Mesopelagic zone ecology and biogeochemistry–a synthesis

C Robinson, DK Steinberg, TR Anderson… - Deep Sea Research …, 2010 - Elsevier
The mesopelagic zone is the oceanic region through which carbon and other elements must
pass in order to reach deeper waters or the sea floor. However, the food web interactions …

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 …

Trophodynamics of the Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the Antarctic Peninsula: Ontogenetic changes in diet composition and prey fatty acid profiles

K Pérez-Pezoa, CA Cárdenas, M González-Aravena… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) is the largest notothenioid species in the
Southern Ocean, playing a keystone role in the trophic web as a food source for marine …

Food web structure and seasonality of slope megafauna in the NW Mediterranean elucidated by stable isotopes: relationship with available food sources

V Papiol, JE Cartes, E Fanelli, P Rumolo - Journal of Sea Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The food-web structure and seasonality of the dominant taxa of benthopelagic megafauna
(fishes and decapods) on the middle slope of the Catalan Sea (Balearic Basin, NW …

Lipid composition and partitioning of deepwater chondrichthyans: inferences of feeding ecology and distribution

H Pethybridge, R Daley, P Virtue, P Nichols - Marine Biology, 2010 - Springer
The composition of lipids and fatty acids was determined for the livers, muscle, pancreas,
kidney and stomach fluids of deepwater chondrichthyan species (including 11 squaliformes …

Functional diversity and nutritional content in a deep-sea faunal assemblage through total lipid, lipid class, and fatty acid analyses

C Parzanini, CC Parrish, JF Hamel, A Mercier - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Lipids are key compounds in marine ecosystems being involved in organism growth,
reproduction, and survival. Despite their biological significance and ease of measurement …

Trophic ecology and diet of the deep-sea penaeid shrimp Metapenaeopsis andamanensis (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason and Alcock, 1891) by fatty acid signatures …

A Muralidharan, RD Chakraborty, K Chakraborty… - Deep Sea Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metapenaeopsis andamanensis, a deep-water penaeid shrimp, plays a significant
ecological role in the deep-sea food web. However, studies on its feeding ecology and …

Trophic ecology influence on metal bioaccumulation in marine fish: Inference from stable isotope and fatty acid analyses

G Le Croizier, G Schaal, R Gallon, M Fall… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
The link between trophic ecology and metal accumulation in marine fish species was
investigated through a multi-tracers approach combining fatty acid (FA) and stable isotope …

Combined stomach content, lipid and stable isotope analyses reveal spatial and trophic partitioning among three sympatric albatrosses from the Southern Ocean

M Connan, CD McQuaid, BT Bonnevie… - Marine Ecology …, 2014 - int-res.com
A combination of dietary techniques that integrate data on food and feeding habits over
days, weeks and months was used to investigate resource partitioning among 3 sympatric …

Tissue-specific robustness of fatty acid signatures in cultured gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.) fed practical diets with a combined high replacement of fish meal …

L Benedito-Palos, JC Navarro, S Kaushik… - Journal of Animal …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The present study aimed to determine the tissue-specific robustness of fatty acid (FA)
signatures of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.) by analyzing the changes in lipid class …