Use of salmonid carcasses by vertebrate scavengers

• Published in: Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Hewson, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1995
• Subjects: Dee; Salmo salar; Lutra lutra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1995.tb05127.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1995.tb05127.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1995.tb05127.x; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1995.tb05127.x

The use of salmon Salmo salar carrion by otters Lutra lutra and other scavengers along the River Dee in north‐east Scotland was studied by radio‐tagging and individual marking of fish carcasses. More carcasses were available on the Dee than on tributary streams used for spawning, indicating that sal...