Influence of trophic ecology and spatial variation on the isotopic fingerprints of seabirds

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 442, Issue , 2011, Pages 229-239

  Moreno, Rocío ^a   Jover, Lluís ^a   Velando, Alberto ^b   Munilla, Ignacio ^c   Sanpera, Carola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

13C; 14N; 34S; Atlantic Ocean; European shag; Feeding ecology; Mercury; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC MARKER; HOMOGENEITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MIGRATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 82955211368     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09420     Document Type: Article

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