IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
©IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group
Volume 18 A (2001)
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Xth International Otter Colloquium, Hwacheon, South Korea
Day 1 (Wednesday, October 10, 2007) |
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| 08:20 | Registration Coffee and Tea |
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| 09:00 | Official Opening (Part 1) Chairperson: Sun-Yong Han |
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| 10:40 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 | Official Opening (Part 2) |
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| 12:30 | Lunch Sudal Restaurant |
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| 13:50 | Plenary session I Part One: Continental Reports |
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| 15:21 | OSG Otter Bulletin: Arno Gutleb | |
| 15:45 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00 | Plenary Session I Part 2: Threats and Conservation Chairperson: Jim Conroy |
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Otter reconciliation action plans: a new tool for conflict managers dealing with otters causing damage to human resources Andreas Kranz, Steirische Landesjaegerschaft (Austria) |
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Alarming Trade in Otter Furs Paul Yoxon, International Otter Survival Fund (Britain) |
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| 16:40 | Plenary Session I Part 3: Status and management‟ Chairperson: Jim Conroy |
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Modern status of the Commander Islands population of the sea otter (Enhydra lutris) Alexander Burdin, University of Alaska Fairbanks, ASLC, Seward (USA) |
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Cambodian Otter Research and Conservation Project Annette Olsson, Sokrith Heng, Somanak Peove, Navy Nop Presenter: Sokrith Heng/Navy Nop, Conservation International (Cambodia) |
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| 17:30 | Reception and Banquet at Yong-hwa Hall, Hwacheon High School Welcome addresses by Mayor of Hwacheon and others Dinner with Korean fusion classical band |
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Day 2 (Thursday, October 11, 2007) |
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Plenary session II : Status, Management and Assessment Techniques‟ |
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Conservation status of the river otter (Lontra spp.) of the Southwestern Borderlands of U.S. and Mexico Paul J. Polechla Jr., Biology Department, University of New Mexico (USA) |
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Conserving the habitat of the Otter, What, When, Why?: the case of the Eurasian otter in Catalonia (Spain) Jordi Ruiz-Olmo, Biology of the University of Barcelona (Spain) |
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Indices of Health, Condition, and Mortality for Enhydra lutris kenyoni in Alaska: an unusual mortality event Angela Doroff, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USA) |
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| • | First visual census of the Southern river otter, Lontra provocax in Chile Maximiliano A. Sepúlveda, CODEFF (Chile) |
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| • | Scale and season does matter: implications for otter conservation Teresa Sales-Luís, the University of Lisbon (Portugal) |
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| • | Status, distribution and conservation of otters (Lutra spp.) of Bangladesh Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz, Department of Zoology, University of Jahangirnagar (Bangladesh) |
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| 10:20 | Coffee break | |
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Extinction of the Japanese otter Motokazu Ando, Tokyo University of Agriculture (Japan) |
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Initial recording behaviour of Lutra sumatrana in U Minh Thuong National Park, Mekong delta- Vietnam Nguyen Vu Khoi, The World Associaton of Zoos and Aquariums (Vietnam) |
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The status of Asian small-clawed otter Aonyx cinereus, Illiger, 1815 in wild S.A. Hussain, Wildlife Institute of India (India) |
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| • | Otters in the Wildlife Reserves of Sri Lanka Mangala de Silva, Dep. of Zoology, University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka) |
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| • | Latrine site characteristics of spotted-necked otter at Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania Tom Serfass, Dep. of Biology, Frostburg State University (USA) |
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| 12:00 | Lunch Sudal Restaurant |
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| 13:30 | Special Event: Awarding prizes for children‟s drawing competition | |
| 14:00 | Plenary Session III : Status, Management and Assessment Techniques (continued) Chairperson: Jordi Ruiz Olmo |
