Radiocarbon as a Novel Tracer of Extra-Antarctic Feeding in Southern Hemisphere Humpback Whales

Abstract Bulk stable isotope analysis provides information regarding food web interactions, and has been applied to several cetacean species for the study of migration ecology. One limitation in bulk stable isotope analysis arises when a species, such as Southern hemisphere humpback whales, utilises...

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Main Authors: Pascale Eisenmann, Brian Fry, Debashish Mazumder, Geraldine Jacobsen, Carlysle Sian Holyoake, Douglas Coughran, Susan Bengtson Nash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04698-2