Assertion: sea otter | /r/HasProperty | important
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: in their ecosystems
type: LOCATION
value: in the nearshore
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Unlike other marine mammals, sea otters do not have a blubber layer so grooming their fur is very important and takes up about half the otter’s day.
text: However, while sea otters are an important predator in the nearshore, they are not always the top predator and may become prey for higher-level predators.
text: Found along the coastal areas of the North Pacific Ocean and ranging from the shores of Japan to Alaskan coast and along the North American coast down to Baja, California, sea otters are an incredibly important keystone species.
text: In the presence of sea otters, an important natural predator, abalone populations cannot recover to the densities and distribution that characterized the era when sea otters were ecologically extinct.
text: Sea otters are considered as an essential keystone species in their ecosystems.