Causes and consequences of ontogenetic dietary shifts: a global synthesis using fish models

J Sánchez‐Hernández, AD Nunn, CE Adams… - Biological …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ontogenetic dietary shifts (ODSs), the changes in diet utilisation occurring over the life span
of an individual consumer, are widespread in the animal kingdom. Understanding ODSs …

Ecosystem ecology: size-based constraints on the pyramids of life

R Trebilco, JK Baum, AK Salomon, NK Dulvy - Trends in ecology & …, 2013‏ - cell.com
Biomass distribution and energy flow in ecosystems are traditionally described with trophic
pyramids, and increasingly with size spectra, particularly in aquatic ecosystems. Here, we …

Rescaling the trophic structure of marine food webs

NE Hussey, MA MacNeil, BC McMeans, JA Olin… - Ecology …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Measures of trophic position (TP) are critical for understanding food web interactions and
human‐mediated ecosystem disturbance. Nitrogen stable isotopes (δ15N) provide a …

Climate change and overfishing increase neurotoxicant in marine predators

AT Schartup, CP Thackray, A Qureshi, C Dassuncao… - Nature, 2019‏ - nature.com
More than three billion people rely on seafood for nutrition. However, fish are the
predominant source of human exposure to methylmercury (MeHg), a potent neurotoxic …

Sizing up the ecological role of sharks as predators

MR Heupel, DM Knip, CA Simpfendorfer… - … Ecology Progress Series, 2014‏ - int-res.com
The decline of predators in a variety of ecosystems has transformed community structure
through mesopredator release and trophic cascades. Elasmobranch fishes, one of the …

Feeding habits and trophic levels of Mediterranean fish

KI Stergiou, VS Karpouzi - Reviews in fish biology and fisheries, 2002‏ - Springer
The estimation of fractional trophic levels (TROPHs) is essential for the management
offisheries resources as well as for quantifyingthe ecosystem effects of fishing. We …

The foraging ecology of larval and juvenile fishes

AD Nunn, LH Tewson, IG Cowx - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2012‏ - Springer
Abstract Knowledge of the foraging ecology of fishes is fundamental both to understanding
the processes that function at the individual, population and community levels, and for the …

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 …

Global patterns in predator–prey size relationships reveal size dependency of trophic transfer efficiency

C Barnes, D Maxwell, DC Reuman, S Jennings - Ecology, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
Predator–prey body size relationships influence food chain length, trophic structure, transfer
efficiency, interaction strength, and the bioaccumulation of contaminants. Improved …

The scaling of locomotor performance in predator–prey encounters: from fish to killer whales

P Domenici - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A …, 2001‏ - Elsevier
During predator–prey encounters, a high locomotor performance in unsteady manoeuvres
(ie acceleration, turning) is desirable for both predators and prey. While speed increases …