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      Tamaño poblacional y alimentación de la Nutria de río (Lontra longicaudis annectens) en la costa de Oaxaca, México

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          La nutria de río neotropical (Lontra longicaudis annectens) se encuentra amenazada en México y para diseñar estrategias reales de conservación, son necesarios estudios básicos de su biología y ecología. Se evaluaron la dieta y abundancia entre julio de 1999 y agosto del 2000 en los ríos Ayuta, Copalita y Zimatán en la costa de Oaxaca. Considerando una estimación de cuatro nutrias en 147.5 km del río Ayuta. 86 nutrias en 330.75 km del río Copalita y 177 nutrias en 228. 85 km del río Zimatán. Encontrando de forma indirecta una relación entre la abundancia de la nutria y el O2 disuelto en el agua. De 330 excretas se determinaron cuatro categorías de presa que incluyen crustáceos (53.0 ± 3.6%), peces (33.1 ± 9.9%), insectos (9.8 ± 7.6%) y anfibios (4.0 ± 3.3%). Respecto a la biomasa consumida, la presa principal fue Macrobrachium americanum, M. acanthochirus y Gobiexos mexicanus. El número más alto de peces y crustáceos se obtuvo en el río Zimatán (n = 258 muestras, 16 spp.) seguido por el río Ayuta (n = 253, 14 spp) y el río Copalita (n = 197, 16 spp). Encontrando una relación entre la frecuencia de aparición de especies de la presa en las excretas, con su abundancia (p < 0.01; r² = 0.40), así como una relación significativa entre la biomasa consumida y la abundancia de las presas. La abundancia de las presas está determinada por O2 disuelto en el agua (p = 0.04; r² = 0.09) así como la turbiedad (p = 0.04; r² = 0.22). No hubo ninguna relación entre las variables fisicoquímicas del agua con la diversidad de las presas potenciales.

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          The neotropical river otter (Lontra longicaudis annectens) is threatened in Mexico, and in order to design sound conservation strategies for its conservation, basic studies on their biology and ecology are necessary. The diet and abundance were evaluated between July, 1999 and August, 2000 in the rivers Ayuta, Copalita and Zimatán in the coast of Oaxaca. We considered estimated of four otters in 147.5 km the river Ayuta. 86 otters in 330.75 km the rive Copalita and 177 otters in 228.85 km the river Zimatán. We found a relation in an indirect way between the abundance of the otter and dissolved O2. From 330 scats it was determined that they use four prey categories, which include crustaceans (53.0 ± 3.6%), fish (33.1 ± 9.9%), insects (9.8 ± 7.6%) and amphibians (4.0 ± 3.3%). In relation to the biomass ingested, the main prey were Macrobrachium americanum, M. acanthochirus and Gobiexos mexicanus. The largest number of fish and crustaceans used was obtained in the river Zimatán (n = 258 samples, 16 spp.) followed by the river Ayuta (n = 253, 14 spp) and the river Copalita (n = 197, 16 spp). We found a relation among the frequency of appearance of prey species in the scats, with their abundance (p < 0.01; r² = 0.40), as well as a significant relation between the consumed biomass and the abundance of the prey. Abundance of prey is determined by O2 dissolved in the water (p = 0.04; r² = 0.09) as well as turbidity (p = 0.04; r² = 0.22). There was no relation between the physiochemical variables of the water with the diversity of the potential prey.

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                Journal
                azm
                Acta zoológica mexicana
                Acta Zool. Mex
                Instituto de Ecología A.C. (Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico )
                0065-1737
                2448-8445
                2008
                : 24
                : 2
                : 179-199
                Affiliations
                [01] México Distrito Federal orgnameUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México orgdiv1Instituto de Ecología México madorell@ 123456prodigy.net.mx
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                S0065-17372008000200012 S0065-1737(08)02400200012
                004c3701-1dea-4c95-8acb-e13343669e25

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                : 01 February 2008
                : 31 May 2007
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                Lontra longicaudis,abundance,diet,biomass,river,Oaxaca,abundancia,dieta,biomasa,río

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