Sea otters in a dirty ocean.
The connection between the health of humans, animals, and the environments in which they live have been well recognized and have recently been referred to as one health, one medicine. An example of the interconnectedness of human, animal, and ecosystem health is provided by the situation facing southern sea otters off the US Pacific coast.
California Department of Fish and Game, 1451 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D002423:Cause of Death; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D010041:Otters / Q000254:growth & development*; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*