Fatty acid signatures and classification trees: New tools for investigating the foraging ecology of seals

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1377-1386

  Smith, Stephen J ^a   Iverson, Sara J ^b   Bowen, W D ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION TREE; FATTY ACID SIGNATURE; FATTY ACIDS; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; HARBOUR SEAL; MAMMALS; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0030821979     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-041     Document Type: Article

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