Dayton, Paul K.

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1975Experimental studies of algal canopy interactions in a sea otter-dominated kelp community at Amchitka Island, Alaska.
Fish. Bull. 73(2): 230-237. 2 tabs. 2 figs. Apr. 1975.
—Rev.: R. M. May, Nature (London) 260(5549): 284, Mar. 25, 1976. Notes that Hydrodamalis gigas was formerly a major kelp consumer, and suggests that sea otters helped maintain sea cow populations by suppressing invertebrate herbivores (236-237).