Variable δ15N Diet-Tissue Discrimination Factors among Sharks: Implications for Trophic Position, Diet and Food Web Models

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Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Olin, Jill A ^a,e   Hussey, Nigel E ^a   Grgicak Mannion, Alice ^a   Fritts, Mark W ^b,f   Wintner, Sabine P ^c,d   Fisk, Aaron T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Natal Sharks Board   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GROUP; ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SHARK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SHARKS;

EID: 84885825932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077567     Document Type: Article

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