Biochemical tracers reveal intra-specific differences in the food webs utilized by individual seabirds

Oecologia

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-23

  Hebert, Craig E ^a   Weseloh, D V Chip ^a   Gauthier, Lewis T ^a   Arts, Michael T ^a   Letcher, Robert J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Omnivores; Persistent contaminants; St Lawrence River; Stable nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; NITROGEN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOENERGETICS; BREEDING POPULATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; ENERGY FLOW; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OMNIVORY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; SEABIRD; TRACER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CANADA; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OVUM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS;

NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

AVES; CLUPEIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 64749098673     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1285-1     Document Type: Article

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