Stable isotope analysis as a tool for elasmobranch conservation research: A primer for non-specialists

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 635-643

  Shiffman, D S ^a   Gallagher, A J ^a   Boyle, M D ^b   Hammerschlag Peyer, C M ^c   Hammerschlag, N ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

dietary analysis; ecotoxicology; food web analysis; individual diet specialisation; migration

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; FOOD WEB; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; RESOURCE USE; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOXIN;

ELASMOBRANCHII;

EID: 84863516378     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF11235     Document Type: Review

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