Stable isotope analysis reveals sexual and environmental variability and individual consistency in foraging of thin-billed prions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 373, Issue , 2008, Pages 137-148

  Quillfeldt, Petra ^a   McGill, Rona A R ^b   Masello, Juan F ^a   Weiss, Felix ^a   Strange, Ian J ^c   Brickle, Paul ^d   Furness, Robert W ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c New Island Conservation Trust   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^d Falkland Islands Government Fisheries Department   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Foraging area; Pachyptila belcheri; Southwest Atlantic; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COURTSHIP; DIET; EGG; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

PACHYPTILA BELCHERI;

EID: 58849156401     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07751     Document Type: Review

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