Enhancing insights into foraging specialization in the world's largest fish using a multi-tissue, multi-isotope approach

A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks

(2018) Christopher S. Bird et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Urea-nitrogen production and salvage are modulated by protein intake in fed humans: results of an oral stable-isotope-tracer protocol and compartmental modeling

(2018) Hélène Fouillet et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Seagrass digestion by a notorious ‘carnivore’

(2018) Samantha C. Leigh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Effects of sample treatment on the analysis of stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in zooplankton, micronekton and a filter-feeding shark

(2017) Lara Marcus et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

‘Trophic’ and ‘source’ amino acids in trophic estimation: a likely metabolic explanation

(2017) T. C. O’Connell   OECOLOGIA

Advances in the application of amino acid nitrogen isotopic analysis in ecological and biogeochemical studies

(2017) Naohiko Ohkouchi et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Association of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) with thermo-biological frontal systems of the eastern tropical Pacific

(2017) John P. Ryan et al.   PLoS One

The nutritional physiology of sharks

(2017) Samantha C. Leigh et al.   REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES

The economic value of shark-diving tourism in Australia

(2017) Charlie Huveneers et al.   REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES

Using ocean models to predict spatial and temporal variation in marine carbon isotopes

(2017) S. Magozzi et al.   Ecosphere

Oceanic adults, coastal juveniles: tracking the habitat use of whale sharks off the Pacific coast of Mexico

(2017) Dení Ramírez-Macías et al.   PeerJ

Unifying error structures in commonly used biotracer mixing models

(2016) Brian C. Stock et al.   ECOLOGY

The return of “Stumpy” the whale shark: two decades and counting

(2016) Brad M Norman et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Case of Fatal Starvation: Can Stable Isotope Analysis Serve to Support Morphological Diagnosis and Approximate the Length of Starvation?

(2016) Marija Baković et al.   JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

Intraspecific variability in diet and implied foraging ranges of whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, from signature fatty acid analysis

(2016) L Marcus et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Deep-water feeding and behavioral plasticity in Manta birostris revealed by archival tags and submersible observations

(2016) Joshua D. Stewart et al.   ZOOLOGY

Embracing variability in amino acid δ15N fractionation: mechanisms, implications, and applications for trophic ecology

(2016) Kelton W. McMahon et al.   Ecosphere

Intraspecific variability in diet and implied foraging ranges of whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, from signature fatty acid analysis

(2016) L Marcus et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Manta birostris, predator of the deep? Insight into the diet of the giant manta ray through stable isotope analysis

(2016) Katherine B. Burgess et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) Seasonal Occurrence, Abundance and Demographic Structure in the Mid-Equatorial Atlantic Ocean

(2016) Bruno C. L. Macena et al.   PLoS One

Developing Ultra Small-Scale Radiocarbon Sample Measurement at the University of Tokyo

(2016) Yusuke Yokoyama et al.   RADIOCARBON

Sources of new nitrogen in the Indian Ocean

(2015) Eric J. Raes et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Predicting rates of isotopic turnover across the animal kingdom: a synthesis of existing data

(2015) Stephen M. Thomas et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Trophic discrimination of nitrogen stable isotopes in amino acids varies with diet quality in a marine fish

(2015) Kelton W. McMahon et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Trophic position estimates of marine teleosts using amino acid compound specific isotopic analysis

(2015) Christina J. Bradley et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS

Urea and lipid extraction treatment effects on δ15N and δ13C values in pelagic sharks

(2015) Yunkai Li et al.   RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY

Gonadal Morphology, Histology, and Endocrinological Characteristics of Immature Female Whale Sharks,Rhincodon typus

(2015) Ryo Nozu et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Simple ways to calculate stable isotope discrimination factors and convert between tissue types

(2015) Amanda L. Greer et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Diet quality influences isotopic discrimination among amino acids in an aquatic vertebrate

(2015) Yoshito Chikaraishi et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Vertical Movements and Patterns in Diving Behavior of Whale Sharks as Revealed by Pop-Up Satellite Tags in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico

(2015) John P. Tyminski et al.   PLoS One

Best practices for use of stable isotope mixing models in food-web studies

(2014) Donald L. Phillips et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

The first record, tagging and release of a neonatal whale sharkRhincodon typusin Taiwan

(2014) H. H. Hsu et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Age and growth of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in the north-western Pacific

(2014) Hua Hsun Hsu et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Diving Behavior of the Reef Manta Ray Links Coral Reefs with Adjacent Deep Pelagic Habitats

(2014) Camrin D. Braun et al.   PLoS One

Movement Patterns of Juvenile Whale Sharks Tagged at an Aggregation Site in the Red Sea

