Hi Scott
Very interesting- and retired - good for you.
All the best
maria
Quoting Smiley Work <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear Maria
>
> The story here in Kodiak was that there were no Parastichopus
> californicus (read Apostichopus californicus) in Kodiak when I was
> first here in 1974 due to their predation by King Crab (Paralithodes
> camtschaticus) - and that the north-eastern biogeographical province
> boundary for A. californicus at the end of the Kenai peninsula was
> due to the presence of King Crabs - kind of neat thing -
> biogeographical province boundaries set by predators. Turned out
> that the most common item in King Crab stomachs in Kodiak during
> that era was echinoderm parts, most common being vertebrae from
> ophiuroids! Now with this info on otters we have another predator to
> worry about - not to mention - given the violent cycling of otter
> populations as they overgrow their food base - the incredible
> dynamics of near shore communities over the time scale of a human
> life. PS. I managed to retire from the University of Alaska and am
> having a blast indulging all those fascinations I set aside when
> work deadlines loomed.
>
> Scott
>
>
> On 10/2/12 6:24 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>> Hi Scott
>>
>> I never wold have thought of that
>>
>> thanks
>>
>>
>> Maria
>>
>> Quoting Smiley Work <[log in to unmask]>:
>>
>>> University of Alaska Fairbanks
>>> Juneau Center, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
>>>
>>> SEMINAR NOTICE
>>>
>>> Impacts of sea otter predation on commercially important sea
>>> cucumbers (Parastichopus californicus) in Southeast Alaska
>>>
>>>
>>> Sean Larson
>>> MS Fisheries Candidate
>>> Juneau Center, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
>>> Advisor: Dr. Ginny Eckert
>>>
>>> Friday, October 5, 2012
>>> 9:00 a.m.
>>>
>>> Presenter - Juneau -UAF Lena Point Fisheries Building, room 101
>>> Fairbanks - O'Neill, Room 214
>>> Kodiak - Owen, Room 219
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Abstract
>>> Sea cucumbers (/Parastichopus californicus/), which are an
>>> important commercial, subsistence and ecological resource, are
>>> negatively impacted by an expanding sea otter (/Enhydra lutris/)
>>> population in Southeast Alaska. Sea otters were reintroduced into
>>> Southeast Alaska in the 1960s after their demise in the 18th and
>>> 19th century fur trade; in the ensuing decades, the otter
>>> population grew, and sea cucumber biomass declined. This study
>>> evaluates the interaction and impacts of sea otters on sea
>>> cucumbers using sea cucumber foraging observations and survey data
>>> and sea cucumber density data collected for fishery management.
>>> Sea cucumbers represented about 5% of the sea otter diet.
>>> Declines in sea cucumber density ranged from 26 to 100% in areas
>>> with sea otters and were most severe within areas with high sea
>>> otter use. Sea cucumber density was lower in areas sea otters
>>> inhabited longer. The impact of sea otters should be included in
>>> sea cucumber fishery management as a step toward ecosystem based
>>> management and to ensure resource viability over the long term.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Dr Maria Byrne
>> Professor Marine and Developmental Biology
>> Deputy Director One Tree Island Research Station
>> Schools of Medical and Biological Sciences
>> University of Sydney
>> pH 61-2-9351-5167
>> FAX 61-2-9351-2813
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Schools of Medical and Biological Sciences
University of Sydney
pH 61-2-9351-5167
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