Stable isotope spatial patterns for the Southwest Atlantic Ocean towards polar waters

L Riccialdelli, S Dodino, CM Iachetti, S Favoretti… - Progress in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mapping stable isotope gradients (isoscapes) has become a powerful tool to understand
and forecast the status and variability of marine ecosystems at different levels of ecological …

Allochrony is shaped by foraging niche segregation rather than adaptation to the windscape in long-ranging seabirds

F Ventura, JP Granadeiro, P Catry, C Gjerdrum… - Movement Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Background Ecological segregation allows populations to reduce competition and coexist in
sympatry. Using as model organisms two closely related gadfly petrels endemic to the …

Deep ocean particle flux in the Northeast Atlantic over the past 30 years: carbon sequestration is controlled by ecosystem structure in the upper ocean

RS Lampitt, N Briggs, BB Cael, B Espinola… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The time series of downward particle flux at 3000 m at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain
Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO) in the Northeast Atlantic is presented for the period 1989 …

Geolocator‐tracking seabird migration and moult reveal large‐scale, temperature‐driven isoscapes in the NE Atlantic

K Atkins, S Bearhop, TW Bodey… - Rapid …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale By combining precision satellite‐tracking with blood sampling, seabirds can be
used to validate marine carbon and nitrogen isoscapes, but it is unclear whether a …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating spatial variability of baseline isoscapes from fish isotopic signatures at the community level

JJ Ortiz, I Preciado, M Hidalgo… - Progress in …, 2024 - Elsevier
One of the main limitations in the application of stable isotopes to marine trophic ecology is
obtaining a reliable baseline upon which to calculate isotopic enrichment. Isotopic baselines …

Compound-specific stable isotopes of amino acids reveal influences of trophic level and primary production sources on mercury concentrations in fishes from the …

MP Trifari, MJ Wooller, L Rea, TM O'Hara… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Total mercury concentrations ([THg]) exceed thresholds of concern in some Steller
sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) tissues from certain portions of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska …

Stable isotope ecology and interspecific dietary overlap among dolphins in the Northeast Atlantic

T Plint, MTI ten Doeschate, AC Brownlow… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Dolphins are mobile apex marine predators. Over the past three decades, warm-water
adapted dolphin species (short-beaked common and striped) have expanded their ranges …

Seasonal and ocean basin-scale assessment of amino acid δ15N trends in a Southern Ocean marine predator

N Friscourt, MA Lea, Y Cherel, S Wotherspoon… - Marine Ecology …, 2024 - int-res.com
The Southern Ocean exhibits substantial spatio-temporal variation in biogeochemical
processes that shape interactions and productivity across food webs. Stable isotopes in …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring marine zooplankton dynamics through carbon stable isotope signatures in a recently marine submarine volcano

I Herrera, E Fraile-Nuez, E González-Ortegón - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf …, 2024 - Elsevier
Submarine emissions of gases from hydrothermal vents alter the surrounding chemical
environment, influencing species responses to the resulting environmental gradients. The …

Proof of concept evidence that stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur may identify individual kittiwakes breeding in different colonies

RW Furness, EN Furness - Rapid Communications in Mass …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale Carbon, nitrogen and sulphur stable isotopes in feathers grown by seabirds while
breeding reflect the local isoscape and diet in the vicinity of the colony, so may make it …