That's the conclusion of a new study, which finds that rebounding populations of baleen and sperm whales may be boosting marine food webs around the world.
Indeed, there are healthy and rebounding populations of brown bears around the world, with strongholds persisting in Russia, Canada and Alaska.
Titled "Wolves of the Sea," the paper looks to the history of predator management and anticipates new conflicts that could arise between humans and rebounding populations of ocean predators.
Current threats include marine bycatch, rebounding populations of natural predators, urbanization of coastal watersheds, climate change, and changes to marine ecosystems (ASMFC 2012).
Higher relative mortality of hatchery juveniles in the wild likely contributes to the low recapture rates, as well, as might a large wild N, rebounding populations, etc.
We also provide some sample simulations to illustrate the diversity in the rebound population and variability in recurrence timing.
Furthermore, based on these results, the process is approximated by the following: (3) To understand the dependence of the growth kinetics of, the resistant rebound population, on various model parameters, let us examine the structure of the result in eqn (3).
"Rebounding bee populations," he said.
Rebounding grizzly populations in the Lower 48 translate into more than just the restoration of a wildlife icon.
