Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) face many threats from anthropogenic activity and are
listed as Endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red …

Rationale Stable isotope analysis is a powerful tool for reconstructing trophic interactions to
better understand drivers of community ecology. Taxon‐specific stable isotope …

Niche partitioning is an important mechanism for allowing ecologically similar species to
coexist, contributing to biodiversity and the functioning of ecological communities. Species …

Diet information of organisms was traditionally acquired by the use of lethal techniques (gut
content or muscle δ13C and δ15N isotopic ratios). An increase in the number of isotopic …

Compound specific nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids (AA CSIA) has been used to
study the trophic ecology of many marine organisms because of its ability to characterize the …

Understanding carbon incorporation rates and diet-to-tissue discrimination (Δ13Ctissue-
diet) in animals is necessary to interpret stable isotope data collected from animals in the …

ABSTRACT Over 4 years, 2001–2004, leatherback-turtle monitoring was conducted on all
the potential nesting sites in French Guiana. We estimated minimal leatherback turtle nest …

Rationale Ecologists often need to make choices about what body parts (tissues or organs)
of an animal to sample. The decision is typically guided by the need to treat animals as …

Abstract Knowledge of feeding patterns of highly migratory species is critical for
understanding their habitat use and informing the management of their populations. The …

Natural variation in stable isotope ratios is a useful tool in diet studies. However, the correct
interpretation of isotopic data is reliant on proper estimates of discrimination factors. This …