Stable isotopes indicate differing foraging strategies in two sympatric otariids of the Galapagos Islands

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 424-425, Issue , 2012, Pages 44-52

  Páez Rosas, Diego ^a,b   Aurioles Gamboa, David ^b   Alava, Juan José ^c,d   Palacios, Daniel M ^e,f  

^a Programa Prometeo   (Ecuador)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Fundacion Ecuatoriana para el Estudio de Mamiferos Marinos FEMM   (Ecuador)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galapagos Islands; Otariids; Stable isotopes; Sympatry; Trophic niche

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; CEPHALOPOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC FISH; PINNIPED; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMPATRY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS GALAPAGOENSIS; CEPHALOPODA; OTARIIDAE; PISCES; ZALOPHUS WOLLEBAEKI;

EID: 84861805080     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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