Monson DM, Kloecker KA, LaRoche N, Power C, Geissinger L, Hasan E, Jones T, Weitzman B (U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, Alaska, National Park Service, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska). 2025. Quantifying sea otter abundance, distribution, habitat use, and foraging intake in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. Anchorage (AK): U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. 87 p. Report No.: OCS Study BOEM 2025-019. Contract No.: M20PG00007. URL: https://espis.boem.gov/final%20reports/BOEM_2025-019.pdf.
This project was designed to document current sea otter abundance and distribution in lower Cook Inlet, including seasonal variation, and evaluate drivers of habitat use and foraging conditions, including how these overlap with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Lease Sale blocks. Collectively, our results suggest that sea otters occupy most areas of Lower Cook Inlet with appropriate benthic habitat types and prey resources, which includes areas within BOEM Lease Sale blocks. With the exception of the Lake Clark coast, sea otters may be approaching a food- and habitat-limited distribution and carrying capacity, suggesting that the current status of sea otters in lower Cook Inlet is likely to remain similar in the absence of significant changes to prey, habitat, predation, or anthropogenic disturbance.
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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior Department. "Quantifying Sea Otter Abundance, Distribution, Habitat Use, and Foraging Intake in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska". Government. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, January 1, 2025. https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GOVPUB-I-616edc905195623c6f3858c5f10cc463
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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior Department. (2025, January 1). Quantifying Sea Otter Abundance, Distribution, Habitat Use, and Foraging Intake in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. [Government]. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GOVPUB-I-616edc905195623c6f3858c5f10cc463
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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior Department. Quantifying Sea Otter Abundance, Distribution, Habitat Use, and Foraging Intake in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, (1 Jan 2025), https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GOVPUB-I-616edc905195623c6f3858c5f10cc463
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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior Department, Quantifying Sea Otter Abundance, Distribution, Habitat Use, and Foraging Intake in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska, GovInfo, (January 1, 2025), https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GOVPUB-I-616edc905195623c6f3858c5f10cc463
