Assessing the Diet of the Elusive North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) in Florida Using Faecal DNA Metabarcoding

ABSTRACT North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) are semiaquatic mammals distributed throughout the North American continent. They are generalist carnivores with a high potential to affect community structure and dynamics. However, habitat degradation and ecosystem changes have the potential...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Aquatic conservation 2024-10, Vol.34 (10), p.n/a
Hauptverfasser:	Bakker, Judith, Zinnicq Bergmann, Maurits P. M., Stolen, Megan, Kiszka, Jeremy J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amphibians Anthropogenic factors Aquatic mammals Aquatic reptiles carnivore diet Carnivores Carnivorous animals Community structure Conserved sequence Deoxyribonucleic acid Diet DNA DNA barcoding DNA structure Ecosystem disturbance Ecosystem management Ecosystems Environmental changes Environmental degradation faecal DNA Feces Fish Florida freshwater Freshwater mammals habitat destruction Human influences Information management Lontra Lontra canadensis Mammals metabarcoding mitochondria Mitochondrial DNA Nucleotide sequence nutrition information Otters Predators Prey prey species Reptiles Reptiles & amphibians Rivers roadkill Scaling traffic Trophic relationships urbanization Vertebrates
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