Assessing the functional limitations of lipids and fatty acids for diet determination: The importance of tissue type, quantity, and quality

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2017, Pages

  Meyer, Lauren ^a,b   Pethybridge, Heidi ^b   Nichols, Peter D ^b   Beckmann, Crystal ^c   Bruce, Barry D ^b   Werry, Jonathan M ^d   Huveneers, Charlie ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biochemical tracer; Biopsy; Carcharodon carcharias; Elasmobranch; Trophic ecology; White shark

Indexed keywords

EID: 85035114842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00369     Document Type: Article

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