What is the main source of food for sea otters?
benthic inverts and fish.
What is a keystone predator?
One that preferentially feeds on prey that are capable of excluding subordinate spp. through competition for a required resource.
Sea otter scientific name
Enhydra lutris
Sea otter occupied range before hunters
Northern Japan to Baja California
Between what years were sea others decimated by fur hunters?
1741 to 1922
What is the sea otter’s food requirement?
20-23% body weight per day