Trophic versus geographic structure in stable isotope signatures of pelagic seabirds breeding in the Northeast Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 434, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-13

  Roscales, Jose Luis ^a,b   Gómez Díaz, Elena ^a,c   Neves, Verónica ^d   González Solís, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d Instituto do Mar   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Feeding ecology; Marine isoscapes; Migratory movements; Procellariiformes; Trophic niche

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOVEMENT; NICHE PARTITIONING; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); CAPE VERDE; ICELAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 79961062850     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09211     Document Type: Article

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