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Monitoring distribution and population trends in European Otter (Lutra lutra) on a regional level Hans-Heinrich Krüger, Aktion Fischotterschutz e. V., OTTER-ZENTRUM (Germany). |
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Monitoring and assessment of conservation status for European Otter Lutra lutra in Denmark Bjarne Sögaard, Aksel Bo Madsen, National Environmental Research Institute (Denmark) |
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How do we assess the status and habitat of otter in context with environmental assessment procedures? Andreas Kranz, Steirische Landesjaegerschaft (Austria) |
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Trophic Ecology of Lutra lutra in Intermittent Streams of SW Protugal. Matos, H. & Santos-Reis, M. |
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Population Density, Distribution and Conservation Status of the Marine Otter (Lontra Felina, Molina 1782) on Chiloe Island and in the Channels and Fjords along Chile’s Southern Coast, Preliminary Result Ricardo Alvares, NGO Conservación Marina (Chile) |
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A landscape approach to the conservation of the otter Lutra lutra in Italy Anna Loy, Dip. STAT, Universita del Molise (Italy) |
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| 15:40 | Reintroduction | |
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Update of the Reintroduction of otters in the Netherlands Addy de Jongh, Dutch Otterstation Foundation (Netherland) |
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| 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30 | Concurrent Workshop Session A |
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| 18:30 | Dinner Sudal Restaurant |
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| 19:30 | DMZ film screening at the Sudal restaurant | |
Day 3 (Friday, October 12, 2007) |
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| All Day | DMZ Tour | |
Day 4 (Friday, October 13, 2007) |
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| 8:20 | Plenary session IV: Distribution, Diet and Wetlands Chairperson: Nicole Duplaix |
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Food Habitats of the Hairy nosed otter (Lutra sumatrana) and the Small clawed otter (Amblonyx cinerea) in Pru Toa Daeng Peat Swamp Rorest, Southern Thailand
Budsabong Kanchanasaka, Wildlife Research Divison (Thailand) |
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Distribution, ecology and conservation of Common otter (Lutra lutra) in DPRK
Chong Jong Ryol, Korea University Wildlife Research Center (Japan) |
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| • | Distribution and population characteristics of the Giant otter Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmellin, 1788) in the basins of the Putumayo, Caqueta and Orinoco Rivers, Colombia Juan Carlos Botello, Universidad de Barcelona (Colombia) |
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| • | Otter Diet and Distribution; Pointers to Priorities in Freshwater Conservation in Kenya Mordecai O. Ogada, National Museums of Kenya (Kenya) |
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| 09:50 | Coffee break | |
| 10:10 | • | Feeding ecology of Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) (Mammalia: Carnivora) in a coastal river of western Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil Marcelo Lopes Rheingantz, Helen Waldemarin, Erica Pellegrini Caramaschi Presenter: Marcelo Lopes Rheingantz, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) |
| • | Diet of the Southern river otter in Argentinean Patagonia Laura Fasola, Ana Cecilia Gozzi, Laura Malmierca, Claudio Chehebar, David Macdonald, Marcelo Hernan Cassini Presenter: Laura Fasola, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
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| • | Selection of prey and trophic of Southern River otter (Lontra provocax) in the wetland Santuario de la Naturaleza Carlos Adwanter, Southern Chile Lida Marcela Franco Pérez, Loreto Correa, Mauricio Soto-Gamboa Presenter: Lida Marcela Franco Pérez, Universidad Austral de Chile (Chile) |
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| • | Trophic spatial variations in the Southern river otter, Lontra provocax, in freshwater habitats, Chile Ignacio Rodríguez-Jorquera, Maximiliano A. Sepúlveda Presenter: Maximiliano A. Sepúlveda, Southern River Otter Conservation Project, CODEFF (Chile) |
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| • | Human Sustainability and Conservation of Otter: Case Study of Rapti River Basin of Nepal Paras M. Acharya, Naresh N. Rimal Presenter: Paras M. Acharya, Center for Sustainability, Environment and Equity, & Naresh N. Rimal, Tribhuwan Unviersity-Amrit Science Campus (Nepal) |
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| 12:00 | Special event: Awarding prizes for recycling competition | |
| 12:30 | Lunch Sudal Restaurant |
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| 14:00 | Plenary session V: Distribution, Diet and Wetlands (continued) Chairperson: Mordecai Ogada |
