Dauphin Island Sea Lab: New Research Examines Dolphin Diets in a Changing Environment
September 14, 2021
September 14, 2021
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Alabama, Sept. 14 (TNSRes) -- Dauphin Island Sea Lab issued the following news:
A new publication examines the diet and habitat use of common bottlenose dolphins in relation to environmental disturbances. Using small, biopsied skin samples, DISL's Marine Mammal Research Program used stable isotope analysis to calculate what dolphins from Barataria Bay, Louisiana, Dauphin Island, Alabama, and Sarasota Bay, Florida were eating.
Stable isotopes act as . . .
A new publication examines the diet and habitat use of common bottlenose dolphins in relation to environmental disturbances. Using small, biopsied skin samples, DISL's Marine Mammal Research Program used stable isotope analysis to calculate what dolphins from Barataria Bay, Louisiana, Dauphin Island, Alabama, and Sarasota Bay, Florida were eating.
Stable isotopes act as . . .