Can a Top Predator Persist After One of the World's Largest Mining Dam Failures? Occupancy Dynamics of the Neotropical Otter in Brazil's Paraopeba River
to moderate habitat alteration following a large-scale environmental disaster and provide important guidance for conservation and management of freshwater systems affected by mining and other anthropogenic disturbances.
Authors
- Aline Saturnino Costa
- Rodolfo Stumpp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0413-341X)
- Tiago Teixeira Dornas
- Rodrigo Lima Massara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1221-2185)
- Mariana Neves Moura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7284-2459)
- Ana Yoko Ykeuti Meiga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6380-2858)
- Paloma Marques Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6932-1406)
- Cristiane Cäsar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2135-2462)
- Ricardo R. C. Solar
- Joyce Ramos Rodrigues
- Adriano Paglia
Institutions
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BR)
- Vale (Brazil) (BR)
- University of Florida (US)
- Instituto de Conservação de Animais Silvestres (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ecology and Evolution
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73366
- Primary Topic
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico