Trophic ecology of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) compared with that of other arctic marine biota as interpreted from carbon-, nitrogen-, and sulfur-isotope signatures

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 223-231

  Hoekstra, P F ^a   Dehn, L A ^a   George, J C ^a   Solomon, K R ^a   Muir, D C G ^a   O'Hara, T M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOLOGY; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; MUSCLE; SULFUR;

SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

FEEDING ECOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; WHALE;

BEAUFORT SEA; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036208722     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z01-229     Document Type: Article

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