Oiled Sea Otter Rehabilitation Course

Literature Cited

Bayha, K., and J. Kormendy, eds. 1990. Sea otter symposium: Proceedings of a symposium to evaluate the response effort on behalf of sea otters after the T/V Exxon Valdez oil spill into Prince William Sound, Anchorage, Alaska, 17-19 April 1990. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 90(12).

Calkins, D. G., and K. B. Schneider. 1985. “The sea otter (Enhydra lutris).” In Marine mammals species accounts. J. Burns, K. J. Frost and L. F. Lowry, eds. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Game Technical Bulletin 7:37-45.

DeGange, A. R., and T. D. Williams. 1990. “Procedures and rationale for marking sea otters captured and treated during the T/V Exxon Valdez oil spill.” In Sea otter symposium: Proceedings of a symposium to evaluate the response effort on behalf of sea otters after the T/V Exxon Valdez oil spill into Prince William Sound, Anchorage, Alaska, 17-19 April 1990. K. Bayha and J. Kormendy, eds. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 90 (12): 39499.

Doroff, A., A. R. DeGange, C. Lensink, B. E. Ballachey, J. L. Bodkin, and D Bruden. 1993. “Recovery of sea otter carcasses following the Exxon Valdez oil spill.” In Proceedings of the Exxon Valdez oil spill symposium. Anchorage, Alaska, Feb 2-5, 1993.

Garrott, R. A., L. L. Eberhardt, and D. M. Burn. 1993. Mortality of sea otters in Prince William Sound following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Marine Mammal Science 9:343-59.

Garshelis, D. L., A M. Johnson, and J. A. Garshelis. 1984. Social organization of sea otters in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Canadian Journal of Zoology 62:2648-58.

Garshelis, D. L., and D. B. Siniff. 1983. Evaluation of radio-transmitter attachments for sea otters. Wildlife Society Bulletin 11:378-83.

Jameson, R. J. 1989. Movements, home range, and territories of male sea otters off central California. Marine Mammal Science 5:159-72.

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

Kenyon, K. W. 1969. The sea otter in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. North American Fauna 68:1-352.

Monnett, C., L. M. Rotterman, C. Stack, and D. Monson. 1990. “Postrelease monitoring of radio-instrumented sea otters in Prince William Sound.” In Sea otter symposium: Proceedings of a symposium to evaluate the response effort on behalf of sea otters after the T/V Exxon Valdez oil spill into Prince William Sound, Anchorage, Alaska, 17-19 April 1990. K. Bayha and J. Kormendy, eds. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 90 (12): 400-409.

Ralls, K., D. B. Siniff, A Doroff, and A. Mercure. 1992. Movements of sea otters relocated along the California coast. Marine Mammal Science 8:17884.

Ralls, K., D. B. Siniff, T. D. Williams, and V. B. Kuechle. 1989. An intraperitoneal radio transmitter for sea otters. Marine Mammal Science 5:376-81.

Rappoport, A. G., M. E. Hogan, and K. Bayha. 1990. “Development of the release strategy for rehabilitated sea otters.” In Sea otter symposium: Proceedings of a symposium to evaluate the response effort on behalf of sea otters after the T/V Exxon Valdez oil spill into Prince William Sound, Anchorage, Alaska, 17-19 April 1990. K. Bayha and J. Kormendy, eds. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 90 (12): 375-84.

Rathbun, G. B., R. J. Jameson, G. R. VanBlaricom, and R. L. Brownell, Jr. 1990. “Reintroduction of sea otters to San Nicolas Island, California: preliminary results for the first year.” In Endangered wildlife and habitats in Southern California. P. J. Bryant and J. Remington, eds. Memoirs of the Natural History Foundation of Orange County 3:99-114.

Riedman, M., and J. A. Estes. 1990. The sea otter (Enhydra lutris): Behavior, ecology, and natural history. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 90(14).

Sharpe, E. 1990. “Sea otter release site selection and post-release activities along the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.” Sea otter symposium: Proceedings of a symposium to evaluate the response effort on behalf of sea otters after the T/V Exxon Valdez oil spill into Prince William Sound, Anchorage, Alaska, 17-19 April 1990. K. Bayha and J. Kormendy, eds. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 90 (12): 421-27.

Spraker, T. R. 1990. “Hazards of releasing rehabilitated animals with emphasis on sea otters and the T IV Exxon Valdez oil spill” In Sea otter symposium: Proceedings of a symposium to evaluate the response effort on behalf of sea otters after the T/V Exxon Valdez oil spill into Prince William Sound, Anchorage, Alaska, 17-19 April 1990. K. Bayha and J. Kormendy, eds. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 90 (12): 385-89.

Thomas, J. A., L. H. Cornell, B. E. Joseph, T. D. Williams, and S. Dreischman. 1987. An implanted transponder chip used as a tag for sea otters (Enhydra lutris). Marine Mammal Science 3:271-74.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (In prep) “Sea Otter Response Plan.” In Alaska region oil and hazardous substances spill response contingency plan.

VanBlaricom, G. R., and J. A. Estes, eds. 1988. The community ecology of sea otters. New York Springer-Verlag.

Wilson, D. E., M. A. Bogan, R. L. Brownell, Jr., A. M. Burdin, and M. K. Maminov. 1991. Geographic variation in sea otters, Enhydra lutris. Journal of Mammalogy 72:22-36.