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Table 1

Characteristics of study sites Y (Ysper), O (Ois) and P (Piesting) and number of otter faecal samples analysed per season (Sp: spring; Su: summer; Au: autumn; Wi: winter).

Study site Length (km) Altitude (m a.s.l.) Fish region Geology Mean width (m) Mean discharge MQ (m3/s) Ponds Faecal samples analysed
               
                Sp Su Au Wi Total
Y 28.8 220–917 Epi- / meta-rhithral Crystalline 3–7 0.6 45 218 191 154 387 950
O 33.9 593–1,021 Epi- / meta-rhithral Limestone 7–20 4.5 12 109 99 141 60 409
P 32.2 474–861 Epi- / meta-rhithral Limestone 4–9 1.0 16 179 187 111 336 813

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