Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope variations in canine dentine growth layers of Kerguelen southern elephant seals

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 439, Issue , 2011, Pages 295-305

  Martin, Céline ^a   Bentaleb, Ilham ^a   Steelandt, Stéphanie ^a,b   Guinet, Christophe ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

13C and ; 15N; Dentine ; Foraging habitat; Mirounga leonina; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; CARBON ISOTOPE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ONTOGENY; PINNIPED; PIONEER SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; KERGUELEN; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

BELEMNOIDEA; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 80055007762     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09331     Document Type: Article

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