Trophic relationships between sperm whales and jumbo squid using stable isotopes of C and N

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 277, Issue , 2004, Pages 275-283

  Ruiz Cooley, R I ^a   Gendron, D ^a   Aguiniga S ^a   Mesnick, S ^b,c   Carriquiry, J D ^d  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Jumbo squid; Sperm whales; Stable isotopes; Trophic position; Trophic relationships

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; METHODOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WHALE;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; DOSIDICUS GIGAS; MACROCEPHALUS; MAMMALIA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 4544302042     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps277275     Document Type: Article

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