Short-term shifts of stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) values in juvenile sharks within nursery areas suggest rapid shifts in energy pathways

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 465, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-91

  Matich, Philip ^a   Kiszka, Jeremy J ^a   Heithaus, Michael R ^a   Mourier, Johann ^b   Planes, Serge ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch; Foraging development; Placentatrophic; Shark nursery

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIOMASS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; JUVENILE; NURSERY GROUND; PLASMA; REEF; SHARK; STABLE ISOTOPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FRENCH POLYNESIA; MOOREA; SOCIETY ISLANDS; UNITED STATES; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CARCHARHINUS MELANOPTERUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; CITRUS LIMON; NEGAPRION ACUTIDENS;

EID: 84922326961     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2015.01.012     Document Type: Article

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