Extending an indicator: Year-round information on seabird trophic ecology from multiple-tissue stable-isotope analyses

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 461, Issue , 2012, Pages 233-243

  Hobson, Keith A ^a   Bond, Alexander L ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Nitrogen 15; Seabirds; Stable isotopes; Temporal integration

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; FEATHER; MOLT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POLYNYA; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN];

EID: 84864884650     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09835     Document Type: Article

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