Table 6 



Habitat Abundance and Population Densities of Aquatic Fur- 

 bearers in Wildlife Management Unit 8 (Adapted from Anderson 

 et al. 1975 a-d) 



Habitat 



Area 



Densities 



Beaver Mink 



Otter 



Muskrat 



Wetlands 



(Acres) 



Open fresh water 96,869 



Tidal flats 12,443 



Shrub swamp 12,386 



Salt meadow 10,954 



Shallow fr. marsh coastal 9478 



Fresh meadow 6467 



Bog 5921 



Deep fresh marsh 4008 



Shallow fresh marsh 2379 



Deep fr. marsh coastal 1274 



Reg. fl. salt marsh 141 



Seasonally flooded 1 











1.25 



1.25 











0,125 



2.5 



1.25 



1.5 



1.25 







Rivers, streams, (miles) 

 and shorelines 



Beaver streams 

 Total streams 

 Lake & pond shores 



1027 



2530 



770 



1.50 



0.27 

 0.27 



0.048 

 0.097 



3.5 



Total mammal population 

 minimum 

 maximum 



927 

 1545 



450 

 1351 



98 

 294 



19,200 

 78,000 



17-6-1 



10-80 



