Stable isotope analysis of harbour porpoises and their prey from the Baltic and Kattegat/Skagerrak Seas

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 411-419

  Angerbjörn, Anders ^a   Börjesson, Patrik ^a   Brandberg, Katrin ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic; Carbon isotopes; Cod; Diet; Harbour porpoises; Herring; Movements; Nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COLLAGEN; DIET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT; PREY AVAILABILITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC REGION; BALTIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; KATTEGAT; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SKAGERRAK;

CLUPEIDAE; HAGFISH; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 33845351965     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000601023896     Document Type: Article

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