On the use of stable isotopes in trophic ecology

WJ Boecklen, CT Yarnes, BA Cook… - Annual review of …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Stable isotope analysis (SIA) has proven to be a useful tool in reconstructing diets,
characterizing trophic relationships, elucidating patterns of resource allocation, and …

Using stable isotopes to estimate trophic position: models, methods, and assumptions

DM Post - Ecology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The stable isotopes of nitrogen (δ15N) and carbon (δ13C) provide powerful tools for
estimating the trophic positions of and carbon flow to consumers in food webs; however, the …

Variation in trophic shift for stable isotope ratios of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur

JH McCutchan Jr, WM Lewis Jr, C Kendall… - Oikos, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Use of stable isotope ratios to trace pathways of organic matter among consumers requires
knowledge of the isotopic shift between diet and consumer. Variation in trophic shift among …

Chemistry and composition of fish otoliths: pathways, mechanisms and applications

SE Campana - Marine ecology progress series, 1999 - int-res.com
The fish otolith (earstone) has long been known as a timekeeper, but interest in its use as a
metabolically inert environmental recorder has accelerated in recent years. In part due to …

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 …

Variation in δ15N and δ13C trophic fractionation: Implications for aquatic food web studies

MJV Zanden, JB Rasmussen - Limnology and oceanography, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Use of stable isotope techniques to quantify food web relationships requires a priori
estimates of the enrichment or depletion in δ15N and δ13C values between prey and …

Tracing origins and migration of wildlife using stable isotopes: a review

KA Hobson - Oecologia, 1999 - Springer
To understand the ecology of migratory animals it is important to link geographic regions
used by individuals including breeding, wintering, and intermediate stopover sites. Previous …