Unravelling the trophic ecology of poorly studied and threatened elasmobranchs inhabiting the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman

J Navarro, AR Rastgoo, J Giménez - Marine Biology, 2024 - Springer
Elasmobranch population declines due to human impacts have been documented at a
global scale, having impacts on the functioning and structure of marine ecosystems. This …

Trophic ecology of common elasmobranchs exploited by artisanal shark fisheries off south‑western Madagascar

JJ Kiszka, K Charlot, NE Hussey, MR Heithaus… - Aquatic Biology, 2014 - int-res.com
Knowledge of the trophic ecology and interactions of marine top predators is fundamental for
understanding community structure and dynamics as well as ecosystem function. We …

Evidence of site fidelity and deep diving behaviour of scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) around the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, in the …

NPA Bezerra, BCL Macena, P Travassos… - Marine and …, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
Seven scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) were satellite tagged around the
Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (SPSPA), located at the equatorial Mid-Atlantic …

A seasonally dynamic estuarine ecosystem provides a diverse prey base for elasmobranchs

SL Every, CJ Fulton, HR Pethybridge, PM Kyne… - Estuaries and …, 2019 - Springer
Tropical river and estuarine food webs sustain diverse biodiversity values and are important
sources of nutrients and energy for connected aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. High …

Feeding ecology and trophic segregation of two sympatric mesopredatory sharks in the heavily exploited coastal ecosystem of the Adriatic Sea

R Gračan, D Zavodnik, P Krstinić… - Journal of fish …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The ecological roles and trophic interactions of two commercially important mesopredatory
shark species, Squalus acanthias and Mustelus punctulatus that co‐occur on the continental …

Dietary and niche analyses of four sympatric batoid species of the subtropical South Atlantic Ocean

LL Lemos, H Bornatowski, RHA Freitas - Hydrobiologia, 2024 - Springer
We aimed to characterize the trophic ecology and test the hypothesis of niche overlap
between four sympatric batoid species of the subtropical South Atlantic. Data were collected …

New insights into the trophic ecology of the scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

C Estupiñán-Montaño, E Tamburin… - … Biology of Fishes, 2021 - Springer
Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, is considered a generalist predator, showing
individual specializations and different trophic levels. This species inhabits both oceanic …

Diet composition and variation in four commonly landed and threatened shark species in Maharashtra, India

G Bora, S Dsouza, K Shanker - Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The diets of Carcharhinus limbatus, Scoliodon laticaudus, Chiloscyllium arabicum and Ch.
Griesum from the west coast of India were investigated. We compared trophic resource use …

[PDF][PDF] Examining Bergmann's rule in a cosmopolitan marine mammal, the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops spp.)

AB Favilla, SK Adamczak, EM Fougères… - Marine Mammal …, 2024 - researchgate.net
FIGURE 1 Geometrical representation of a bottlenose dolphin (image from NOAA Fisheries)
using two symmetrical cones with heights corresponding to half the body length (measured …

Incorporating stable isotopes into a multidisciplinary framework to improve data inference and their conservation and management application

HM Christiansen, AT Fisk… - African Journal of Marine …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Through its ability to address complex ecological questions and the possibility of analysing
large sample sizes to understand population‑level processes, the use of stable isotope …