Table S1 - Predation on an Upper Trophic Marine Predator, the Steller Sea Lion: Evaluating High Juvenile Mortality in a Density Dependent Conceptual Framework

Contemporary Steller sea lion vital rate schedules for the eastern Gulf of Alaska (LHX-eGoA). The age classes listed (i) comprise months 1 through 12 for the first year, months 13 through 24 for the second year, and so forth. The survivorship schedules si list the proportion of animals that were alive at the beginning of each year, that survive to the end of year i. PPi is the proportion of mortality (1-s) attributed to predation, for each year i. Mortality schedules mi list the proportion of animals consumed by predators (p) and those that died from other causes (np) by the end of each year i. The minimum birth rate Nmin (for definition see methods) for an equilibrium survivorship schedule is listed. Also listed are two survivorship schedules from Holmes et al. [21] for pre-decline conditions (HFYS-Pre for 1976–1982), as well for the 1998–2006 period (HFYS-06). (DOC)