Diet induced differences in carbon isotope fractionation between sirenians and terrestrial ungulates

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1773-1784

  Clementz, Mark T ^a   Koch, Paul L ^b   Beck, Cathy A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARNIVORE; COLLAGEN; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; SEAGRASS; SIRENIAN; TOOTH; UNGULATE;

ALGAE; CETACEA; DUGONG DUGON; HYDRODAMALIS GIGAS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; SIRENIA; TRICHECHUS INUNGUIS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 34249091402     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0616-1     Document Type: Article

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