Resolving the trophic relations of cryptic species: An example using stable isotope analysis of dolphin teeth

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Owen, Kylie ^a   Charlton Robb, Kate ^a   Thompson, Ross ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN 15; STABLE ISOTOPE; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TOOTH; TROPHIC LEVEL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TOOTH;

EID: 79951995593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016457     Document Type: Article

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