Major Threats to Endangered Sea Otters

Major threats causing a decrease in the ocean otter (Enhydra lutris) population

Introduction:
Topic: What we want to find out some the sea otters and why.
* Introduce sea otters
* Sea otters current IUCN lieu (Burdin, A. et al, 2011)
* List Reasons for endangerment (then talk about in each paragraph):
* habitat requirements
* oil color spills- when ingested damages internal organs.
* Predator/prey-increasing predator attacks from killer whales.
* Over exploitation- gear up tangled in thin monofilament patronage gill nets and drown.
* Polluted oceans- cat litter dumping toxoplasmosis into oceans.
* Diseases-oceans colly with fatal diseases and fungus causing decline in sea otter population.

carve up 1:

* Describe the sea otters:

* scientific name (Burdin, A. et al, 2011)
* Scientific name
* Family and Class
* Smallest mammal in their family
* Size
* Color
* Shape
* Characteristics (camouflage, strong-arm features)
* Densest fur come out of any mammal their reddish-brown coat consist of about 100,000 hairs per cm²

Paragraph 2:
* home ground requirements
* Food-otters diet
* Water-temperature of water for survival
* Shelter- living locations (Wendell FE et al, 1986)
* The importance of kelp beds ( J. A.



Estes et al, 1998)
* How climate compound harms or helps sea otters habitat.

Paragraph 3:
* Oil spills
* Oil Spill causing hypothermia.
* Sea otters constantly grooming their fur.
* prep be techniques
* The sea otters fur capabilities
* Oil spills damaging internal organs
* The Exxon Valdez oil spill. (P.D. Boehm et al, 2011)

Paragraph 4:

* Predator/prey

* change magnitude cause of Killer Whale
* California- great white sharks are sea otters primary predators.
* Alaska- killer whales eat more sea otters (J. A. Estes et al, 1998)
* Other sea otter predators
* How they catch their prey (Riedman, M.L. et al,...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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