Analysis of Australian fur seal diet by pyrosequencing prey DNA in faeces

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2022-2038

  Deagle, Bruce E ^a,b,c   Kirkwood, Roger ^b   Jarman, Simon N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b Research Department   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

454 sequencing; Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus; Bass Strait; DNA barcoding; GS FLX; Pinniped diet

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS PUSILLUS DORIFERUS; CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; DIPTERYGONOTUS LEUCOGRAMMICUS; EMMELICHTHYS NITIDUS; OSTEICHTHYES; PINNIPEDIA; SCOMBER AUSTRALASICUS; TRACHURUS DECLIVIS;

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAL;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DIET; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; FUR SEALS; GENETIC MARKERS; PERCIFORMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 65449140394     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04158.x     Document Type: Article

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