Using stable isotope analysis to understand the migration and trophic ecology of northeastern Pacific white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Carlisle, Aaron B ^a   Kim, Sora L ^b   Semmens, Brice X ^c   Madigan, Daniel J ^a   Jorgensen, Salvador J ^a,d   Perle, Christopher R ^a   Anderson, Scot D ^e   Chapple, Taylor K ^f,g   Kanive, Paul E ^h   Block, Barbara A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

^e Point Reyes National Seashore   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^h MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; NITROGEN 15; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; COASTAL WATERS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FORAGING; HABITAT USE; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASHORE; SHARK; SPECIES HABITAT; TROPHIC ECOLOGY; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHARKS; SKIN;

EID: 84857090395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030492     Document Type: Article

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