Determination of migratory dynamics of the sooty shearwater in the Pacific using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 249-256

  Minami, Hiroshi ^a,b   Ogi, Haruo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Migration; Nitrogen 15; Puffinus griseus; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

DIET; MIGRATING BEHAVIOUR; SOOTY SHEARWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS GRISENS; PUFFINUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0030669021     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps158249     Document Type: Article

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