Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope patterns in baleen from eastern Arctic bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2601-2607

  Hobson, Keith A ^a,c   Schell, Don M ^b  

^a Prairie and N Wildl Res Center   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; WHALE;

ARCTIC;

ANIMALIA; BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032459766     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-142     Document Type: Article

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