• Anonymous "Mollie H. Beattie", p. 2
• Anonymous "Table of contents", p. 3
• Watson, John F.; Root, Terry L. "Introduction to the special issue: Why southern sea otters?", p. 4-5
• Anderson, C. Gregory; Gittleman, John L.; Koepli, Klaus-Peter; Wayne, Robert K. "Sea otter systematics and conservation: Which are critical subspecies?", p. 6-10
• Estes, James A.; Doak, Daniel F.; Bodkin, James R.; Jameson, Ron J.; Monson, Daniel; Watt, Jon; Tinker, M. Tim "Comparative demography of sea otter populations", p. 11-13
• Bodkin, James L.; Ballachey, Brenda E. "Monitoring the status of the wild sea otter population: Field studies and techniques", p. 14-19
• Jarman, Walter M.; Bacon, Corinne E.; Estes, James A.; Simon, Mary; Norstrom, Ross J. "Organochlorine contaminants in sea otters: The sea otter as a biodindicator", p. 20-22
• Thomas, Nancy J.; Cole, Rebecca A. "The risk of disease and threats to the wild population", p. 23-27
• Clark, Jamie Rappaport "Overview of the legislative mandates and the agencies responsible for implementation of southern sea otter protection under the Endangered Species Act", p. 28-30
• Benz, Carl "Evaluating attempts to reintroduce sea otters along the California coastline", p. 31-35
• Benz, Carl "The second southern sea otter recovery plan", p. 36-37
• Bonnell, Michael L.; Ford, R. Glenn; Brody, Allan J. "Assessing the threat of oil spills to southern sea otters", p. 38-42
• Saunders, Rachel T. "Does Ôsanctuary' mean secure?", p. 43-46
• Faurot-Daniels, Ellen; Baur, Donald C. "The role of Friends of the Sea Otter in resource protection", p. 47-49
• Williams, Thomas D.; Williams, Terrie M. "The role of rehabilitation in sea otter conservation efforts", p. 50-52
• Jessup, David A.; Mazet, Jonna A.K.; Ames, Jack "Oiled Wildlife care for sea otters and other marine animals in California: A government, university, private sector, non-profit cooperative", p. 53-56
• Long, Julie A.; Larson, Shawn E.; Wasser, Samuel K. "Safeguarding diversity: Challenges in developing a genome resource bank for the California sea otter", p. 57-60
• Brennan, E. Jean; Houck, John "Sea otters in captivity: The need for coordinated management as a conservation strategy", p. 61-67
• Duffield, Deborah A.; Chamberlin-Lea, Jan; Antrim, James E. "A complex chromosome rearrangement in the karyotype of a wild-caught male sea otter", p. 68-72
• Baur, Donald C.; Meade, Allison M.; Rotterman, Lisa M. "The law governing sea otter conservation", p. 73-78
• DeMaster, Douglas P.; Marzin, Catherine; Jameson, Ron J. "Estimating historical abundance of sea otters in California", p. 79-81
• Wendell, Fred "The state of California's role in the conservation of sea otters and other aquatic resources", p. 82-84
• VanBlaricom, Glenn R. "Saving the sea otter population in California: Contemporary problems and future pitfalls", p. 85-91