Table 



Habitat Abundance and Population Densities of Aquatic Fur- 

 bearers in Wildlife Management Unit 6 (Adapted from Anderson 

 et al. 1975). 



Habitat 



Area 



Densities 



Beaver Mink 



Otter 



Muskrat 



Wetlands 



(Acres) 



Open fresh water 81,651 



Tidal flat 34,105 



Shrub swamp 11,493 



Bog 9257 



Fresh meadow 5757 



Shallow fresh marsh 3775 



Salt meadow 2677 



Deep fresh marsh 1819 



Reg. fl. salt marsh 1498 



Seasonally flooded 245 



Shallow fr. marsh coastal 56 





 



0.75 











1.25 



1.25 



2.0 



1.25 











Rivers, streams (miles) 

 and shorelines 



Beaver streams 

 Total streams 

 Lake & pond shores 



1375 



3259 



641 



1.74 



0.52 

 0.52 



0.078 

 0.155 



2.5 



Total mammal populations 

 minimum 

 maximum 



1432 

 2387 



1176 

 3528 



176 

 529 



12,900 

 38,400 



17-4-1 



10-80 



