δ15 N and δ13C in Skin Biopsy Sample: a Note on Their Applicability for Examining the Relative Trophic Level in Three Rorqual Species

• Main Authors: Gendron, Diane, Aguíñiga García, Sergio, Carriquirry, José D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 2001
• Subjects: Biopsy Sampling; Fin Whale; Prey; Isotopes; Techniques; Bryde's Whale; Blue Whale; food; Rorqual; Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale; Fin whale
• Online Access: http://www.repositoriodigital.ipn.mx/handle/123456789/13080

Preliminary stable nitrogen and carbon isotope analysis was undertaken to investigate whether the resulting data support current knowledge of diet as obtained by conventional approaches. Blue (Balaenoptera musculus), fin (B. physalus) and Bryde's (B. edeni) whales co-occur temporally and are kn...