Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes in Cetaceans and in Terrestrial Herbivores as Indicators of Diet, Movement and Environment: Paleoceanographic, Paleoclimatic and Paleoecologic Applications

• Other Authors: Ciner, Burcu (authoraut), Wang, Yang (professor directing dissertation), Erickson, Gregory M. (university representative), Odom, Arthur L. (committee member), Parker, William C. (committee member), Kish, Stephen A. (committee member), Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Florida State University
• Subjects: Earth sciences; Oceanography; Atmospheric sciences; Geophysics; Indian; Odom; Killer Whale; Orca; Sperm whale; toothed whale; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-8696; http://fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fsu%3A253501/datastream/TN/view/Stable%20Carbon%20and%20Oxygen%20Isotopes%20in%20Cetaceans%20and%20in%20Terrestrial%20Herbivores%20as%20Indicators%20of%20Diet,%20Movement%20and%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Environment.jpg

Stable oxygen and carbon isotopic compositions of modern and fossil cetacean teeth and bones were analyzed to examine if and how they reflect the diet, habitat preference and migratory patterns of modern whales and to reconstruct the oxygen isotopic compositions of ancient ocean waters in the Mio-Pl...