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How sea otters preserve their ecosystem
What is a trophic cascade?
river otter and sea otter sea otters “Otters, Algae, and Plants, Oh My”
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
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How sea otters preserve their ecosystem
Learn about the sea otter (Enhydra lutris), a keystone species in the kelp...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
What is a trophic cascade?
Learn how small changes in the food pyramid can upend the ecosystem.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) eating a crab.
Jeff Foott Productions/Bruce Coleman Ltd.
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Sea otters at the Vancouver Aquarium, Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia,...
Pburka

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river otter and sea otter
A slider showing a North American river otter (Lontra canadensis; left)...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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“Otters, Algae, and Plants, Oh My”
Melissa Petruzzello of Encyclopædia Britannica and Kyle Shanebeck of the University...
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