Diet and trophic position of Leach's storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa during breeding and moult, inferred from stable isotope analysis of feathers

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 322, Issue , 2006, Pages 291-301

  Hedd, April ^a   Montevecchi, William A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Moult; Newfoundland; Oceanodroma leucorhoa; Stable isotopic analysis; Storm petrel; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FEATHER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOLT; NESTLING; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BACCALIEU ISLAND; CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIPODA; AVES; BENTHOSEMA GLACIALE; CRUSTACEA; HYDROBATINAE; HYPERIA GALBA; HYPERIIDAE; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; MYCTOPHIDAE; OCEANODROMA LEUCORHOA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 33750213103     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps322291     Document Type: Article

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