.J. Jameson, D. Monson, J. Watt, and M.T. Tinker. 1996. Comparative demography of sea otter populations. Endangered Species Update, Special Issue: Conservation and Management of the southern sea otter. vol. 13(12): 11-13. [Journal Article]

  48. DeMaster, D.P., C. Marzin, and R.J. Jameson. 1996. Estimating the historical abundance of sea otters in California. Endangered Species Update, Special Issue: Conservation and Management of the southern sea otter. vol. 13(12): 79-81. [Journal Article]

  49. Hatfield, B.B. and G.B. Rathbun. 1996. Evaluation of a flipper-mounted transmitter on sea otters. Wildlife Society Bulletin 24(3):551-554. [Journal Article]

  50. Cronin, M.A., J. Bodkin, B. Bellachey, J.A. Estes, and J.C. Patton. 1996. Mitochondrial-DNA variation among subspecies and populations of sea otters (Enhydra lutris). J. Mammal. 77:546-557. [Journal Article]

  51. Garshelis, D.L. and J.A. Estes. 1996. Sea otter mortality from the Exxon Valdez spill: evaluation of an estimate from boat-based surveys. Marine Mammal Science 13(2):341-351. [Journal Article]

  52. Estes, J.A. 1996. The influence of large, mobile predators in aquatic food webs: examples from sea otters and kelp forests. Pp.65-72 in S.P.R. Greenstreet and M.L. Tasker, eds., Aquatic Predators and their Prey. Fishing News Books, Oxford. [Book Chapter]

  53. Estes, J.A., R.J. Jameson, J.L. Bodkin, and D.R, Carlson. 1995. California sea otters. In Our Living Resources: A report to the Nation on the Distribution, Abundance and health of U.S. Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems, Mammals. pp 110-112. National Biological Service, Washington, D.C. [Book Chapter]

  54. Ralls, K., B. B. Hatfield, and D. B. Siniff. 1995. Foraging patterns of California sea otters as indicated by telemetry. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73:523-531. [Journal Article]

  55. McShane, L.J., J.A. Estes, M.L. Riedman, and M.M. Staedler. 1995. Repertoire, structure, and individual variation of vocalizations in the sea otter. J. Mammal. 76:414-427. [Journal Article]

  56. Estes, J.A, and D.O. Duggins. 1995. Sea otters and kelp forests in Alaska: generality and variation in a community ecological paradigm. Ecological Monographs 65:75-100. [Journal Article]

  57. Jameson, R.J. 1995. Some preliminary observations on the foraging of sea otters off the outer coast of Washington State, USA. IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin No. 11. 8-11. [Journal Article]

  58. Benz, C., H. Feldman, K. Hanni, and R.J. Jameson. 1995. Southern sea otter. In Life On The Edge: A guide to California's Endangered Natural Resources, Wildlife, pp 502-504. Biosystems Books, Santa Cruz. [Book Chapter]

  59. Bodkin, J.L., R. J. Jameson, and J.A. Estes. 1995. Status and trends of sea otters in the northern Pacific Ocean. In Our Living Resources: A report to the Nation on the Distribution, Abundance and Health of U.S. Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems, Alaska. pp 353-356. National Biological Service, Washington, D.C. [Book Chapter]

  60. Jeffries, S. and R. Jameson. 1995. Status of sea otters in Washington State. Abstract. Seventy-fifth anniversary meeting of the Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology. Orcas Island, Washington 23-25 March 1995. Page 28. [Abstract]

  61. Hatfield, B. B., R. J. Jameson, T. G. Murphey and D.D. Woodard. 1994 . Atypical interactions between male southern sea otters and pinnipeds. Marine Mammal Science 10(1): 111-114. [Journal Article]

  62. Riedman, M.L., J.A. Estes, M. Staedler, A. Giles, and D. Carlson. 1994. Breeding patterns and reproductive success of sea otters in California. J. Wildl. Manage. 58:391-399. [Journal Article]

