Estimating sea otter reproductive rates

Author(s)
Eberhardt, L.L. and K.B. Schneider
Year
Article Title
Estimating sea otter reproductive rates
Volume
10
Issue
1
Publisher
Society for Marine Mammology
Pages
31-37
Start Page Number
31
Final Page
37
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Species: Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Endpoint Value Sample Size Life Cycle Stage Specific Location Range Type
Clutches or Litters per year p1 = daily probability of becoming pregnant during the high probability period
p2 = daily probability of becoming pregnant during the remaining part of the year.
p1 and p2 = 0.02 and 0.00067, respectively, based on observations from Prince William Sound, 		Pr {giving birth in a year} = 1- (1-p1)^120(1-p2)^65 1,482 Adult Aleutian islands, AK 0.890 - 0.898 Exposure Factor Datasets

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