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 …

[PDF][PDF] Progress and direction in the use of stable isotopes to understand complex coral reef ecosystems: A review

C Skinner, MRD Cobain, Y Zhu… - … and Marine Biology, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Coral reef ecosystems are exceptionally complex with a myriad of trophic pathways and
consumer relationships. The application of stable isotopes (SIs) offers numerous …

Using ocean models to predict spatial and temporal variation in marine carbon isotopes

S Magozzi, A Yool, HB Vander Zanden… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Natural‐abundance stable isotope ratios provide a wealth of ecological information relating
to food web structure, trophic level, and location. The correct interpretation of stable isotope …

Isoscape models of the Southern Ocean: Predicting spatial and temporal variability in carbon and nitrogen isotope compositions of particulate organic matter

K St John Glew, B Espinasse, BPV Hunt… - Global …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Polar marine ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
Warming temperatures, freshening seawater, and disruption to sea‐ice formation potentially …

Trophic levels of marine consumers from nitrogen stable isotope analysis: estimation and uncertainty

S Jennings, J Van Der Molen - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Estimates of trophic levels (TLs) are used to calibrate, parameterize, and validate foodweb
models and to calculate metrics and indicators of foodweb structure and human impacts. We …

A future for seafood point-of-origin testing using DNA and stable isotope signatures

M Cusa, K St John Glew, C Trueman, S Mariani… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2022 - Springer
Demand for seafood products is increasing worldwide, contributing to ever more complex
supply chains and posing challenges to trace their origin and guarantee legal, well …

A global meta‐analysis of marine predator nitrogen stable isotopes: Relationships between trophic structure and environmental conditions

H Pethybridge, CA Choy, JM Logan… - Global Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We examined potential environmental drivers of broad‐scale spatial patterns in the
trophic structure of marine ecosystems as represented by nitrogen stable isotopes in …

Using stable isotope data to advance marine food web modelling

SA McCormack, R Trebilco… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2019 - Springer
Marine ecosystem models that incorporate fisheries and climate change are essential for
forecasting and guiding sustainable ecosystem management decisions. A key challenge in …

Stable isotope spatial patterns for the Southwest Atlantic Ocean towards polar waters

L Riccialdelli, S Dodino, CM Iachetti, S Favoretti… - Progress in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Map** stable isotope gradients (isoscapes) has become a powerful tool to understand
and forecast the status and variability of marine ecosystems at different levels of ecological …

Spatial and temporal variability within marine isoscapes: implications for interpreting stable isotope data from marine systems

CM Kurle, JK McWhorter - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2017 - int-res.com
Analyses of intrinsic biogeochemical markers, such as stable carbon (δ 13 C) and nitrogen
(δ 15 N) isotopes, in animal tissues are used to investigate multiple ecological parameters …