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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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