Nitrogen and carbon isotope values of individual amino acids: A tool to study foraging ecology of penguins in the Southern Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 391, Issue , 2009, Pages 293-306

  Lorrain, Anne ^a   Graham, Brittany ^b,c   Ménard, Frédéric ^d   Popp, Brian ^b   Bouillon, Steven ^e,f,g   Van Breugel, Peter ^e   Cherel, Yves ^h  

^a IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^f VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

; 13C; 15N; Compound specific; Isotopic niche; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BLOOD; CARBON ISOTOPE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NICHE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEABIRD; TROPHIC LEVEL;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 70349778187     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08215     Document Type: Article

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