From puffins to plankton: A DNA-based analysis of a seabird food chain in the Northern Gulf of Maine

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Bowser, A Kirsten ^a   Diamond, Antony W ^a   Addison, Jason A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

16S GENE; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC HERRING; CO1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BARCODING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIET; DNA; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MAINE; PLANKTON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84892750270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083152     Document Type: Article

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