Size-based variation in intertissue comparisons of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic signatures of bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) and tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 877-885

  Matich, Philip ^a   Heithaus, Michael R ^a   Layman, Craig A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CORRELATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SHARK; SIZE EFFECT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; GALEOCERDO; GALEOCERDO CUVIER;

EID: 77952285397     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-037     Document Type: Article

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