Stable isotopes and fatty acid signatures reveal age- And stage-dependent foraging niches in tufted puffins

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 363, Issue , 2008, Pages 287-298

  Williams, Cory T ^a   Iverson, Sara J ^b   Buck, C Loren ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Fatty acids; Foraging ecology; Fratercula cirrhata; Gulf of Alaska; Seabirds; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BLOOD; BROOD REARING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INCUBATION; NESTLING; NICHE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PREY PREFERENCE; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALASKA; CHINIAK BAY; KODIAK ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FRATERCULA CIRRHATA; LARIDAE;

EID: 49449094870     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07477     Document Type: Article

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