Geographical variation in carbon stable isotope signatures of marine predators: A tool to investigate their foraging areas in the Southern Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 329, Issue , 2007, Pages 281-287

  Cherel, Yves ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Carbon 13; Latitude; Marine foodweb; Nitrogen 15; Penguin; Seabird

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PREY PREFERENCE; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; CRUSTACEA; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33846945051     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps329281     Document Type: Article

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