Methods for trophic ecology assessment in fishes: a critical review of stomach analyses

EL da Silveira, N Semmar, JE Cartes… - Reviews in Fisheries …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Assessment of fish trophic ecology in natural environments is imperative to understand
biological and ecological requirements, supporting the management and conservation of …

Fish as predators and prey: DNA‐based assessment of their role in food webs

M Traugott, B Thalinger, C Wallinger… - Journal of Fish …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fish are both consumers and prey, and as such part of a dynamic trophic network.
Measuring how they are trophically linked, both directly and indirectly, to other species is …

Offshore pelagic subsidies dominate carbon inputs to coral reef predators

C Skinner, AC Mill, MD Fox, SP Newman, Y Zhu… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Coral reefs were traditionally perceived as productive hot spots in oligotrophic waters. While
modern evidence indicates that many coral reef food webs are heavily subsidized by …

Reconstructing hyperdiverse food webs: Gut content metabarcoding as a tool to disentangle trophic interactions on coral reefs

JM Casey, CP Meyer, F Morat, SJ Brandl… - Methods in Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic stressors have strong impacts on ecosystems. To understand their influence,
detailed knowledge about trophic relationships among species is critical. However, this …

Prey ration, temperature, and predator species influence digestion rates of prey DNA inferred from qPCR and metabarcoding

C Dick, WA Larson, K Karpan… - Molecular Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Diet analysis is a vital tool for understanding trophic interactions and is frequently used to
inform conservation and management. Molecular approaches can identify diet items that are …

Small predators dominate fish predation in coral reef communities

M Mihalitsis, RA Morais, DR Bellwood - PLoS biology, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Ecosystem processes are challenging to quantify at a community level, particularly within
complex ecosystems (eg, rainforests, coral reefs). Predation is one of the most important …

[PDF][PDF] Progress and direction in the use of stable isotopes to understand complex coral reef ecosystems: A review

C Skinner, MRD Cobain, Y Zhu… - … and Marine Biology, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Coral reef ecosystems are exceptionally complex with a myriad of trophic pathways and
consumer relationships. The application of stable isotopes (SIs) offers numerous …

Enhancing tropical conservation and ecology research with aquatic environmental DNA methods: an introduction for non‐environmental DNA specialists

R Huerlimann, MK Cooper, RC Edmunds… - Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity conservation is a worldwide concern and proper management of threatened
species or communities depends on reliable and accurate data collection. Despite the broad …

Sifting environmental DNA metabarcoding data sets for rapid reconstruction of marine food webs

S D'Alessandro, S Mariani - Fish and Fisheries, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Marine ecosystems are changing rapidly due to ocean warming, overfishing and a raft of
other anthropogenic impacts. Such changes are expected to disrupt productivity dynamics …

Critical review and conceptual and quantitative models for the transfer and depuration of ciguatoxins in fishes

MJ Holmes, B Venables, RJ Lewis - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
We review and develop conceptual models for the bio-transfer of ciguatoxins in food chains
for Platypus Bay and the Great Barrier Reef on the east coast of Australia. Platypus Bay is …