Where Land and Sea Meet: Brown Bears and Sea Otters

In Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA, we have seen changes in the number of brown bears and sea otters. The animals a species habitat can support is called carrying capacity. Even though live on land otters ocean, these two mammals share coastal habitats. Bears eat salmon, other fish, plants, clams, beached whales. Sea feed clams marine invertebrates. All foods are influenced by ocean. Recently, fewer but more otters! What changed? Many things, several observations point to There whales, so rely plants for food. Fewer mean must work harder find Our studies helping us understand how why capacity given may change over time.