Future research directions on the “elusive” white shark

C Huveneers, K Apps, EE Becerril-García… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
White sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, are often described as elusive, with little information
available due to the logistical difficulties of studying large marine predators that make long …

Best practices for use of stable isotope mixing models in food-web studies

DL Phillips, R Inger, S Bearhop… - Canadian Journal of …, 2014 - cdnsciencepub.com
Stable isotope mixing models are increasingly used to quantify consumer diets, but may be
misused and misinterpreted. We address major challenges to their effective application …

The importance of isotopic turnover for understanding key aspects of animal ecology and nutrition

WA Carter, U Bauchinger, SR McWilliams - Diversity, 2019 - mdpi.com
Stable isotope-based methods have proved to be immensely valuable for ecological studies
ranging in focus from animal movements to species interactions and community structure …

Tissue-specific turnover rates of the nitrogen stable isotope as functions of time and growth in a cyprinid fish

GMA Busst, JR Britton - Hydrobiologia, 2018 - Springer
Ecological applications of stable isotope data require knowledge on the isotopic turnover
rate of tissues, usually described as the isotopic half-life in days (T 0.5) or the change in …

Are you what you eat? Effects of trophic discrimination factors on estimates of food assimilation and trophic position with a new estimation method

RF Bastos, F Corrêa, KO Winemiller, AM Garcia - Ecological indicators, 2017 - Elsevier
A key factor for estimates of assimilation of resources and trophic position based on stable
isotope data is the trophic discrimination factor (TDF). TDFs are assumed based on literature …

Ecological niche partitioning within a large predator guild in a nutrient‐limited estuary

P Matich, JS Ault, RE Boucek, DR Bryan… - Limnology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Within oligotrophic ecosystems, resource limitations coupled with interspecific variation in
morphology, physiology, and life history traits may lead to niche partitioning among species …

Assessing estuaries as stopover habitats for juvenile Pacific salmon

JW Moore, J Gordon, C Carr-Harris… - Marine Ecology …, 2016 - int-res.com
Habitats along migratory routes may provide key resources for migratory species (eg
stopover habitat). For example, migratory juvenile salmon transit through estuaries on their …

The effect of substituting fishmeal with poultry by‐product meal in diets for Totoaba macdonaldi juveniles

DB Zapata, JP Lazo, SZ Herzka… - Aquaculture …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Four diets were formulated to evaluate the partial to total substitution of fishmeal with poultry
by‐product meal (PBM)(0, 33, 67 and 100 PBM) in diets for totoaba juveniles (Totoaba …

Dual fuels: Intra‐annual variation in the relative importance of benthic and pelagic resources to maintenance, growth and reproduction in a generalist salmonid fish

B Hayden, C Harrod… - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological systems are often characterized as stable entities. However, basal productivity in
most ecosystems varies between seasons, particularly in subarctic and polar areas. How …

High uptake of sympagic organic matter by benthos on an Arctic outflow shelf

IJ Cautain, KS Last, BA Bluhm, PE Renaud, D McKee… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
On Arctic shelves, benthic food-webs are tightly linked to overlying primary production. In the
seasonal ice zone, sympagic (ice-associated) primary production can be a major source of …