S1
Factor 7: Synergisms (S)
The following key questions related to factors causing or contributing to the decline
of Steller sea lions are structured as follows:
[Specific
type of effect] [Reason for the decline]
[Mechanism].
S1: Have
two or more of the following factors: indirect effects of fisheries,
environmental changes, direct anthropogenic effects, predation, diseases, and
contaminants, combined to decrease survival or births of sea lions through
nutritional stress, direct mortality, or reduction of individual fitness
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