Whisker isotopic signature depicts migration patterns and multi-year intra- and inter-individual foraging strategies in fur seals

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 830-832

  Cherel, Y ^a   Kernaleguen L ^a   Richard, P ^b   Guinet, C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Individual specialization; Otariid; Southern Ocean; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PINNIPED; SPECIALIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; EUPHAUSIACEA; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 74549184125     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0552     Document Type: Article

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