Diet tracing in ecology: Method comparison and selection

JM Nielsen, EL Clare, B Hayden… - Methods in Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Determining diet is a key prerequisite for understanding species interactions, food web
structure and ecological dynamics. In recent years, there has been considerable …

Advances in the application of amino acid nitrogen isotopic analysis in ecological and biogeochemical studies

N Ohkouchi, Y Chikaraishi, HG Close, B Fry… - Organic …, 2017 - Elsevier
Compound-specific isotopic analysis of amino acids (CSIA-AA) has emerged in the last
decade as a powerful approach for tracing the origins and fate of nitrogen in ecological and …

The impact of mobile demersal fishing on carbon storage in seabed sediments

G Epstein, JJ Middelburg, JP Hawkins… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Subtidal marine sediments are one of the planet's primary carbon stores and strongly
influence the oceanic sink for atmospheric CO2. By far the most widespread human activity …

A guide to using compound-specific stable isotope analysis to study the fates of molecules in organisms and ecosystems

JP Whiteman, EA Elliott Smith, AC Besser… - Diversity, 2019 - mdpi.com
The measurement of stable isotopes in 'bulk'animal and plant tissues (eg, muscle or leaf)
has become an important tool for studies of functional diversity from organismal to …

Methylmercury exposure in wildlife: a review of the ecological and physiological processes affecting contaminant concentrations and their interpretation

J Chételat, JT Ackerman, CA Eagles-Smith… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) can result in detrimental health effects in wildlife. With
advances in ecological indicators and analytical techniques for measurement of MeHg in a …

Meta‐analysis of primary producer amino acid δ15N values and their influence on trophic position estimation

MD Ramirez, AC Besser, SD Newsome… - Methods in Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Compound‐specific stable isotope analysis of individual amino acids (CSIA‐AA) has
emerged as a transformative approach to estimate consumer trophic positions (TPCSIA) that …

Complexities of stable carbon and nitrogen isotope biogeochemistry in ancient freshwater ecosystems: Implications for the study of past subsistence and …

E Guiry - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of human and animal tissues have become an
important means of studying both anthropogenic and natural food webs in aquatic …

High‐resolution food webs based on nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids

Y Chikaraishi, SA Steffan, NO Ogawa… - Ecology and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Food webs are known to have myriad trophic links between resource and consumer
species. While herbivores have well‐understood trophic tendencies, the difficulties …

Offshore pelagic subsidies dominate carbon inputs to coral reef predators

C Skinner, AC Mill, MD Fox, SP Newman, Y Zhu… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Coral reefs were traditionally perceived as productive hot spots in oligotrophic waters. While
modern evidence indicates that many coral reef food webs are heavily subsidized by …

Tracing carbon flow through coral reef food webs using a compound-specific stable isotope approach

KW McMahon, SR Thorrold, LA Houghton… - Oecologia, 2016 - Springer
Coral reefs support spectacularly productive and diverse communities in tropical and sub-
tropical waters throughout the world's oceans. Debate continues, however, on the degree to …