Animal decisions and conservation: The recolonization of a severely polluted river by the Eurasian otter

Animal Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 400-407

  Delibes, M ^a   Cabezas, S ^b   Jimenez B ^c   Gonzalez M J ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bad decision; Eurasian otter; Guadiamar river; Indicator; Lutra lutra; Toxic spill

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FECES; HABITAT QUALITY; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RECOLONIZATION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WATER QUALITY;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIAMAR RIVER; SEVILLA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE;

EID: 70349592978     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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