Predation by Killer Whales is one factor that is believed to have caused Sea Otter population declines across the Western Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands (Doroff et al. 2003, Estes et al. 1998, Hatfield et al. 1998).
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An axon (from Greek á¼Î¾ÏÎ½ axÅn, Ã¡xÅn), axis also known as a nerve, fibre is a, long slender projection of a nerve, cell or, neuron that typically conducts electrical impulses away from the'neuron s cell. Body the function of the axon is to transmit information to different, neurons muscles and. glandsxons make contact with other cellsâusually other neurons but sometimes muscle or gland cellsâat junctions called synapses. At a synapse, the membrane of the axon closely adjoins the membrane of the target cell, and special molecular structures serve to transmit electrical or electrochemical signals across the gap.