Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) COSEWIC assessment and status report 2007
Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Sea Otter in Canada 2007
Table of contents
- Assessment Summary
- Executive Summary
- COSEWIC History, Mandate, Membership and Definitions
- Lists of Figures and Tables
- Species Information
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
- Technical Summary
- Acknowledgements and Authorities Consulted
- Information Sources and Biographical Summary of Report Writers
COSEWIC
Assessment and Update Status Report
on the
Sea Otter
Enhydra Lutris
in Canada
Special Concern
2007
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status
of Endangered Wildlife
in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation
des espèces en péril
au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC 2007. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the sea otter Enhydra lutris in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vii + 36 pp.
(Species at Risk Status Reports)
Previous Report:
COSEPAC 2000. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the sea otter Enhydra lutris in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 1-18 pp.
(Species at Risk Status Reports)
Watson, J.C., G.M. Ellis, T.G. Smith and J.K.B. Ford. 1996. COSEWIC update status report on the sea otter Enhydra lutris in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 1-18 pp.
Production Note:
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Linda Nichol and Jane Watson for writing the status report on the sea otter Enhydra lutris in Canada, prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Dr. Andrew Trites, Co-chair (Marine Mammals), COSEWIC Marine Mammals Species Specialist Subcommittee.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: 819–953–3215
Fax: 819–994–3684
E-mail: COSEWIC/COSEPAC@ec.gc.ca
http://www.cosewic.gc.ca
Également disponible en français sous le titre Ếvaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur la loutre de mer (Enhydra lutris) au Canada - Mise à jour.
Cover illustration:
Sea otter -- Judie Shore, Richmond Hill (Ontario).
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2007
Catalogue No.: CW69-14/80-2007E-PDF
ISBN: 978-0-662-46008-4
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