Nitrogen isotopic baselines and implications for estimating foraging habitat and trophic position of yellowfin tuna in the Indian and Pacific Oceans

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 188-198

  Lorrain, Anne ^a   Graham, Brittany S ^b   Popp, Brian N ^c   Allain, Valérie ^d   Olson, Robert J ^e   Hunt, Brian P V ^f,g   Potier, Michel ^h   Fry, Brian ⁱ   Galván Magaña, Felipe ^j   Menkes, Christophe E R ^k   Kaehler, Sven ^l   Ménard, Frédéric ^h  

^a Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^e INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

^f STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

ⁱ GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^k INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^l RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

AA CSIA; Amino acids; Barnacles; Lepas anatifera; Marine top predators; Nitrogen stable isotopes; POM; Thunnus albacares

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MUSCLE; NITROGEN; VITAMINS;

AA-CSIA; BARNACLES; LEPAS ANATIFERA; NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPE; THUNNUS ALBACARES; TOP PREDATOR;

ISOTOPES;

LEPAS ANATIFERA; SCOMBRIDAE; THORACICA; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 84924504201     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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