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Laura Geissinger watching sea otters through a spotting scope

By Alaska Science Center
Graduate student on rocky beach looking through a spotting scope on tripod used to observe sea otters.
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Graduate student Laura Geissinger looks through a spotting scope. The student is watching sea otters in Kachemak Bay forage. USGS researchers spend hundreds of hours annually observing sea otter foraging behavior to document prey composition and energy recovery rates.

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U.S. Geological Survey