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| • | Integrating otter conservation with wetland and watershed protection programs Robert P. Brooks, Pennsylvania State University (USA) |
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| • | Effect of Lake State in Faunal Communities and Diet of Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) in Shallow Oxbow Lakes of the Rio Manu, Peru Lisa Davenport, Darwin Osorio Lescano, Robert quispe Chuquihuamani Presenter: Lisa Davenport, Department of Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill (USA) |
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| • | Present distribution and conservation status of the southern river otter, Lontra provocax, in the Valdivian Ecoregion, Chile Maximiliano A. Sepúlveda, Victoria Maldonado, José Luis Bartheld, Gonzalo Medina-Vogel, Ignacio Rodríguez-Jorquera Presenter: Maximiliano A. Sepúlveda, CODEFF (Chile) |
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| • | Environments of Otter (Lutra lutra) habitat in the upper stream of Gilan-chun Presenter: Lee Seung Kie, Department of biology of Kyungpook National University (Korea) |
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| • | Ramsar Wetland Designation for Peace Green Area to preserve Otter habitat in Hwacheon DMZ Bong-Koo Lim, Seoul National University (Korea) |
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| • | The Citizen’s Toolkit for the Wetland Bon-Hak Koo (Korea) |
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| 16:05 | Coffee break | |
| 16:20 | Concurrent Workshop Session B | |
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| 18:30 | Dinner and Social Hour Sudal Restaurant |
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| Day 5 (Saturday, October 13 2007) | ||
| 08:20 | Plenary session VI: Humans and Otters, Education Chairperson: Hélène Jacques |
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Otter as Flagship: Social and Cultural Considerations
Sadie Stevens, Tom Serfass, John Organ Presenter: Sadie Stevens, University of Massachusetts (USA) |
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| • | Fishing with otter: A traditional conservation practice in Bangladesh Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz, Sajeda Begum Presenter: Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz, Jahangirnagar University (Bangladesh) |
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| • | Effects of Nile Perch On The Ecology Of The Spot-Necked Otter And Competition With Fishermen In Lake Victoria, Kenya Mordecai O. Ogada, National Musiums of Kenya (Kenya) |
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| • | Biological and cultural valuation of the Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) in the Colombian Orinoco basin Diana Marcela Velasco, Omacha-Acatisema (Colombia) |
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| • | Adaptive Management of Nature Tourism in Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) Habitat, Southern Peru Frank Hajek, Jans Huayca Presenter: Jessica Groenendijk, Frankfurt Zoology Society (Germany) |
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| • | Water Resources in Nepal Naresh N. Rimal |
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| 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:45 | Genetics Chairperson: Arno Gutleb |
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| • | Non-invasive genetic sampling: otter population size and spatial distribution estimates Barbora Zemanová, Petra Hájková, Josef Bryja, Kevin Roche, Bedřich Hájek, Jan Zima Presenter: Barbora Zemanová, Masaryk University (Czech Republic) |
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Characterization and assessment of 12 autosomal microsatellite loci suitable for population and evolutionary studies of the Neotropical otter (Lontra longicaudis)
Cristine Silveira Trinca, Helen Francine Waldemarin, Fernando César Weber Rosas, Eduardo Eizirk Presenter: Cristine Siveira Trinca, Universidade federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) |
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| • | Mitochondrial DNA divergence among Korean and European river otter (Lutra lutra) Nadia Mucci, Ettore Randi, Mi-Sook Min, Han-Chan Park, Young-Jun Kim, Hang Lee Presenter: Hang Lee, Seoul National University (Korea) |
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| • | Conservation genetics of Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) in the Czech and Slovak Republics Hájková Petra, Zemanová Barbora, Pertoldi Cino, Roche Kevin, Hájek Bedřich, Bryja Josef, Zima Jan Presenter: Hájková Petra, Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic) |
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| • | Conservation genetics of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in Korea Han-Chan Park, Mi-Sook Min, Sung-yong Han, Tae-Young Choi, Hang Lee Presenter: Han-Chan Park, Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife (Korea) |
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| 12:30 | Lunch Sudal Restaurant |
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| 14:00 | Plenary session VII: Genetics (continued) Chairperson: Arno Gutleb |
