Stable isotopes indicate the extent of freshwater feeding by cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo shot at inland fisheries in England

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-84

  Bearhop, Stuart ^a   Thompson, David R ^a   Waldron, Susan ^b   Russell, Ian C ^c   Alexander, Gavin ^d   Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Feather; Fractionation factor; Mixing model; Nitrogen 15

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MERGUS MERGANSER; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032916651     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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