  63. Estes, J.A. 1994. Conservation of Marine Otters. Aquatic Mammals 20.3:125-128. [Journal Article]

  64. Rathbun, G.B., R.J. Jameson, J.A. Estes, G.R. VanBlaricom, and R.L. Brownell. 1994. Translocation of sea otters to San Nicolas Island - a retrospection. Abstract. Fourth California Islands Symposium: update on status of resources, 23-25 March 1994. Page 26. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA. 34 pp. [Abstract]

  65. Estes, J.A., G.B. Rathbun, and G.R. VanBlaricom. 1993. Paradigms for managing carnivores: the case of the sea otter. Symposia. Zoological Society of London 65:307-320. [Journal Article]

  66. Jameson, R. J. and A. M. Johnson. 1993. Reproductive characteristics of female sea otters. Marine Mammal Science. 9(2): 156-167. [Journal Article]

  67. Jameson, R. J. 1993. Survey of a translocated sea otter population. IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin No. 8: 2-4. [Journal Article]

  68. Estes, J.A. 1992. Behavior, ecology, and life history of New World otters. pp. 107-117 in C. Reuther and R. Rochert (eds.), Proceedings of the V. International Otter Colloquium, Hankensbuttel. Habitat 6. [Proceedings]

  69. Hatfield, B.B. 1992. Notes on feeding sea otters from the Washington coast. Otter Raft 47:10. [Journal Article]

  70. Jameson, R. J. 1992. Sea otter population surveys: Why and How. Otter Raft 47: 4-5. [Journal Article]

  71. Estes, J.A. 1992. Status of sea otter (Enhydra lutris) populations. pp. 27-35 in C. Reuther and R. Rochert (eds.), Proceedings of the V. International Otter Colloquium, Hankensbuttel. Habitat 6. [Proceedings]

  72. Estes, J.A. 1991. Catastrophes and conservation: Lessons from sea otters and the Exxon Valdez. Science 254:1596. [Journal Article]

  73. Hatfield, B. and G.B. Rathbun. 1991. Flipper-tag radio transmitters for sea otters - An update. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Research Information Bulletin Number 91-29. 2 pp. [Newsletter]

  74. Jameson, R. J., J. A. Estes, and G. R. VanBlaricom. 1991. Growth in the California sea otter population. Proceedings of joint USSR/US sea otter meeting, Petropavlovak, USSR. [Proceedings]

  75. Siepel, N. and G.B. Rathbun. 1991. Miniature transponders used to reidentify sea otters. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Research Information Bulletin Number 91-88. 2 pp. [Newsletter]

  76. Jameson, R. J. 1991. Surveys of California sea otter population show positive growth trend. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [Journal Article]

  77. Jameson, R. J. and J. A. Estes. 1991. Surveys of California sea otter population show positive growth trend. Fish and Wildlife Research Information Bulletin No. 91-99. 2 pp. [Newsletter]

  78. Rathbun, G.B. and C.T. Benz. 1991. Third year of sea otter translocation completed in California. USFWS Endangered Species Technical Bulletin XVI(3):1, 6-8. [Journal Article]

  79. VanBlaricom, G. R., G. B. Rathbun, and R. J. Jameson. 1991. Translocation of sea otters to San Nicolas Island, California: a review and status report. Proceedings of joint USSR/US sea otter meeting, Petropavlovak, USSR [Proceedings]

  80. Estes, J.A. 1990. Action Plan for sea otters. Pp. 22-28 in P. Foster-Turley, S. Macdonald, and C. Mason (eds.). Otters. An Action Plan for their Conservation. Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield, Ill. [Journal Article]

  81. Estes, J.A. 1990. Assessment of sea otter population status: a reply. J. Wildl. Manage. 54:270-272. [Journal Article]

