Stable isotopes reveal inter-annual and inter-individual variation in the diet of female Australian fur seals

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 422, Issue , 2011, Pages 291-302

  Arnould, J P Y ^a   Cherel, Y ^b   Gibbens, J ^c   White, J G ^a   Littnan, C L ^d  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus; Australian fur seal; Bass Strait; Diet; Otariid; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CORRELATION; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PINNIPED; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TELEOST; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AUSTRALIA; BASS STRAIT;

ARCTOCEPHALUS PUSILLUS DORIFERUS; CEPHALOPODA; DIPTERYGONOTUS LEUCOGRAMMICUS; EMMELICHTHYS NITIDUS; NOTOTODARUS GOULDI; OCTOPUS; OTARIIDAE; PSEUDOPHYCIS BACHUS; THYRSITES ATUN;

EID: 79551702636     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08933     Document Type: Article

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