Stable isotopes (δ15N, δ13C, δ34S) in skin reveal diverse food sources used by Southern right whales Eubalaena australis

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Valenzuela, Luciano Oscar, Rowntree, Victoria, Sironi, Mariano, Seger, Jon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research
• Subjects: BALEEN WHALES; DISTRIBUTION; FEEDING GROUNDS; MIGRATION; PATAGONIA; POPULATION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Southern Ocean; Patagonia; Argentina; Ballenas; baleen whales; Copepods
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/96805

Skin samples collected from living Southern right whales (SRWs) off Península Valdés, Argentina, show a wide range of stable isotope values (δ15N, δ13C, δ34S). These were compared to the isotopic signatures of euphausiids and copepods from different areas across the Southwestern South Atlantic and t...