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 …

Isotopic ecology ten years after a call for more laboratory experiments

C Martínez del Rio, N Wolf, SA Carleton… - Biological …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
About 10 years ago, reviews of the use of stable isotopes in animal ecology predicted
explosive growth in this field and called for laboratory experiments to provide a mechanistic …

[HTML][HTML] A global review of green turtle diet: sea surface temperature as a potential driver of omnivory levels

N Esteban, JA Mortimer, HJ Stokes, JO Laloë… - Marine Biology, 2020 - Springer
To better understand dietary requirements, trophic shifts, and trophic interactions of the
threatened green turtle (Chelonia mydas), we conducted a comprehensive global review …

Status review of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) under the Engangered Species Act

JA Seminoff, CD Allen, GH Balazs, PH Dutton, T Eguchi… - 2015 - repository.library.noaa.gov
The Green Turtle Status Review Team (SRT) has undertaken a review consistent with
section 4 (a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), using the best available scientific …

[HTML][HTML] Massive consumption of gelatinous plankton by Mediterranean apex predators

L Cardona, I Álvarez de Quevedo, A Borrell, A Aguilar - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen were used to test the hypothesis that stomach
content analysis has systematically overlooked the consumption of gelatinous zooplankton …

Ten years of experimental animal isotopic ecology

N Wolf, SA Carleton, CM del Rio - Functional Ecology, 2009 - JSTOR
1. Ten years ago Gannes et al (1997, Stable isotopes in animal ecology: assumptions,
caveats, and a call for laboratory experiments. Ecology, 78, 1271-1276, 1998) identified four …

Predicting rates of isotopic turnover across the animal kingdom: a synthesis of existing data

SM Thomas, TW Crowther - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The stable isotopes of carbon (12C, 13C) and nitrogen (14N, 15N) represent powerful tools
in food web ecology, providing a wide range of dietary information in animal consumers …

Individual specialists in a generalist population: results from a long-term stable isotope series

HB Vander Zanden, KA Bjorndal, KJ Reich… - Biology …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Individual variation in resource use has often been ignored in ecological studies, but closer
examination of individual patterns through time may reveal significant intrapopulation …

[HTML][HTML] Expanding the isotopic toolbox: applications of hydrogen and oxygen stable isotope ratios to food web studies

HB Vander Zanden, DX Soto, GJ Bowen… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The measurement of stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopes in tissues of
organisms has formed the foundation of isotopic food web reconstructions, as these values …

[HTML][HTML] Stable Isotope Tracking of Endangered Sea Turtles: Validation with Satellite Telemetry and δ15N Analysis of Amino Acids

JA Seminoff, SR Benson, KE Arthur, T Eguchi… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Effective conservation strategies for highly migratory species must incorporate information
about long-distance movements and locations of high-use foraging areas. However, the …