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| • | Phylogeography, metapopulation dynamic and population size estimative of marine otter, Lontra felina, using molecular markers Juliana A. Vianna, Paula Ayerdi, Gonzalo Medina-Vogel, Sylvain Faugeron Presenter: Juliana A. Vianna, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (Chile) |
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| • | Research and Conservation Biology of Otter (Lutra lutra) Ling-Ling Lee, Chih-Ming Hung, Chuan- Chin Huang, Shou-Hsien Li Presenter: Ling-Ling Lee, National Taiwan University (Taiwan) |
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| • | Emerging compounds and climate change: potential implications for otter Arno Christian Gutleb, National Veterinary Institute (Norway) |
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| • | Perfluorinated compounds in liver from Swedish Otters (Lutra lutra) – a new threat to the Swedish otter population Anna Roos, Anders Bignert, Ulf Järnberg Presenter: Anna Roos, Swedish Museum of Natural History (Sweden) |
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| • | A sample preparation procedure for the determination of total Hg in otter (Lontra longicaudis) spraints by atomic fluorescence spectrometry and scales clean-up for the animal diet identification Carla F. Josef, Leonardo Ramos Adriano, Elvis Joacir De França, José Roberto Ferreira Presenter: Carla F. Josef, University of São Paulo (Brazil) |
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Parasitology |
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| • | Perrilous State of Coevolution: Threats to Otters and Lice Ke Chung Kim, Pennsylvania State University (USA) |
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| Physiology | ||
| • | Fecal Hormone Analysis for Non-Invasive Characterization of Basal Reproductive Traits and Prediction of Parturition in the North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis), Asian Small-Clawed Otter (Amblonyx cinereus), Spotted-Necked Otter (Lutra maculicollis) and Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) Helen Bateman, William Swanson Presenter: Helen Bateman, Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW) (USA) |
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| 16:30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:40 | Poster Session | |
| 18:30 | Dinner Sudal Restaurant |
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| 19:30 | Open Stage Entertainment by OSG members during silent bidding auction for Asian Otter Trust |
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| Day 6 (Sunday, October 14, 2007) | ||
| 08:20 | Plenary Session VIII: Morphology | |
| • | Hair structure and buoyancy of Eurasian otter Addy de Jongh, Dutch Otterstation Foundation (Netherlands) |
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| • | Morphological difference of skull among four otters in South-East Asia Hiroshi Sasakii, Chikushi Jogakuen University Junior College (Japan) |
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| • | The t-test for difference with External and Cranial Measurement on Eurasian Otter between in China and South Korea Renzhu Piao, Sung-Yong Han, Shiliang Pang Presenter: Renzhu Piao, Longer Institute of Natural Enviornment of Harbin China (China) |
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| Veterinary management of marine otters in ecological studies Soto-Azat C., F. Boher G., A. Santibáñez, Juliana Vianna, G. Medina-Vogel. Presenter: Soto-Azat C., Universidad Andres Bello (Chile) |
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| Paraphimosis in a captive European otter, Lutra lutra at the Breeding Center of Hunawiher (France) Fabrice Capber, French Association of Zoo Veterinarians (France) |
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| 10:05 | Coffee break | |
| 10:25 | Captive breeding management‟ Chairperson: Gonzalo Medina Vogel |
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| • | Breeding activities of Lutra perspicillata in Bangladesh Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz, Mohammed Abdul Aziz, Padma Kumar Thanchanga Presenter: Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz, Jahangirnagar University (Bangladesh) |
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| • | Comparative Assessment of Semen Processing and Cryopreservation Methods for Genome Resource Banking of North American River Otter Spermatozoa” Helen Bateman, William Swanson Presenter: Helen Bateman, Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (USA) |
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| • | Hand rearing: Asian small clawed otter (Amblonyx cinereus) Terry D. Webb Presenter: Terry D. Webb, Miami MetroZoo (USA) |
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| • | Rescuing wild otters and a case study of captive breeding” Hyo-Dong Han, Seoul Grant Park (Korea) |
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| • | Minimizing Leg-Hold Trapping Trauma for Otters with Mobile Phone Technology Addy de Jongh, Dutch Otterstation Foundation (Nederland) |
