Changes in diets of individual Baltic ringed seals (Phoca hispida botnica) during their breeding season inferred from stable isotope analysis of multiple tissues

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 159-170

  Sinisalo, Tuula ^a   Jones, Roger I ^a   Helle, Eero ^b   Valtonen, E Tellervo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic ringed seal; Breeding; Diet change; Liver; Muscle; Phoca hispida botnica; Plasma; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DIET; FEEDING GROUND; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LACTATION; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARTURITION; PINNIPED; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BOTHNIAN BAY; GULF OF BOTHNIA;

PHOCA; PHOCA HISPIDA;

EID: 39049095706     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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