Trophic relationships among six species of Icelandic seabirds as determined through stable isotope analysis

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 898-903

  Thompson, David R ^a,e   Lilliendahl, Kristjan ^b   Solmundsson, Jon ^b   Furness, Robert W ^a   Waldron, Susan ^c   Phillips, Richard A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dietary analysis; Icelandic seabird; Mixing model; Stable isotopes; Trophic relationships

Indexed keywords

AMMODYTES; AMMODYTES SP.; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 0032736271     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370085     Document Type: Article

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