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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
Article first published online: 17 MAR 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1986.tb03597.x
1986 The Zoological Society of London
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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. Journal of Zoology, 209: 341–346. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1986.tb03597.x
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- Issue published online: 17 MAR 2011
- Article first published online: 17 MAR 2011
- Accepted 27 August 1986
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Diving times and hunting success of otters were compared in two freshwater lochs in Aberdeenshire and in the sea off Shetland. During each hunt, otters in the marine habitat caught significantly more prey items and each hunt was of longer duration than in the freshwater habitat. Most recorded prey caught in the sea were smaller and probably of lower nutritional quality than in the freshwater lochs.