Fatty acid signatures and stable isotopes as dietary indicators in North Sea seabirds

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 342, Issue , 2007, Pages 291-301

  Käkelä, Anne ^a   Furness, Robert W ^b   Kelly, Andrew ^c,d   Strandberg, Ursula ^a   Waldron, Susan ^c,e   Käkelä, Reijo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d Research Animals Department   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common murre; Fatty acid signatures; Fisheries; Foraging ecology; North Sea; Seabirds; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEMERSAL FISH; DIET; FATTY ACID; FISHERY DISCARD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PLASMA; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ALCIDAE; AMMODYTES MARINUS; AVES; CATHARACTA SKUA; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS BASSANUS; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 34548120273     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps342291     Document Type: Article

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