Otters For Adoption Programs Are Boosting River Conservation Efforts
The growth of kelp in the kelp bed communities of the North Pacific Ocean is _________ sea otters: the otters prey on kelp-eating sea urchins, keeping the urchin population in check. Fewer otters would have allowed sea urchins` grazing pressure on kelp forests to increase. Sea cows were totally dependent on kelp for food, and within a decade of the onset of otter hunting, Steller. The research on otters' environmental requirements is surprisingly (i)_____. One reason for this has to do with the estimation of how much they use different areas. Doing so may be (ii)_____ in some.
Boosting gender equality in conservation — International Tree Foundation
