Life-history traits of the giant squid Architeuthis dux revealed from stable isotope signatures recorded in beaks

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1425-1431

  Guerra, Ángel ^a   Rodríguez Navarro, Alejandro B ^b   González, Ángel F ^a   Romanek, Chris S ^c   Álvarez Lloret, Pedro ^b   Pierce, Graham J ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

beak; cephalopods; giant squid; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CEPHALOPOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STATUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; NAMIBIAN MARGIN;

ANIMALIA; ARCHITEUTHIS DUX; CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 77956569246     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq091     Document Type: Article

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