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| • | Phototraps as a Non-invasive method of monitoring the Otters (Lutra lutra) – What can we expect? Marjana Hönigsfeld Adamič, Jakob Smole Presenter: Marjana Hönigsfeld Adamič, Institute for Conservation of Natural Heritage (NGO) (Slovenia) |
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| 12:30 | Lunch Sudal Restaurant |
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| 14:00 | Plenary Session IX: Habitat Use, Home Range and Behaviour Chairperson: S.A. Hussain |
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| • | Using Remote Cameras to Monitor Otter Populations: Where we‟ve been and where we can go Sadie Stevens, Tom Serfass Presenter: Sadie Stevens, University of Massachusetts (USA) |
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| • | Factors affecting habitat preference of otter (Lutra lutra) in Geoje Island, Republic Korea Hee-Sun Cho, Young-Seuk Park, Kwang-Hee Choi, Sang-Don Lee, Young-Cheol Park Presenter: Hee-Sun Cho, UNDP/GEF Korea Wetland Project (Korea) |
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| • | Coexistence of North American mink and South American river otter in Patagonia Laura Fasola, Claudio Chhebar, Gerardo Porro, David MacDonald, Marcelo Hernan Cassini Presenter: Laura Fasola, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
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| • | Habitat use and overlap of food niche of Brazilian otters, in Pantanal wetlands, Brazil Manoel C. Muanis, L. Flamarion B de Oliveira Presenter: Manoel C. Muanis, National Museum of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) |
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| • | Home Range and Territoriality of the marine otter Lontra felina (Molina 1782) in the central coast of Chile, Qunitay Francisca Boher Elton, Gonzalo Medina-Vogel, Gabriela Flores, Alexis Santibalnez, Claudio Soto-Azat Presenter: Francisca Boher Elton, Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity (CASEB) (Chile |
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| 15:45 | Coffee break | |
| Habitat Use, Home Range and Behaviour (continued) Chairperson: Padma de SIlva |
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| • | Conservation activity of the Green People about otter in Geojea Island, Korea Sun-Man Cho, the Green People (Korea) |
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| • | The distribution of macro-crustaceans in Argentinean Patagonia: multiple scale analysis of the role of resource availability in wildlife distribution Marcelo Hernán Cassini, Laura Fasola, Bettina Aued, Claudio Chéhebar, David MacDonald Presenter: Laura Fasola, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
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| • | Response of the marine otter (Lontra felina) to the Rocky seashore habitat discontinuity G. Medina-Vogel, L. Ovalle, R. Monsalve and J. A. Vianna Presenter: G. Medina-Vogel, Universidad Andres Bello (Chile) |
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| • | Seasonal factors affecting the habitat use by Neopropical and Giant otters in the Rio Negro Watershed, Pantanal, Brazil Helen Francine Waldemarin, Manoel Comes Muanis, Miguel Rico, Vera de Ferran Presenter: Helen Francine Waldemarin, Coordinator of Projeto Ecolontras in the Associação Ecológica Ecomarapendi (NGO) (Brazil) |
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| • | Seasonal Use of Large Dams by Eurasian Otter in Mediterranean Areas Nuno M. Pedroso, Margarida Santos-Reis Presenter: Nuno M. Pedroso, University of Lisbon (Portugal) |
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Variability of visiting rate of otters (Lutra lutra) on fishponds in the Czech Republic
Zuzana Kadlecikova, Katerina Polednikova, Lukas Polednik, Andreas Kranz Presenter: Zuzana Kadlecikova, the South-Bohemian University (Czech) |
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| • | Home Range and movements of Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) in the Xixuau Reserve, Roraima, Brazil Emanuela Evangelista, Fernando C.W. Rosas Presenter: Emanuela Evangelista, NGO Amazon Assiciation (Brazil) |
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| • | Breeding behavior of Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) in the Xixuan Reserve, Roraima, Brazil Emanuela Evangelista, Fernando C.W. Rosas Presenter: Emanuela Evangelista, Associação Amazônia NGO (Brazil) |
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| 18:40 | Dinner and Social Hour Sudal Restaurant |
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| Day 7 (Monday, October 15, 2007) | ||
| 08:20 | Plenary Work Meeting Chairperson: Jim Conroy |
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| 12:30 | Lunch Sudal Restaurant |
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| 13:30 | Conference Photograph In front of main hall |
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| 14:00 | Closing Session Chairperson: Jim Conroy |
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| 17:50 | Banquet and Official closing ceremony With NANTA Drumming performance |
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