Trophic niche of Australian cownose rays (Rhinoptera neglecta) and whitespotted eagle rays (Aetobatus ocellatus) along the east coast of Australia

AJ Chan, V Raoult, FRA Jaine… - Journal of fish …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Australian cownose rays (Rhinoptera neglecta) and whitespotted eagle rays (Aetobatus
ocellatus) are large myliobatiform rays that co‐occur off temperate eastern Australia. Here …

Biogeographic patterns of marine fishes associated with rhodolith beds in the Southwestern Atlantic reveal an ecotone of biodiversity

AB Anderson, HT Pinheiro, MB Batista… - Biodiversity and …, 2023 - Springer
Rhodolith beds harbor a highly diverse associated biota. The Brazilian coast encompasses
the world's largest rhodolith beds of the world that occur along a wide latitudinal expanse …

Trophic interactions of common elasmobranchs in deep-sea communities of the Gulf of Mexico revealed through stable isotope and stomach content analysis

DA Churchill, MR Heithaus, JJ Vaudo… - Deep Sea Research …, 2015 - Elsevier
Deep-water sharks are abundant and widely distributed in the northern and eastern Gulf of
Mexico. As mid-and upper-level consumers that can range widely, sharks likely are …

[HTML][HTML] Trophic ecology shapes spatial ecology of two sympatric predators, the great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) and bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)

N Lubitz, K Abrantes, K Crook… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Information on how the trophic ecology of predators shapes their movement patterns and
space-use is fundamental to understanding ecological processes across organisational …

[HTML][HTML] Variable δ15N Diet-Tissue Discrimination Factors among Sharks: Implications for Trophic Position, Diet and Food Web Models

JA Olin, NE Hussey, A Grgicak-Mannion, MW Fritts… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The application of stable isotopes to characterize the complexities of a species foraging
behavior and trophic relationships is dependent on assumptions of δ15N diet-tissue …

Species co-occurrence affects the trophic interactions of two juvenile reef shark species in tropical lagoon nurseries in Moorea (French Polynesia)

P Matich, JJ Kiszka, J Mourier, S Planes… - Marine environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Food web structure is shaped by interactions within and across trophic levels. As such,
understanding how the presence and absence of predators, prey, and competitors affect …

[HTML][HTML] Dolphin distribution and habitat suitability in north western Australia: applications and implications of a broad-scale, non-targeted dataset

D Hanf, AJ Hodgson, H Kobryn, L Bejder… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Understanding species' distribution patterns and the environmental and ecological
interactions that drive them is fundamental for biodiversity conservation. Data deficiency …

Trophic niche dynamics of three nearshore benthic predators in The Bahamas

ON Shipley, KJ Murchie, MG Frisk, OR O'Shea… - Hydrobiologia, 2018 - Springer
Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes (δ 13 C and δ 15 N) were used to examine trophic
niche dynamics of three co-occurring predators in The Bahamas. Variable estimates of core …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-tissue, multi-species assessment of lipid and urea stable isotope biases in mesopredator elasmobranchs

J Bennett-Williams, C Skinner, ASJ Wyatt… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The application of stable isotope analysis (SIA) is increasing in elasmobranch trophic
ecology, but inconsistency remains in terms of the tissue pre-treatment methods chosen to …

[HTML][HTML] Highly productive tropical seagrass beds support diverse consumers and a large organic carbon pool in the sediments

CL Lee, WJ Lin, PJ Liu, KT Shao, HJ Lin - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tropical seagrass beds are productive coastal ecosystems that are important blue carbon
sinks and crucial habitats and feeding grounds for consumers at high trophic levels. To …