Ecotoxicological and environmental study of the Drôme river : application to the survival of the otter

• Main Author: Richard-Mazet, Alexandra
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de toxicologie Unité mixte de recherche ENVL-INRA (UMR 1233), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Université Joseph-Fourier - Grenoble I, Philippe BERNY([e-mail])
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2005
• Subjects: otter; polychlorinated biphenyls; heavy metals; loutre; Lutra lutra; polychlorobiphényles; métaux lourds; Ardèche; Drôme; Alsace; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; Cora; Loutre
• Online Access: https://theses.hal.science/tel-00275129; https://theses.hal.science/tel-00275129/document; https://theses.hal.science/tel-00275129/file/These_Richard-mazet.pdf

In the late 1950s and 1960s, a steep decline in otter (Lutra lutra) populations took place throughout most of Western Europe. Many different explanations for this decline have been presented; e.g. hunting, habitat destruction, eutrophication, and toxic chemicals. A factor seems to occupy a dominatin...