A review of ecogeochemistry approaches to estimating movements of marine animals

KW McMahon, LL Hamady… - Limnology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Ecogeochemistry—the application of geochemical techniques to fundamental questions in
population and community ecology—has been used in animal migration studies in terrestrial …

Using stable isotope biogeochemistry to study marine mammal ecology

SD Newsome, MT Clementz… - Marine Mammal Science, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope analysis (SIA) has emerged as a common tool in ecology and has proven
especially useful in the study of animal diet, habitat use, movement, and physiology. SIA has …

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 …

Feeding ecology of eastern North Pacific killer whales Orcinus orca from fatty acid, stable isotope, and organochlorine analyses of blubber biopsies

DP Herman, DG Burrows, PR Wade… - Marine Ecology …, 2005 - int-res.com
Blubber biopsy samples from eastern North Pacific killer whales Orcinus orca were analyzed
for fatty acids, carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes and organochlorine contaminants. Fatty …

Ecological, morphological and genetic divergence of sympatric North Atlantic killer whale populations

AD Foote, J Newton, SB Piertney, E Willerslev… - Molecular …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological divergence has a central role in speciation and is therefore an important source
of biodiversity. Studying the micro‐evolutionary processes of ecological diversification at its …

Trophic relationships in an Arctic food web and implications for trace metal transfer

LA Dehn, EH Follmann, DL Thomas… - Science of the Total …, 2006 - Elsevier
Tissues of subsistence-harvested Arctic mammals were analyzed for silver (Ag), cadmium
(Cd), and total mercury (THg). Muscle (or total body homogenates of potential fish and …

Feeding ecology of phocid seals and some walrus in the Alaskan and Canadian Arctic as determined by stomach contents and stable isotope analysis

LA Dehn, GG Sheffield, EH Follmann, LK Duffy… - Polar Biology, 2007 - Springer
Feeding habits of ringed (Phoca hispida), bearded (Erignathus barbatus), spotted (Phoca
largha) and ribbon (Phoca fasciata) seals and walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) were studied …

Trophic relationships and mercury biomagnification in Brazilian tropical coastal food webs

TL Bisi, G Lepoint, A de Freitas Azevedo… - Ecological …, 2012 - Elsevier
The present study investigated trophic relationships and mercury flow through food webs of
three tropical coastal ecosystems: Guanabara, Sepetiba and Ilha Grande bays. The …

Spatial and temporal analysis of cumulative environmental effects of offshore wind farms in the North Sea basin

LF Gușatu, S Menegon, D Depellegrin, C Zuidema… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The North Sea basin is one of the busiest maritime areas globally with a
considerable number of anthropogenic pressures impacting the functioning of the marine …

Diel echolocation activity of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) around North Sea offshore gas installations

VLG Todd, WD Pearse, NC Tregenza… - ICES Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Todd, VLG, Pearse, WD, Tregenza, NC, Lepper, PA, and Todd, IB 2009. Diel
echolocation activity of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) around North Sea offshore …