Sentence examples for otters increase from inspiring English sources

Home ranges of river otters increase in size on oiled areas compared to unoiled areas, and individual otters also modify their habitat use.

Nearly all species of otters face increasing threat as urbanization and logging continue.

The EBRD was later forced to retract that claim but its impact assessment for the dam was widely criticised for another suggestion that dams would help otters by increasing their access to food.

A population in the Sierra de Gredos mountain range is facing predation by otters and increased competition from the frog Rana perezi.

However, when the angle of attack was smaller (0 < α < 22.5°), the lift coefficient of the otter-board increased as the angle of the main-panel increased.

Nonetheless, Mr. Otter faced increased speculation over whom he might appoint to fill the Craig seat.

Particularly encouraging in the current survey was the fact that the number of otter pups increased by almost 14percentt.

The 2013 United States Geological Survey (USGS) found 2,941 California sea otters, a slight increase from 2012 but a portion of the increase is artificial because the count includes, for the first time, the San Nicolas Island population which has recovered to 59 individuals.

The otters benefit from the increase in fish and invertebrates around the dams.

A recent survey on the river Ribble, in Lancashire, showed a 44% increase in otter numbers since 2008.

However, because of the species' reputation for depleting shellfish resources, advocates for commercial, recreational, and subsistence shellfish harvesting have often opposed allowing the sea otter's range to increase, and there have even been instances of fishermen and others illegally killing them.