Quantifying dietary pathways of proteins and lipids to tissues of a marine predator

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 373-381

  Cherry, Seth G ^a,d   Derocher, Andrew E ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Stirling, Ian ^a,b   Thiemann, Gregory W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Bayesian mixing models; Marine mammals; Metabolic routing; Polar bears; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEAR; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LIPID; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE MAMMAL; METABOLISM; POLLUTION EFFECT; PROTEIN; SAMPLING; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARCTIC;

ANIMALIA; ERIGNATHUS; ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCA HISPIDA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 79952660182     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01908.x     Document Type: Article

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