Stable isotope discrimination (δ13C and δ15Í) between soft tissues of the green sea turtle Chelonia mydas and its diet

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 308, Issue , 2006, Pages 271-278

  Seminoff, Jeffrey A ^a   Jones, T Todd ^b   Eguchi, Tomoharu ^a   Jones, David R ^b   Dutton, Peter H ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Chelonidae; Ectotherm; Fractionation; Isotope enrichment; Nitrogen; Reptilia

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TURTLE;

CHELONIA MYDAS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644985580     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps308271     Document Type: Article

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