Maternal meddling in neonatal sharks: Implications for interpreting stable isotopes in young animals

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1008-1016

  Olin, Jill A ^a   Hussey, Nigel E ^a   Fritts, Mark ^b   Heupel, Michelle R ^c   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^c   Poulakis, Gregg R ^d   Fisk, Aaron T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; MUSCLE;

FEEDING STRATEGIES; HABITAT USE; ISOTOPIC SIGNALS; LIVER TISSUE; MUSCLE TISSUES; N VALUE; SPECIES SPECIFICS; STABLE ISOTOPES; STRATEGY USE; TOTAL LENGTH;

ANIMALS;

EID: 79953283953     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4946     Document Type: Article

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