Beyond trophic morphology: stable isotopes reveal ubiquitous versatility in marine turtle trophic ecology

C Figgener, J Bernardo, PT Plotkin - Biological Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… disparities in trophic morphology may often … stable isotopes can profitably be applied to
study other ecological radiations and may reveal trophic variation beyond that reflected by trophic

[HTML][HTML] Ontogenetic allometry underlies trophic diversity in sea turtles (Chelonioidea)

RM Chatterji, CA Hipsley, E Sherratt… - Evolutionary …, 2022 - Springer
… first systematic examination of sea turtle skull shape with … We assessed the morphological
disparity between ontogenetic … show that much of the diversity of the skull of modern sea turtles

[HTML][HTML] Foraging ecology of Mediterranean juvenile loggerhead turtles: insights from C and N stable isotope ratios

JC Haywood, P Casale, D Freggi, WJ Fuller, BJ Godley… - Marine Biology, 2020 - Springer
trophic patterns within a food chain due to isotopic fractionation. With each subsequent trophic
… SIBER results show that the isotope niches of females and males are not distinct in any …

Foraging ecology of the olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) from the Mexican Central Pacific based on stable isotopes

C Carpena-Catoira, CD Ortega-Ortiz… - … Studies in Marine …, 2022 - Elsevier
… It has been recently suggested that stable isotopes can be used to study other ecological …
and may reveal trophic variations beyond that reflected by trophic morphology in marine turtles (…

Foraging ecology of Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) turtles in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: insights from stable isotope analysis

S Weber, SA Ceriani, MMPB Fuentes - Marine Biology, 2023 - Springer
… be foraging at a slightly lower trophic position than juvenile green turtles in other regions, …
of foraging areas and not differences in trophic position. Indeed, the West Florida Shelf area is …

Inter-and Intraspecific Variation in Trophic and Spatial Ecology in Marine Turtles: Frequency, Potential Drivers, and Challenges for Conservation

C Figgener - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Beyond trophic morphology: stable isotopes reveal ubiquitous versatility in marine turtle
trophicubiquitous versatility in marine turtle trophic ecology. Biological Reviews. doi: 10.1111/…

Stable isotope composition of multiple tissues and individual amino acids reveals dietary variation among life stages in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Ningaloo …

JL Stubbs, AT Revill, RD Pillans, MA Vanderklift - Marine Biology, 2022 - Springer
show minimal change in δ 15 N values with trophic transfer (“source AAs”), while others
increase in δ 15 N value (“trophic … We examine patterns in stable isotope composition of turtles

Trophic ecology of sympatric sea turtles in the tropical Atlantic coast of Brazil

MF Bezerra, CA Barrios-Rodriguez… - Marine Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
… 13 C) stable isotopes, and mercury (Hg)), we disentangled the trophic niches of four sea turtle
species – the green turtle (… Mercury is ubiquitous in marine ecosystems and diet is the most …

Tracking historical changes in the trophic ecology of the green turtle" Chelonia mydas" in the Hawaiian Islands

A Velasquez Vacca - 2023 - diposit.ub.edu
stable isotope ratios of C, N, and S in the skeletal elements of green turtles preserved in
museums revealed … The skull morphology of Hawaiian green turtles fits that general pattern but …

Fine-scale intraspecific niche partitioning in a highly mobile, marine megafauna species: implications for ecology and conservation

I Silver-Gorges, SA Ceriani… - Royal Society Open …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… Analysis of stable isotopes from tissues with different … and within neritic lifestages in
loggerhead turtles, which has direct … United States [84] revealed broad differences in between-…