Sam McClatchie on Nostr: npub1xes9x…xsfk6 We had a similar issue with sea lion pups starving in Southern ...
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We had a similar issue with sea lion pups starving in Southern California. It's easy to blame commercial or recreational fisheries, particularly where there are few data. When there are independent datasets, the picture is usually found to be more complicated. In our case, changes in food quality eaten by the mothers appeared to be an important reason why the pups ended up starving.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.150628
#fisheries #oceanography
We had a similar issue with sea lion pups starving in Southern California. It's easy to blame commercial or recreational fisheries, particularly where there are few data. When there are independent datasets, the picture is usually found to be more complicated. In our case, changes in food quality eaten by the mothers appeared to be an important reason why the pups ended up starving.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.150628
#fisheries #oceanography