Historic diet change of the South American sea lion in Patagonia as revealed by isotopic analysis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 384, Issue , 2009, Pages 273-286

  Drago, M ^a   Crespo, E A ^b   Aguilar, A ^a   Cardona, L ^a   Garcia N ^b   Dans, S L ^a   Goodall, N ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^c Acatushún Museum   (Argentina)

^d CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bone; Dietary shift; Discarded fish; Fishery interactions; Otaria flavescens; South American sea lion; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; FISHING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PINNIPED; STABLE ISOTOPE;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(ARC) SOUTH AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; OTARIA BYRONIA; OTARIIDAE;

EID: 67651113679     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08017     Document Type: Article

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