Blood fatty acids indicate inter- and intra-annual variation in the diet of Adélie penguins: Comparison with stomach content and stable isotope analysis

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 367, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 65-74

  Tierney, Megan ^a   Nichols, Peter D ^b   Wheatley, Kathryn E ^a,b   Hindell, Mark A ^a  

^a ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Conservation; Diet composition; Lipid signature analysis; Pygoscelis adeliae

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FATTY ACID; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANTARCTICA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 56249087981     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.07.046     Document Type: Article

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