A considerable amount of research has been undertaken to document and assess the
nursery function of a variety of coastal habitats for marine fish species around the world …

This chapter examines the ways in which estuarine fishes interact both with their habitat, and
with each other, in relation to food and feeding. The ways in which diet and feeding may …

Habitat use of age-0 and age-1 juvenile Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) was examined
in coastal regions in Kodiak Alaska over daily, seasonal and annual scales. Catch data …

The protection of species requires an understanding of their habitat requirements and how
habitat characteristics affect their distribution, survival and growth. This need is especially …

In South Korea, the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758)), a semi-aquatic carnivore, is
found mainly in lower order streams that tend to have a low abundance of preferred prey fish …

The validity of using spraint (otter faeces) density for population monitoring has been
debated for more than 30 years. In this study, we investigated endangered Eurasian otter …

Habitat patchiness is known to alter the relation of a population to both its predators and its
prey. We developed a biologically interpretable measure of habitat complexity to test …

River otter populations have expanded across much of their historical range, including in
Illinois where they were reintroduced from 1994 to 1997. These expanding populations are …

Numerous studies demonstrate the utility of information from coastal seine surveys for
monitoring juveniles of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua, but few studies have linked such surveys …

The most traditional method used to monitor the distribution of otters is spraint density
surveys, but there has been long-standing debate regarding whether this approach is …