Pre-partum diet of adult female bearded seals in years of contrasting ice conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Hindell, Mark A ^a   Lydersen, Christian ^b   Hop, Haakon ^b   Kovacs, Kit M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; NITROGEN 15; ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOOD WEB; FORAGE; GASTROPOD; GESTATION PERIOD; INVERTEBRATE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC FISH; PREDATOR; PREY; SEAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TROPHIC LEVEL; VIBRISSA; ANIMAL; BIRTH; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; ICE COVER; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; ERIGNATHUS; ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; ICE COVER; ISOTOPES; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; SEALS, EARLESS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84861668234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038307     Document Type: Article

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