Stable isotopes differentiate bottlenose dolphins off west-central Florida

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 324-336

  Barros, Nélio ^a   Ostrom, P H ^b   Stricker, C A ^c   Wells, R S ^a  

^a MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphins; Florida; Group membership; Gulf of Mexico.; Population assignment; Stable isotopes; Strandings; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DOLPHIN; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRANDING; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TOOTH; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; SARASOTA BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 77954517214     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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