Feeding ecology of gray whales inferred from stable-carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis of baleen plates

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 586, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-25

  Caraveo Patiño, Javier ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Soto, Luis A ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Feeding ecology; Gray whale; Stable carbon and Nitrogen isotope

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DIETARY INTEGRATION; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GRAY WHALE; REGULAR OSCILLATIONS;

ECOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GROWTH; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WHALE;

AMPELISCIDAE; AMPHIPODA; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; MYSTICETI;

EID: 34249056249     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0477-5     Document Type: Article

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