A cross-shelf gradient in δ15N stable isotope values of krill and pollock indicates seabird foraging patterns in the Bering Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 241-250

  Jones, Nathan M ^a   Hoover, Brian A ^a   Heppell, Scott A ^b   Kuletz, Kathy J ^c  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food web; Habitat partitioning; Isotopes; Kittiwake; Murre; Rissa tridactyla; Shelf edge; Uria lomvia

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

FOOD WEBS; HABITAT PARTITIONING; KITTIWAKE; MURRE; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; SHELF EDGES; URIA LOMVIA;

ISOTOPES;

FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OPEN OCEAN; SEABIRD; SHELF BREAK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EUPHAUSIACEA; POLLACHIUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 84910012799     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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