Understanding oceanic migrations with intrinsic biogeochemical markers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Ramos, Raül ^a   González Solis, Jacob ^a,b   Croxall, John P ^b   Oro, Daniel ^c   Ruiz, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN; LEAD; MERCURY; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SELENIUM; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BREEDING; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEATHER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HABITAT USE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MIGRANT BIRD; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PELAGIC SPECIES; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANIMAL; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIRD; GEOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRDS; FEATHERS; GEOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY;

EID: 67749102336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006236     Document Type: Article

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