Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratio profiling of sperm whale teeth reveals ontogenetic movements and trophic ecology

Oecologia

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 605-615

  Mendes, Sónia ^a   Newton, Jason ^b   Reid, Robert J ^c   Zuur, Alain F ^d   Pierce, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Highland Statistics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dentine; Dietary history; Migration; Physeter macrocephalus; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CEPHALOPOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; ONTOGENY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WHALE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPERM WHALE; TOOTH;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPERM WHALE; TOOTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

CEPHALOPODA; GONATUS FABRICII; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 33947314302     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0612-z     Document Type: Article

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