Humpback whale diets respond to variance in ocean climate and ecosystem conditions in the California Current

AH Fleming, CT Clark, J Calambokidis… - Global Change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Large, migratory predators are often cited as sentinel species for ecosystem processes and
climate‐related changes, but their utility as indicators is dependent upon an understanding …

The utility of combining stable isotope and hormone analyses for marine megafauna research

AH Fleming, NM Kellar, CD Allen… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Stable isotope and hormone analyses offer insight into the health, stress, nutrition,
movements, and reproduction of individuals and populations. Such information can provide …

The effects of sex, tissue type, and dietary components on stable isotope discrimination factors (Δ13C and Δ15N) in mammalian omnivores

CM Kurle, PL Koch, BR Tershy… - Isotopes in environmental …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
We tested the effects of sex, tissue, and diet on stable isotope discrimination factors (Δ13C
and Δ15N) for six tissues from rats fed four diets with varied C and N sources, but …

Revisiting the use of δ15N in meso-scale studies of marine food webs by considering spatio-temporal variations in stable isotopic signatures–The case of an open …

T Chouvelon, J Spitz, F Caurant… - Progress in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Most of the recent framework directives and environmental policies argue for the
development and the use of indicators–notably trophodynamic indicators–that should be …

Geographical origin traceability and species identification of three scallops (Patinopecten yessoensis, Chlamys farreri, and Argopecten irradians) using stable isotope …

X Zhang, J Cheng, D Han, X Zhao, X Chen, Y Liu - Food chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Traceability and authenticity is crucial to the food safety of scallop. The present study
investigated the possibility of using stable isotope analysis to identify the origins and species …

Spatial and temporal variability within marine isoscapes: implications for interpreting stable isotope data from marine systems

CM Kurle, JK McWhorter - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2017 - int-res.com
Analyses of intrinsic biogeochemical markers, such as stable carbon (δ 13 C) and nitrogen
(δ 15 N) isotopes, in animal tissues are used to investigate multiple ecological parameters …

Estimates of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) diet in Lake Ontario using two and three isotope mixing models

SF Colborne, SA Rush, G Paterson, TB Johnson… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent development of multi-dimensional stable isotope models for estimating both foraging
patterns and niches have presented the analytical tools to further assess the food webs of …

Applicability of stable C and N isotope analysis in inferring the geographical origin and authentication of commercial fish (Mackerel, Yellow Croaker and Pollock)

H Kim, KS Kumar, KH Shin - Food chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Globalisation of seafood and aquaculture products and their convenient marketing
worldwide, increases the possibility for the distribution of mislabelled products; thereby …

Estimating diets of pre-spawning Atlantic bluefin tuna from stomach content and stable isotope analyses

JL Varela, E Rodríguez-Marín, A Medina - Journal of Sea Research, 2013 - Elsevier
Stomach content analysis (SCA) and stable isotope analysis (SIA) coupled with isotopic
mixing model analysis were used to estimate diet composition of pre-spawning Atlantic …

Using stable isotope analysis to validate effective trophic levels from Ecopath models of areas closed and open to shrimp trawling in Core Sound, NC, USA

RA Deehr, JJ Luczkovich, KJ Hart, LM Clough… - Ecological …, 2014 - Elsevier
We used stable isotope ratios of nitrogen (15 N/14 N) as a validation tool for determining the
accuracy of the effective trophic levels computed in network analysis models for Core …