Novel molecular fingerprinting of marine avian diet provides a tool for gaining insights into feeding ecology

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 283-288

  Brown, T A ^a   Bicknell, A W J ^a   Votier, S C ^a   Belt, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brunnich's guillemot; Food web; Highly branched isoprenoid (HBI); Leach's storm petrel

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; ISOMERS; LEACHING; STORMS; TISSUE;

AVIAN DIETS; BRUNNICH GUILLEMOT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEBS; GAINING INSIGHTS; HIGHLY BRANCHED ISOPRENOID; LEACH STORM PETREL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR FINGERPRINTING;

LIPIDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACILLARIOPHYTA; HYDROBATINAE; OCEANODROMA LEUCORHOA; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 84883054368     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-013-0402-x     Document Type: Article

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