Assigning king eiders to wintering regions in the Bering Sea using stable isotopes of feathers and claws

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 373, Issue , 2008, Pages 149-156

  Oppel, Steffen ^a   Powell, Abby N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Bering Sea; Feather; Geographic assignment; King eider; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; CARBON; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEATHER; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TELEMETRY;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS;

EID: 58849139192     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07744     Document Type: Article

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