  82. Estes, J.A. 1990. Growth and equilibrium in sea otter populations. J. Animal Ecol. 59:385-400. [Journal Article]

  83. Rathbun, G. B., R. J. Jameson, G. R. VanBlaricom, and R. L. Brownell. 1990. Reintroduction of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) to San Nicolas Island, California: Preliminary results for the first year. Pp. 99-114 in P.J. Bryant and J. Remington (eds.) Endangered Wildlife and Habitats in Southern California. Memoirs of the Natural History Foundation of Orange County, CA., Occasional papers, Volume 3, 15 pp. [Journal Article]

  84. Smith, D.R., S. Niemeyer, J.A. Estes, and A.R. Flegal. 1990. Stable lead isotopes evidence anthropogenic contamination in Alaskan sea otters. Environmental Science & Technology 24:1517-1521. [Journal Article]

  85. Riedman, M.L., and J.A. Estes. 1990. The sea otter (Enhydra lutris): behavior, ecology, and natural history. Biological Report 90(14), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 126pp. [Technical Report]

  86. Jameson, R. J. and B. B. Hatfield. 1989. Homing behavior of sea otters translocated from the central coast of California to San Nicolas Island, 14 August 1987 - 30 June 1989. Abstract. Eighth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Pacific Grove, California, p. 31. [Abstract]

  87. Jameson, R. J. 1989. Movements, home range, and territories of male sea otters off central California. Marine Mammal Science 5(2):159-172. [Journal Article]

  88. Estes, J.A., and R.J. Jameson. 1988. A double survey estimate for sighting probability of sea otters in California. J. Wildl. Mgmt. 52: 70-76. [Journal Article]

  89. Riedman, M., and J.A. Estes. 1988. A review of the history, distribution, and foraging ecology of sea otters. Pp. 4-21 in G.R. VanBlaricom and J.A. Estes (eds.). The community ecology of sea otters. Ecological Studies Vol. 65. Springer Verlag, New York. [Journal Article]

  90. Brownell, R.L., Jr., and G.B. Rathbun. 1988. California sea otter translocation: A status report. Endangered Species Tech. Bull. 13(4):1,6. [Journal Article]

  91. Bodkin, J. L. and G.B. Rathbun. 1988. Morro Bay dredging project -- sea otter study. Final Report under Intra-Army Order No. E86870050. 15 pp. [Technical Report]

  92. Riedman, M., and J.A. Estes. 1988. Predation on sea birds by sea otters. Can. J. Zool. 66: 1396-1402. [Journal Article]

  93. Estes, J.A. and C. Harrold. 1988. Sea otters, sea urchins, and kelp beds: some questions of scale. Pp. 116-150 in G.R. VanBlaricom and J.A. Estes (eds.). The community ecology of sea otters. Ecological Studies Vol. 65. Springer Verlag, New York. [Journal Article]

  94. Jameson, R. J. and J. A. Estes. 1988. Status of the sea otter population in California. Abstract. Annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists. Clemson, South Carolina [Abstract]

  95. VanBlaricom, G.R., and J.A. Estes (eds.). 1988. The community ecology of sea otters. Ecological Studies Vol. 65. Springer Verlag, New York. [Book]

  96. Estes, J.A., K.E. Underwood, and M.J. Karmann. 1986. Activity-time budgets of sea otters in California. J. Wildl. Mgmt. 50: 626-636. [Journal Article]

  97. Jameson, R. J. and J. L. Bodkin. 1986. An incidence of twinning in the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Marine Mammal Science, 2(4):305-309. [Journal Article]

  98. VanBlaricom, G.R., and J.A. Estes. 1986. Demography of intertidal mussel populations in Prince William Sound, Alaska: effects of sea otters as mussel predators. Final Report, Grant 2883-84. Relationships of sea otters and mussels populations in Alaska. Nat. Geog. Society, Washington, D.C. [Technical Report]

  99. Estes, J.A. 1986. Dietary variation in sea otters. pp. 11-12 in C. Mason (ed.). Bull. No. 1. IUCN Otter Specialist Group. [Journal Article]

