Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope trophic enrichment factors for Steller sea lion vibrissae relative to milk and fish/invertebrate diets

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Marine Ecology Progress Series

• Publication date

  2015-03-16

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3354/MEPS11205
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