IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group

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IUCN Otter Specialist Group Library

IUCN

Otter Specialist Group

What is the OSG?

Terms of Reference

How to Join

IXth Otter Colloquium Results
Also as PDF (53 KB)

Continental Sections

Europe

Species Groups

Enhydra lutris

Lontra felina

Lutrogale perspicillata

Task Forces

Otters in Captivity

Xth Otter Colloquium

Presentations
latest additions 19/04/08

Memories of the Colloquium

Jim Conroy's Visit to Korea

Members' E-Library

Index of Papers Available
(needs OSG username and password)

Otter Identification

Information wanted on African Otters

Alerts

All Alerts Issued

Unexplained Sea Otter Die-Offs 22/09/07

Vacancies/Opportunities

Volunteer Opportunity in Vietnam: Field Research Advisor

Volunteers for Neotropical Otter project in Costa Rica

Useful Publications

Proceedings of the First Otter Toxicology Conference (2000)

How to Build an Artificial Holt (IOSF)

Recycled Plastic Holt for Urban Use (Chris Matcham)

Useful Resources

Research Contacts

Photos of Otters at SeaPics
(many by Nicole Duplaix - search for otter)

Recommended Otter Websites

IOSF (International Otter Survival Fund)

ROA (River Otter Alliance)

Otter Joy

Otters of Mexico

Reseau-Loutres.org

Chinchimen - Protecting the Marine Otter

Shetland Otters

Other Useful Websites

SEEP (Centre for Sustainability, Environment, Equity and Partnership)

Thesis Abstracts

Ecology of the otter (Lutra lutra) in central Finland and methods for estimating the densities of populations
Risto Sulkava

Monitoring and predicting elusive species colonisation – Application to the otter in the Cévennes National Park (France)
Xavier Janssens

Conservation Genetics of the Eurasian Otter in Sweden
Johanna Arrendal

New Books

Hans Kruuk (2006) Otters: ecology, behaviour and conservation, Oxford University Press.

Carvalho Junior (2007) No Rastro da Lontra brasiliera (On the track of the Brazilian Otter)