Studying animal niches using bulk stable isotope ratios: an updated synthesis

ON Shipley, P Matich - Oecologia, 2020 - Springer
The development of the isotopic niche, an n-dimensional hypervolume (with n being the
number of isotopes) occupied by a population in delta space, has revolutionized the study of …

Widespread variation in stable isotope trophic position estimates: patterns, causes, and potential consequences

MKK Kjeldgaard, JA Hewlett… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope analysis is one of the most widely used techniques to estimate trophic
position and provides fundamental insight into the structure and management of ecological …

Evidence that Pacific tuna mercury levels are driven by marine methylmercury production and anthropogenic inputs

A Médieu, D Point, T Itai, H Angot… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Pacific Ocean tuna is among the most-consumed seafood products but contains relatively
high levels of the neurotoxin methylmercury. Limited observations suggest tuna mercury …

Bioaccumulation, trophic transfer and biomagnification of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in the marine food web of the South China Sea

D Du, Y Lu, Y Zhou, Q Li, M Zhang, G Han, H Cui… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge about bioaccumulation and trophic transfer in food webs is of
tremendous importance in contaminant hazards evaluation. Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunistic omnivory impairs the use of the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus as a trace metal biomonitor in invaded Mediterranean coastal waters

R De Giorgi, R Bardelli, L Cilenti, S Falco… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
The contribution of non-indigenous species to the transfer of contaminants in invaded food
webs represents an active research area. Here we measured trace metals and CN stable …

Isoscape models of the Southern Ocean: Predicting spatial and temporal variability in carbon and nitrogen isotope compositions of particulate organic matter

K St John Glew, B Espinasse, BPV Hunt… - Global …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Polar marine ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
Warming temperatures, freshening seawater, and disruption to sea‐ice formation potentially …

Beyond trophic morphology: stable isotopes reveal ubiquitous versatility in marine turtle trophic ecology

C Figgener, J Bernardo, PT Plotkin - Biological Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The idea that interspecific variation in trophic morphology among closely related species
effectively permits resource partitioning has driven research on ecological radiation since …

Mercury isotopes as tracers of ecology and metabolism in two sympatric shark species

G Le Croizier, A Lorrain, JE Sonke, S Jaquemet… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
In coastal ecosystems, top predators are exposed to a wide variety of nutrient and
contaminant sources due to the diversity of trophic webs within inshore marine habitats …

Legacy and emerging organic contaminants: Levels and profiles in top predator fish from the western Indian Ocean in relation to their trophic ecology

C Munschy, E Vigneau, N Bely, K Héas-Moisan… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tuna and billfish are large pelagic fish of ecological importance in open oceans. As top
predators with a long lifespan, they are prone to exposure to various contaminants such as …

Trends in tuna carbon isotopes suggest global changes in pelagic phytoplankton communities

A Lorrain, H Pethybridge, N Cassar… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Considerable uncertainty remains over how increasing atmospheric CO2 and
anthropogenic climate changes are affecting open‐ocean marine ecosystems from …