Table 1 Posterior means and 90% credible intervals for the parameters of the ecological diffusion model with logistic growth estimated for the sea otter population in Southeast Alaska 1970 to 2020. The subscripts on θ and κ are abbreviations of the translocation sites shown in Fig. 1. Estimates of detection probabilities are provided in Appendix 2: Table 2

β₀ (intercept)

16.25

16.36

16.48

β₁ (depth)

-1.89

-1.77

-1.66

β₂ (distance to shore)

0.21

0.29

0.35

β₃ (slope × depth)

0.14

0.22

0.29

β₄ (shoreline complexity)

0.14

0.17

0.21

β₅ (distance to towns)

0.37

0.45

0.55

β₆ (Glacier Bay)

-0.37

-0.24

-0.10

β₇ (fisheries closures)

-1.48

-1.34

-1.16

α₀ (intercept)

-1.77

-1.66

-1.55

α₁ (Glacier Bay)

2.78

3.16

3.58

α₂ (fisheries closures)

0.12

1.87

6.91

γ (intrinsic growth)

0.28

0.29

0.31

τ (overdispersion)

0.03

0.03

0.03

θ_MI (initial density)

119.65

147.53

175.46

θ_BI

8.06

9.75

11.40

θ_NI

8.33

9.96

11.63

θ_KB

65.41

98.90

132.59

θ_YB

8.36

10.01

11.69

θ_YI

63.74

96.18

128.84

θ_CS

68.19

98.82

130.55

κ_MI (initial dispersal)

25.41

28.78

32.20

κ_BI

1.37

2.54

3.80

κ_NI

4.42

9.11

13.90

κ_KB

0.51

0.63

0.78

κ_YB

0.80

2.23

3.79

κ_YI

4.17

8.49

12.40

κ_CS

4.59

9.23

13.91