Fatty acid signature analysis confirms foraging resources of a globally endangered Mediterranean seabird species: Calibration test and application to the wild

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 398, Issue , 2009, Pages 245-258

  Käkelä, Reijo ^a,b   Käkelä, Anne ^a   Martínez Abraín, Alejandro ^c   Sarzo, Blanca ^d   Louzao, Maite ^c,f   Gerique, Cati ^d   Villuendas, Elena ^d   Strandberg, Ursula ^a   Furness, Robert W ^e   Oro, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^d Centro de Recuperación de Fauna 'La Granja'   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Fatty acid signatures; Feeding ecology; Larus; Plasma; Puffinus; Seabird fishery interactions; Shearwater; Yellow legged gull

Indexed keywords

DEMERSAL FISH; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FATTY ACID; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FISHERY DISCARD; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEABIRD;

AVES; CITHARUS LINGUATULA; LARUS; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS MAURETANICUS; SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 74049163704     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08291     Document Type: Article

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