Prey Selection by Marine-coastal River Otters (Lontra canadensis) in Newfoundland, Canada

Previous studies have suggested that diets of river otters (Lontra canadensis) vary in response to seasonal shifts in prey availability, and that they select slowly moving fish of moderate size. To test these assumptions for marine-coastal river otters in Newfoundland, Canada, we reconstructed diets...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of mammalogy 2008-08, Vol.89 (4), p.1001-1011
Hauptverfasser:	Cote, D., Stewart, H. M J., Gregory, R. S., Gosse, J., Reynolds, J. J., Stenson, G. B., Miller, E. H.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal ethology Aquatic mammals Bays Biological and medical sciences Biomass Brackish Community composition Cottidae Diet Ecology FEATURE ARTICLES feeding ecology Field study Fish Freshwater Freshwater fishes Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gadus Gasterosteidae Lontra Lontra canadensis Macrozoarces americanus Mammalia Marine Marine ecology Marine fishes National parks Newfoundland Oceans Otolith organs Otoliths Otters Pholis gunnellus Predation Prey Prey selection Pseudopleuronectes americanus Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry river otter Rivers Sculpin Small mammals Swimming Tautogolabrus adspersus Taxa Urophycis Vertebrata
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