IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
© IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group

Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 1 - 53 (April 2001)

Literature
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BEUCHAT, C.A. 1999. Kidney structure of a euryhaline mammal, the cape-clawless otter (Aonyx capensis). South Afr. J.Zool. 34, 163-165.
(Univ. Arizona, Coll. Med, Tucson, AZ 85724 USA).

BODKIN, J.L., BURDIN, A.M. & RYAZANOV, D.A. 2000. Age- and sex-specific mortality and population structure in sea otters. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 16, 201-219.
(US Geol. Survey, Alaska Biol. Sci. Ctr., 1011 E Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK
99503, USA).

CARTER, S.K., ROSAS, F.C.W., COOPER, A.B. & CORDEIRO-DUARTE, A.C. 1999. Consumption rate, food preferences and transit time of captive giant otters Pteronura brasiliensis: Implications for the study of wild populations. Aquat. Mamm. 25, 79-90.
(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, CP 478, Manaus, AM, 69011 -970, Brazil).

CASSENS, I., TIEDEMANN, R., SUCHENTRUNK, F. & HARTL, G. 2000. Mitochondrial DNA variation in the European otter (Lutra lutra) and the use of spatial autocorrelation analysis in conservation. J. Hered. 91, 31-35.
(Univ. Kiel, Inst. Haustierkunde, D-24118 Kiel, Germany).

CHEHÉBAR & C. & PORRO, G. 1998. Distribución y estatus del huillín (Lutra provocax) en el Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi, Argentina. Vida Silvestre Neotropical, 7, 99-106.
(Delegación Regional Patagonia, Administración de Parques Nacionales, Vice Almirante O'Connor 1188, 8400 - San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro - Argentina).

DEAN, T.A., BODKIN, J.L., JEWETT, S.C., MONSON, D.H. & JUNG, D. 2000. Changes in sea urchins and kelp following a reduction in sea otter density as a result of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 199, 281-291.
(Coastal Resources Assoc. Inc., Vista, CA 92083 USA).

DELIBES, M., FERRERAS, P. & BLAZQUEZ, M.C. 2000. Why the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) leaves a pond? An observational test of some predictions on prey depletion. Rev. Ecol. Terre Vie 55, 57-65.
(CSIC, Estac. Biol. Donana, Avda Ma Luisa S-N, Apdo 1056, Sevilla 41080, Spain)

GOURVELOU, E., PAPAGEORGIOU, N. & NEOPHYTOU, C. 2000. Diet of the otter Lutra lutra in Lake Kerkini and stream Milli Aggistro, Greece. Acta Theriol. 45, 35-44.
(Aristotelian Univ. Salonika, Dept. Forestry and Nat. Environ., GR-54006 Salonika, Greece).

HARMSEN, B. 2000. Herintroductie van otters in Nederland. [Reintroduction of otters in the Netherlands. In Dutch]. Zoogdier, 11(3), 25-27.
(Univ. Oxford, Dept. Zool., Wildlife Conservation Research Init, South Parks Road, OX1 3PS Oxford, UK).

JAHRL, J. 1999. Verbreitung des Eurasischen Fischotters (Lutra lutra) in Österreich. Joannea Zool. 1, 5-12. (WWF Österreich, Ottakringerstr. 114-116, A-1160 Wien, Austria).

JAHRL, J. 2001. Der Fischotter in Oberösterreich. Öko-L 23, 3-9.
(address - see above).

JAHRL, J. 2001. Der Fischotter im Mühlviertel. Oberösterreichische Landesregierung, Naturschutzabteilung, Linz, Austria, 24 pp.
(address - see above).

KONAR, B. 2000. Limited effects of a keystone species: trends of sea otters and kelp forests at the Semichi Islands Alaska. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 199, 271-280.
(Univ. Calif. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA).

KÖRBEL, O. 2001. Vermeidung der durch den Straßenverkehr bedingten Verluste von Fischottern (Lutra lutra) [Avoidance of losses of otters (Lutra lutra) due to road traffic. In German] Forschung Straßenbau und Straßenverkehrstechnik Vol 805, Bonn, 56 pp., ISBN 3-934458-39-4
(available for DM 24,- plus postage) at: Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Südstraße 119, 53175 Bonn, Germany).

LAIDRE, K.L., JAMESON, R.J. & DeMASTER, D.P. 2001. An estimation of carrying capacity for sea otters along the California coast. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 17, 294-309.
(NOAA, Natl. Marine Fisheries Serv. Alaska Fisheries Sci. Ctr. Natl Marine Mammal Lab., Seattle, WA 98115, USA).

LANSZKI, J., KORMENDI, S., HANCZ, C. & ZALEWSKI, A. 1999, Feeding habits and trophic niche overlap in a carnivora community of Hungary. Acta Theriol. 44, 429-442.
(Pannon. Agr. Univ., Fac. Anim. Sci., H-7401 Kaposvar, Hungary).

LODE, T. 2000. Effect of a motorway on mortality and isolation of wildlife populations. Ambio, 29, 163-166.
(UFR Sci, Lab Ecol Anim, 2Bd Lavoisier, F-49045 Angers Belle Beille, France).

