Energetic connectivity of diverse elasmobranch populations–implications for ecological resilience

ON Shipley, P Matich, NE Hussey… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Understanding the factors shaping patterns of ecological resilience is critical for mitigating
the loss of global biodiversity. Throughout aquatic environments, highly mobile predators …

Individual growth as a non‐dietary determinant of the isotopic niche metrics

E Gorokhova - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative analytical approaches for isotopic niche analysis in the trophic diversity studies
are proliferating rapidly; however, the assumptions behind the isotopic niche applications …

Amino acid isotope discrimination factors for a carnivore: physiological insights from leopard sharks and their diet

JP Whiteman, SL Kim, KW McMahon, PL Koch… - Oecologia, 2018 - Springer
Stable isotopes are important ecological tools, because the carbon and nitrogen isotopic
composition of consumer tissue reflects the diet. Measurements of isotopes of individual …

Quantifying spatial variation in isotopic baselines reveals size-based feeding in a model estuarine predator: implications for trophic studies in dynamic ecotones

P Matich, ON Shipley, OC Weideli - Marine Biology, 2021 - Springer
Nitrogen stable isotopes (δ15N) are typically used to estimate trophic position, providing
insight into ecological roles and broader food web structure. Ecological inferences drawn …

Bulk and amino acid nitrogen isotopes suggest shifting nitrogen balance of pregnant sharks across gestation

ON Shipley, JA Olin, JP Whiteman, DM Bethea… - Oecologia, 2022 - Springer
Nitrogen isotope (δ15N) analysis of bulk tissues and individual amino acids (AA) can be
used to assess how consumers maintain nitrogen balance with broad implications for …

You are what you eat: Examining the effects of provisioning tourism on shark diets

KG Abrantes, JM Brunnschweiler, A Barnett - Biological conservation, 2018 - Elsevier
Wildlife tourism is a growing industry, with significant conservation and socio-economic
benefits. Concerns have however been raised about the possible impacts of this industry on …

Energetic consequences of resource use diversity in a marine carnivore

ON Shipley, PJ Manlick, AL Newton, P Matich… - Oecologia, 2022 - Springer
Understanding how intraspecific variation in the use of prey resources impacts energy
metabolism has strong implications for predicting long-term fitness and is critical for …

Trophic ecology of three stingrays (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) off the Brazilian north‐eastern coast: Habitat use and resource partitioning

APN Queiroz, MLG Araújo, NE Hussey… - Journal of Fish …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the ecological role of species with overlapping distributions is central to
inform ecosystem management. Here we describe the diet, trophic level and habitat use of …

Dietary niche differentiation in a mesopredatory dasyatid assemblage

C Elston, PD Cowley, RG von Brandis, A Fisk - Marine Biology, 2020 - Springer
Most batoids are mesopredators and are often hypothesised to play important ecological
roles. However, a comprehensive understanding into these roles remains limited given the …

Diet–tissue discrimination factors and turnover rates of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in the mottled skate Beringraja pulchra based on diet-switching …

T Horimoto, T Tanii, T Kuwae, K Watanabe, M Ito - Fisheries Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Stable isotope analysis is robust tool to elucidate the diet, trophic position, and migration of
typically large, highly mobile marine predators such as elasmobranchs. However, it is …