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 …

Ecology and the science of small-scale fisheries: A synthetic review of research effort for the Anthropocene

H Smith, AG Lozano, D Baker, H Blondin… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Human-driven changes to aquatic environments threaten small-scale fisheries (SSFs).
Ensuring a livable future for SSFs in the Anthropocene requires incorporating ecological …

Stable tuna mercury concentrations since 1971 illustrate marine inertia and the need for strong emission reductions under the Minamata Convention

A Médieu, D Point, JE Sonke, H Angot… - … & Technology Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Humans are exposed to toxic methylmercury mainly by consuming marine fish. While
reducing mercury emissions and releases aims to protect human health, it is unclear how …

Long-term stability in the circumpolar foraging range of a Southern Ocean predator between the eras of whaling and rapid climate change

S Derville, LG Torres, SD Newsome, CJ Somes… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Assessing environmental changes in Southern Ocean ecosystems is difficult due to its
remoteness and data sparsity. Monitoring marine predators that respond rapidly to …

Decadal shift in foraging strategy of a migratory southern ocean predator

GL van Den Berg, E Vermeulen… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid anthropogenic environmental change is expected to impact a host of ecological
parameters in Southern Ocean ecosystems. Of critical concern are the consequences of …

Exploitation shifted trophic ecology and habitat preferences of Mediterranean and Black Sea bluefin tuna over centuries

AJ Andrews, C Pampoulie, A Di Natale… - Fish and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
During recent decades, the health of ocean ecosystems and fish populations has been
threatened by overexploitation, pollution and anthropogenic‐driven climate change. Due to …

[HTML][HTML] Description of a global marine particulate organic carbon-13 isotope data set

MT Verwega, CJ Somes, M Schartau… - Earth System …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
Marine particulate organic carbon stable isotope ratios (δ 13 C POC) provide insights into
understanding carbon cycling through the atmosphere, ocean and biosphere. They have for …

Stable isotope analysis of specimens of opportunity reveals ocean-scale site fidelity in an elusive whale species

KJ Smith, CN Trueman, CAM France… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Elusive wildlife are challenging to study, manage, or conserve, as the difficulty of obtaining
specimens or conducting direct observations leads to major data deficiencies. Specimens of …

Global patterns and inferences of tuna movements and trophodynamics from stable isotope analysis

JM Logan, H Pethybridge, A Lorrain, CJ Somes… - Deep Sea Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
A global dataset of carbon stable isotope (δ 13 C) values from yellowfin, bigeye, and
albacore tuna muscle tissue (n= 4275) was used to develop a novel tool to infer broad-scale …

A century of mercury: Ecosystem-wide changes drive increasing contamination of a tropical seabird species in the South Atlantic Ocean

F Cusset, SJ Reynolds, A Carravieri, D Amouroux… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) is a highly toxic metal that adversely impacts human and wildlife health. The
amount of Hg released globally in the environment has increased steadily since the …