  100. Estes, J.A. 1986. Marine otters and their environment. Ambio 15: 181-183. [Journal Article]

  101. Estes, J.A. 1986. Otters. Ecology and Conservation, by C.F. Mason and S.M. Macdonald. (Book Review) Science 223: 1333-1334. [Book Review]

  102. Bodkin, J. L. and R. J. Jameson. 1986. Sea otter mortality as indicated by beach-cast carcasses, along the coast of central California. Abstract. Sixty-sixth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, 15-19 June 1986, Madison, Wisconsin. Abstract No. 275. [Abstract]

  103. Jameson, R. J., K. W. Kenyon, S. Jeffries, and G. R. VanBlaricom. 1986. Status of a translocated sea otter population and its habitat in Washington. Murrelet 67:84-87. [Journal Article]

  104. Estes, J.A. 1986. The natural history of otters, by P. Chanin. (Book Review) Am. Sci. 74: 300-301. [Book Review]

  105. Estes, J.A., and G.R. VanBlaricom. 1985. Sea otters and shellfisheries. pp. 187-235 in R.H. Beverton, D. Lavigne, and J. Beddington (eds.). Conflicts between marine mammals and fisheries. Allen and Unwin, London. [Journal Article]

  106. Payne, S. F. and R. J. Jameson. 1984. Early behavioral development of the sea otter, Enhydra lutris. Journal of Mammalogy 65(3):527-531 [Journal Article]

  107. Jameson, R. J. 1983. Evidence of birth of a sea otter on land in central California. Calif. Fish and Game 69(2):122-123. [Journal Article]

  108. Estes, J. A. and R. J. Jameson. 1983. Summary of available population information on California sea otters. U.S. Dept. of the Interior POCS Technical Paper 83-11. 29 pp. [Technical Report]

  109. Estes, J.A., R.J. Jameson, and E.B. Rhode. 1982. Activity and prey selection in the sea otter: influence of population status on community structure. The American Naturalist 120(2):242-258. [Journal Article]

  110. Jameson, R. J., K. W. Kenyon, A. M. Johnson, and H. W. Wight. 1982. History and status of translocated sea otter populations in North America. Wildlife Society Bulletin 10:100-107. [Journal Article]

  111. VanBlaricom, G. R. and R. J. Jameson. 1982. Lumber spill in Central California waters: implications for oil spills and sea otters. Science 215:1503-1505. [Journal Article]

  112. Estes, J.A. 1981. Carnivorous mammals: the case of the sea otter. in P.A. Jewell and S. Holt (eds.). The Management of Locally Abundant Wild Mammals, Academic Press, New York. [Book Chapter]

  113. Estes, J.A., R.J. Jameson, and A.M. Johnson. 1981. Food selection and some foraging tactics of sea otters. pp. 606-641 in J.A. Chapman and D. Pursley (eds.). Worldwide Furbearer Conference Proceedings, Univ. Maryland Press. [Proceedings]

  114. Jameson, R. J. and B. Csuiti. 1980. Selected vertebrate endangered species of the sea coast of the United States - southern sea otter. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Biological Services, 8 pp. [Technical Report]

  115. Jameson, R. J. and A. M. Johnson. 1979. Evidence of annual reproduction among sea otters. Proc. of 3rd Conference on the Biol. Marine Mammals, 7-11 Oct., Seattle, WA (Abstract). [Abstract]

  116. VanBlaricom, G. R. and R. J. Jameson. Sea otter-canopy kelp relationships in central California: an historical review and a model. Sea otter workshop, Santa Barbara, California, 23 August 1979. P. 12. (Abstract). [Abstract]

  117. Simenstad, C.A., J.A. Estes, and K.W. Kenyon. 1978. Aleuts, sea otters, and alternate stable state communities. Science 200: 403-411. [Journal Article]

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