Quantitative fatty acid signature analysis on New Zealand sea lions: Model sensitivity and diet estimates

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1484-1495

  Meynier, Laureline ^a,b   Morel, Patrick C H ^a   Chilvers, B Louise ^c   MacKenzie, Duncan D S ^a   Duignan, Pdraig J ^b,d  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

dietary methods; feeding ecology; pinniped

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FATTY ACID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; METABOLISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PINNIPED; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

CEPHALOPODA; MACROURIDAE; MACRURONUS NOVAEZELANDIAE; METANEPHROPS CHALLENGERI; NOTOTODARUS; NOTOTODARUS SLOANII; OMMASTREPHIDAE; OTARIIDAE; PHOCARCTOS HOOKERI; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 78650423932     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-299.1     Document Type: Article

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