Nutritional and energetic studies on captive Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) [Elektronische Ressource] / von Katrin A. Ruff

Nutritional and energetic studies on captive Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) Von der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover zur Erlangung des Grades einer DOKTORIN DER NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN Dr. rer. nat. genehmigte Dissertation von Dipl. Biol. Univ. Katrin A. Ruff geboren am 11.10.1977, in Fürth 2007 Referent: Prof. Dr. phil. nat. Stephan Steinlechner Koreferent: Prof. Dr. med. vet. Jürgen Zentek Tag der Promotion: 27.07.2007 Meinen Eltern F. Bartelt Swimming towards the sunset Tarka found a cleft in the high-curved red cliff, and on the crest of a wave rode into the cavern beyond. The broken wave slapped against the dark end as he climbed to a ledge far above the lipping of the swell and curled himself on a cold stone. He awoke when the gulls and cormorants were flying over the sea, silent as dusk, to their roosts in the cliff.