Diet Analysis Of Otter

I posted last week about the dietary habits of the otter lutra lutra.

Diet analysis of otter. Introduction river otters were extirpated from new york state by the mid. All of the southern sea otter diet studies noted above dealt with field observations of feeding otters. Quantifying otter scat is also a crucial aspect of many diet studies e g day et al. The identification of bird feathers has previously only been undertaken to family level.

Diet analysis of translocated river otters lontra canadensis in honeoye lake elaina k. Vandevere s study was a combination of field observation and scat analysis. 2 7 8 10 12 the methods for spraint identification have normally been used to identify the species of fish in otters diet. A comparative diet analysis of the neotropical otter in santa catarina island brazil.

2international otter survival fund 7 black park broadford isle of skye iv49 9de scotland e mail. Vandevere 1969 enlarged the list of the otter s diet items table 2. Mink scat and otter spraint can be easily mixed up when collected in the field as revealed by published dna based studies. D the diet of local otters and mink will be assessed to detect prey species using a set of mitochondrial dna markers.

The diet of otters on the river petteril. This work represents a comparative diet analysis of the neotropical otter lontra longicaudis by scat analysis n 8841 for four different areas located on santa catarina island south of brazil. Department of environmental conservation and horticulture finger lakes community college 3325 marvin sands drive canandaigua ny 14424. Burns john van niel sasha mackenzie.

E microscopic analysis will be performed to identity the prey present in 10 spraints. The present study entailed a study of. However evaluation of otter scat as a research tool offers challenges that could affect potential for extrapolation and comparison of results across studies. The study areas the main ecosystems found on the.

By relating this back to information recorded during post mortems lorna will investigate how otter diet varies over a variety of temporal and spatial scales and how changes in diet may be affecting otter health such as through contaminant uptake. Well carrying on from this i thought that i would follow up with the initial results from a personal study.