Muskrat-River Otter Interactions in and Adjacent to Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
Anecdotal observations have suggested that muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) populations were dramatically reduced in streams where the North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) were reintroduced. Muskrats predate upon freshwater mussels and it was speculated that river otter reintroduction could r...
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Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange
2009
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Online Access: | http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/80 |