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

Volume 2 Pages 1 - 58 (March 1987)

Literature
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Andrews, E. and Crawford, A. K. (1986). Otter Survey of Wales 1984-85. Published by Vincent Wildlife Trust, Baltic Exchange Buildings, 21 Bury Street, London EC3A 5AU. Price £2.

Broekhuizen, S. (1985). Visvraat door otter Lutra lutra (L., 1758) of bruine rat Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769). (Remains of fish eaten by otter Lutra lutra (L., 1758) or Norway rat Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769). Lutra 28, 97-105. English summary. (Author's address: Rijksinstituut voor Natuurbeheer, Postbus 9201, 6800 HB Arnhem, The Netherlands) .

Cassola, F. (1986). La Lontra in Italia. (The otter in Italy: status, distribution and conservation of an endangered species). Serie Atti e Studi No. 5. 135 pp. World Wildlife Fund Italia, Via Salaria 290, 00199, Roma, Italy. English summaries throughout.

Chehebar, C. E., Gallur, A., Giannico, G., Gottelli, M. D. and Yorio, P. (1986). A survey of the southern river otter Lutra provocax in Lanin, Puelo and Los Alerces National Parks, Argentina, and evaluation of its conservation status. Biol. Conserv. 38, 293-304. (Administracion de Parques Nacionales, Sante Fe 690, 1059 Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Conroy, J. W. H. and Jenkins, D. (1986). Ecology of otters in northern Scotland. VI. Diving times and hunting success of otters (Lutra lutra) at Dinnet Lochs, Aberdeenshire and in Yell Sound, Shetland. J. Zool. Lond. (A) 209: 341-346.
(Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Brathens, Banchory, Kincardineshire, U.K.)

Craik, J. C. A. (1986). Tough time for terns. B.T.O. News 147, 15. (A note on predation of terns by otters - Ed.). (Scottish Marine Biological Association, Dunstaffnage, Oban, Scotland).

Engfer, S. (1986). Asian small-clawed otter Aonyx cinerea: North American regional studbook, 1986. 22 pp. (Santa Barbara Zoological Gardens, 500 Ninos Drive, Santa Barbara, California 93103) .

Gaethlich, M. and Mason, C. F. (1986). The pollutant burden of a Greek otter. Nature: Bulletin of the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature 33, 50-52. (268 Nafpaktou Street, 30200 Messolongi, Greece).

Geibel, J.J. and Miller, D.J. (1984). Estimation of sea otter, Enhydra lutris, population, with confidence bounds, from air and ground counts. Calif. Fish and Game 70 (4): 225-233. (California Department of Fish and Game, Planning Branch, Menlo Park, California 94025).

Hernandez, L.M., Gonzalez, M.J., Rico, M.C., Fernandez, M.A. and Baluja, G. (1985). Presence and biomagnification of organochlorine pollutants and heavy metals of Donana National Park (Spain) 1982-1983. J. Environ. Sci. Health B20 (6): 633 - 650 (Institute of Organic Chemistry (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain)

Jefferies, D.J. (1986) The value of otter Lutra lutra surveying using spraints: an analysis of its successes and problems in Britain. Otters: the Journal of the Otter Trust 1985 1 (9): 25 - 32. (Nature Conservancy Council, Northminster House, Peterborough, U.K.)

Jefferies, D.J. (1986). Estimation of complete body weights for skinned European otters Lutra lutra (L.). J. Zool. Lond. (A) 209, 282-285. (Address as above).

Jefferies, D.J., Wayre, P., Jessop, R.M. and Mitchell-Jones, A.J. (1986). Reinforcing the native otter Lutra lutra population in East Anglia: an analysis of the behaviour and range development of the first release group. Mammal Rev, 16 (2), 65-79. (Address as above).

Kruuk, H., Conroy, J.W.H., Glimmerveen, U. and Ouwerkerk, E.J. (1986). The use of spraints to survey populations of otters Lutra lutra. Biol. Conserv. 35, 187-194. (Address as for Conroy).

Macdonald, S.M., Mason, C.F. and Shalmon, B. (1986). A survey for otters in Israel. Oryx 20 (4), 233-236. (Department of Biology, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, U.K. )

Madsen, A.B. and Nielsen, C.E. (1986). Odderens (Lutra lutra L.) forekomst i Danmark 1984-1986. (The occurrence of otter (Lutra lutra L.) in Denmark 1984-1986). Flora og Fauna 92 (2), 60-62. English summary. (Projekt Odder, Alhambravej 18, 1826 Frederiksberg C., Denmark).

Mason, C.F. and Macdonald, S.M. (1986). Levels of cadmium, mercury and lead in otter and mink faeces from the United Kingdom. Sci. Total Environ. 53, 139-146. (Address as Macdonald).

Mason, C.F., Ford, T.C. and Last, N.I. (1986). Organochlorine residues in British otters. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 36, 656-661. (Address as above).

Mason, C.F., Last, N.I. and Macdonald, S.M. (1986). Mercury, cadmium and lead in British otters. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 37, 844-849. (Address as above).

Murphy, K.P. and Fairley, J.S. (1985). Food of otters Lutra lutra on the south shore of Galway Bay. Proc. R. Ir. Acad. 85B. 47-55. (Department of Zoology, University College, Galway, Eire).

Olsson, M. and Sandegren, F. (1986). Projekt Utter. Fauna och flora 81: 157-159. English summary. (Sekt for vertebratzoologi, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. Box 50007, 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden).

Prigioni, C., Bogllani, G. and Barbieri, F. (1986). The otter Lutra lutra in Albania. Biol. Conserv. 36, 375-383. (Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Universita di Pavia, Piazza Botta 9, 27100 Pavia, Italy).

Reid, D.G., Melquist, W.E., Woolington, J.D. and Noll, J.M. (1986). Reproductive effects of intraperitoneal transmitter implants in river otters. J. Wildl. Manage. 50 (1), 92-94. (Department of Biology, University of Calgary, Alberta T2H 1N4, Canada).

Stuart, C.T. (1985). The status of two endangered carnivores occurring in The Cape Province, South Africa, Felis serval and Lutra maculicollis. Biol. Conserv. 32: 375-382. (Albany Museum, Somerset Street, Grahamstown 6140, Republic of South Africa).

Vincent Wildlife Trust (1986). Report 1985. 34 pp. (Address as Andrews).

Wendell, F.E., Hardy, R.A. and Ames, J.A. (1986). A review of California sea otter, Enhydra lutris, surveys. Calif. Dept. Fish Game, Mar. Res. Tech. Rep. No. 51, 42 pp. (Marine Resources Division, Dept. of Fish and Game, 1301 West 12th Street, Long Beach, California 90813, U.S.A.).

Wren, C.D. (1985). Probable case of mercury poisoning in a wild otter, Lutra canadensis, in northwestern Ontario. Can. Field-Nat. 99 (1): 112-114. (Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada).

Note: All publications on otters (or references thereto) will be gratefully received for future issues of the Bulletin to maintain this section as complete as possible - Editor.

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