Stable isotope ratios in Cape gannets around the southern coasts of Africa reveal penetration of biogeographic patterns in oceanic signatures

• Published in: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
• Main Authors: Jaquemet, Sébastien, Mcquaid, Christopher
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'Ecologie Marine (ECOMAR), Université de La Réunion (UR), Rhodes University, Grahamstown
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2008
• Subjects: Agulhas; Benguela; Morus capensis; seabirds; upwelling; δ13C; δ15N; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Bird Island
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00866232; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2008.08.019

International audience The southern coasts of Africa are influenced by two major oceanic currents, leading to biogeographic patterns in inshore and offshore species assemblages, and in the stable isotope signatures of suspended particulate matter and filter-feeding mussels. We used the stable isotop...