Oregon Zoo Steller Cove Exhibit

Steller Cove Exhibit

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Research Station

Computers hum and data scrolls across the screens in the Research Station between the kelp forest and the underwater window into the Steller's sea lion pool. Researchers around the north Pacific Ocean are studying Steller's sea lions to find out why the western Alaska population is decreasing so dramatically.

	In the station, you can learn what kinds of questions researchers ask and how they collect data to formulate answers. You can read the most up-to-date studies fresh off the Internet. You can also find out about ongoing research into the biology and behavior of Steller's sea lions here at the Zoo and how it will assistresearchers studying Steller's sea lions in the wild