Stable isotope analysis of vertebrae reveals ontogenetic changes in habitat in an endothermic pelagic shark

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1799, 2015, Pages

  Carlisle, Aaron B ^a   Goldman, Kenneth J ^b   Litvin, Steven Y ^a   Madigan, Daniel J ^c   Bigman, Jennifer S ^d   Swithenbank, Alan M ^a   Kline, Thomas C ^e   Block, Barbara A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch; Ontogenetic shift; Satellite tagging; Stable isotope analysis; Stable isotope mixing model

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DRUG ANALYSIS; NITROGEN;

ENDOTHERMY; HABITAT USE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ONTOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREY AVAILABILITY; SATELLITE DATA; SHARK; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TAGGING; TRANSITION ZONE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHARK; SPINE;

ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHARKS; SPINE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CHONDRICHTHYES; LAMNA DITROPIS;

EID: 84938724309     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1446     Document Type: Article

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