tRophicPosition, an r package for the Bayesian estimation of trophic position from consumer stable isotope ratios

C Quezada‐Romegialli, AL Jackson… - Methods in Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope analysis provides a powerful tool to identify the energy sources which fuel
consumers, to understand trophic interactions and to infer consumer trophic position (TP), an …

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 …

Characterizing energy flow in kelp forest food webs: a geochemical review and call for additional research

EA Elliott Smith, MD Fox - Ecography, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Kelp forests are highly productive coastal habitats that serve as biodiversity hotspots and
provide valuable ecosystem services. Despite being one the largest marine biomes, kelp …

From clear lakes to murky waters–tracing the functional response of high‐latitude lake communities to concurrent 'greening'and 'browning'

B Hayden, C Harrod, SM Thomas, AP Eloranta… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change and the intensification of land use practices are causing widespread
eutrophication of subarctic lakes. The implications of this rapid change for lake ecosystem …

Multiple stable isotopes (C, N & S) provide evidence for fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) trophic ecology and movements in the Humboldt Current System of …

D Andrade, AM García-Cegarra, F Docmac… - Marine Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Reflecting the intense coastal upwelling and high primary productivity characteristic of the
Humboldt Current System (HCS), the northern coast of Chile supports a diverse and …

Bottom-up processes drive isotopic variation in the South American sea lion Otaria flavescens across a 2300 km latitudinal gradient

C Barrios-Guzmán, C Harrod, A Guerrero… - Marine Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Spatial differences in the isotope values of widely distributed marine apex consumers may
reflect geographical differences in the isotopic composition of basal resources (eg …

Ocean conditions influence the quality of recruiting benthic marine invertebrate larvae—Insights from fatty acids

M Hiltunen, M Thomas, AL Shanks… - Limnology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many marine benthic invertebrates have a pelagic life stage, during which larvae need to
accumulate enough reserves to complete metamorphosis to a settled benthic juvenile …

Coastal marine ecosystem connectivity: pelagic ocean to kelp forest subsidies

R Zuercher, AWE Galloway - Ecosphere, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The movement of trophic resources between and among ecosystems, referred to as cross‐
ecosystem subsidies, is a common phenomenon. In the marine environment, both adjacent …

Plasticity of trophic interactions in fish assemblages results in temporal stability of benthic-pelagic couplings

CA Timmerman, C Giraldo, P Cresson… - Marine Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study addresses the temporal variability of couplings between pelagic and benthic
habitats for fish assemblages at five periods in a shallow epicontinental sea, the Eastern …

Intraspecific variation and energy channel coupling within a Chilean kelp forest

EA Elliott Smith, C Harrod, F Docmac, SD Newsome - Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread importance of variable types of primary production, or energy channels, to
consumer communities has become increasingly apparent. However, the mechanisms …