MAÑAS, S., CEÑA, J.C., RUIZ-OLMO, J., PALAZÓN, S., DOMINGO, M., WOLFINBARGER, J.B. & BLOOM, M.E. 2001. Aleutian mink disease parvovirus in wild riparian carnivores in Spain. J. Wildl. Dis. 37, 138-144.
(Grupo Nutria - SECEM, c/ Alexandre Gali, 2-1°, 08225 Terrassa - Barcelona, SPAIN).

MASS, A.M. & SUPIN, A.Y. 2000. Ganglion cells density and retinal resolution in the sea otter, Enhydra lutris. Brain Behav. Evol. 55, 111-119.
(Russian Acad. Sci., Inst. Ecol. & Evolut., Moscow 117071, Russia).

MILLER, M.A., CROSBIE, P.R., SVERLOW, K., HANNI, K., BARR, B.C., KOCK, N., MURRAY, M.J., LOWENSTINE, L.J., & CONRAD, P.A. 2001. Isolation and characterization of Sarcocystis from brain tissue of a free-living southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) with fatal meningoencephalitis. Parasitol. Res. 87, 252-257.
(Univ. Calif. Davis, Sch. Vet. Med., 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA).

PERTOLDI C., LOESCHKE, V., BRAUN, A., MADSEN, A.B. & RANDI, E. 2000. Craniometrical variability and developmental stability. Two useful tools for assessing the population viability of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) populations in Europe. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 70, 309-323.
(Aarhus Univ., Dept. Ecol. Genet., Bldg 540, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark).

REUTHER, C., KREKEMEYER, A. & VOWINKEL, C.-J. 2001. The project 'Otter Habitat Network Europe' (OHNE) - Method and Progress of an attempt to prepare a spacious standard of assessment for potential otter habitats. Wiss. Mitt. Niederösterr. Landesmuseum 14, 67-83.
(Otter-Zentrum, Postfach 12 16, D- 29386 Hankensbüttel, Germany).

ROSAS, F., ZUANON, J.A.S. & CARTER, S.K. 1999. Feeding ecology of the giant otter. Biotropica 31, 502-506.
(Institute Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, CP 478, Manaus, AM, 69011-970, Brazil).

ROSELL, F. & CZECH, A. 2000. Responses of foraging beavers Castor fiber to predator odours. Wildl. Biol. 6, 13-21.
(Telemark Coll., Fac Arts Sci., Dept. Environ. & Health Studies, N-3800 Bo, Norway).

ROSONKE, B.J., BRWON, S.R., TORNQUIST, S.J., SNYDER, S.P., GARNER, M.M. & BLYTHE, L.L. 1999. Encephalomyelitis associated with a Sarcocystis neurona-like organism in a sea otter. JAVMA 215, 1839-1842.
(Oregon State Univ., Coll. Vet Medicine, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA).

SHIMALOV, V.V., SHIMALOV, V.T. & SHIMALOV, A.V. 2000. Helminth fauna of otter (Lutra lutra) in Belorussian Polesie. Parasitol. Res. 86, 528.
(Brest State Univ., Blvd Cosmonauts 21, Brest 224665, Byelorussia).

SIDOROVICH, V.E. 2000. Seasonal variation in the feeding habits of riparian mustelids in river valleys of NE Belarus. Acta Theriol. 45, 233-242.
(Institute of Zoology, F, Skoriny St. 27, Minsk - 220600, Byelorussia).

SUEDMAYER, W.K., JOHNSON, G. & LOVELL, M.A. 1999. Pulmonary silicosis in three North American River otters (Lutra canadensis). J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 30, 564-572.
(Kansas City Zool. Gardens, Kansas City, MO 64132, USA).

TORRES, J., MIGUEL, J. & FELIU, C. 1999. Redescription of Eucoleus schvalovoj (Nematoda: Capillariidae), an oesophageal parasite of the Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra, in Spain. Folia Parasitol. 46, 285-288.
(Univ. Barcelona, Fac. Farm, Avda Joan XXIII SN, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain).

TORRES, J., MODRY, D., FERNANDEZ, J., SLAPETA, J.R. & KOUDELA, B. 2000. Isospora lutrae n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae), a new coccidium from the European otter Lutra lutra from Spam. Syst. Parasitol. 47, 59-63.
(address - see above).

TUL'SKAYA, O.L., DERENKO, M.V. & MALYARCHUK, B.A. 1999. Low level of mitochondrial DNA variation in sea otter populations from Kamchatka and Komandor islands. Russ. J. Genet. 35, 11-15.
(Russian Acad. Sci., Inst. Biol. Problems N., Magadan, 685000, Russia).

WARNS-PETIT, E.S. 2001. Liver lobe torsion in an oriental small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea). Vet. Rec. 148, 212-213.
(Hotel Gaudiche, CD92, F-35530 Noyal Sur Vilaine, France).

WEBER, H. 2000. Malignant melanoma in a Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 31, 87-90.
(Erlenweg 38, 49808 Lingen-Ems, Germany).

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