Ecology Summary - Lutra lutra

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Ecology of Lutra lutra

Main Ref.	Rice, D.W., 1998
Remarks	Inhabits freshwater and marine ecosystems. Selects certain habitat attributes like rocks, vegetation and ponds (Ref. 115149).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Lutra lutra may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Beds: rock; vegetation
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Rice, D.W., 1998
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Kingston, S., M. O'Conell and J.S. Fairley, 1999
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Kingston, S., M. O'Conell and J.S. Fairley, 1999

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items	4.22	0.95			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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