(2014) Michael L. Berumen et al.   PLoS One

Dynamics of Whale Shark Occurrence at Their Fringe Oceanic Habitat

(2014) Pedro Afonso et al.   PLoS One

Compound-Specific 14C Dating of IODP Expedition 318 Core U1357A Obtained Off the Wilkes Land Coast, Antarctica

(2014) Masako Yamane et al.   RADIOCARBON

Conventions for Reporting Radiocarbon Determinations

(2014) Andrew R Millard   RADIOCARBON

Body condition predicts energy stores in apex predatory sharks

(2014) A. J. Gallagher et al.   Conservation Physiology

Rescaling the trophic structure of marine food webs

(2013) Nigel E. Hussey et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Particulate nutrient fluxes over a fringing coral reef: Source-sink dynamics inferred from carbon to nitrogen ratios and stable isotopes

(2013) Alex S. J. Wyatt et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Contrasting diel patterns in vertical movement and locomotor activity of whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef

(2013) Adrian C. Gleiss et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus inferred from stomach content and signature fatty acid analyses

(2013) CA Rohner et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Nitrogen isotope fractionation in amino acids from harbor seals: implications for compound-specific trophic position calculations

(2013) LR Germain et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Variable δ15N Diet-Tissue Discrimination Factors among Sharks: Implications for Trophic Position, Diet and Food Web Models

(2013) Jill A. Olin et al.   PLoS One

Normalization procedures and reference material selection in stable HCNOS isotope analyses: an overview

(2012) Grzegorz Skrzypek   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Tissue-specific isotope trophic discrimination factors and turnover rates in a marine elasmobranch: empirical and modeling results

(2012) Luis Malpica-Cruz et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Stable isotope analysis reveals community-level variation in fish trophodynamics across a fringing coral reef

(2012) A. S. J. Wyatt et al.   CORAL REEFS

Isotopic incorporation rates for shark tissues from a long-term captive feeding study

(2012) S. L. Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Lipid extraction effects on stable isotope values (δ13C and δ15N) of elasmobranch muscle tissue

(2012) Nigel E. Hussey et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Stable isotopes and elasmobranchs: tissue types, methods, applications and assumptions

(2012) N. E. Hussey et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

A review of the biology, fisheries and conservation of the whale shark Rhincodon typus

(2012) D. Rowat et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

How fast and how faithful: the dynamics of isotopic incorporation into animal tissues: Fig. 1

(2012) Carlos Martínez del Rio et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Evidence for behavioural thermoregulation by the world's largest fish

(2012) M. Thums et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Oceanographic forcing of nutrient uptake and release over a fringing coral reef

(2012) Alex S. J. Wyatt et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Ontogenetic and Among-Individual Variation in Foraging Strategies of Northeast Pacific White Sharks Based on Stable Isotope Analysis

(2012) Sora L. Kim et al.   PLoS One

Global Trophic Position Comparison of Two Dominant Mesopelagic Fish Families (Myctophidae, Stomiidae) Using Amino Acid Nitrogen Isotopic Analyses

(2012) C. Anela Choy et al.   PLoS One

On the Use of Stable Isotopes in Trophic Ecology

(2011) William J. Boecklen et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Rates and components of carbon turnover in fish muscle: insights from bioenergetics models and a whole-lake 13C addition

(2011) Brian C. Weidel et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

The role of the Leeuwin Current and mixed layer depth on the autumn phytoplankton bloom off Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

(2011) Cecile S.G. Rousseaux et al.   CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH

Incorporating temporally dynamic baselines in isotopic mixing models

(2011) Ryan J. Woodland et al.   ECOLOGY

Methods to collect, preserve, and prepare elasmobranch tissues for stable isotope analysis

(2011) Sora L. Kim et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

Carbon and nitrogen discrimination factors for elasmobranch soft tissues based on a long-term controlled feeding study

(2011) Sora Lee Kim et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

Stable isotope profiles in whale shark (Rhincodon typus) suggest segregation and dissimilarities in the diet depending on sex and size

(2011) Asunción Borrell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

Understanding the dynamics of δ13C and δ15N in soft tissues of the bivalve Crassostrea gigas facing environmental fluctuations in the context of Dynamic Energy Budgets (DEB)

(2011) A. Emmery et al.   JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

Determination of aquatic food-web structure based on compound-specific nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids

(2011) Yoshito Chikaraishi et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS

Fin-icky samples: an assessment of shark fin as a source material for stable isotope analysis

(2011) Nigel E. Hussey et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS

Nursery habitat use and foraging ecology of the brown stingray Dasyatis lata determined from stomach contents, bulk and amino acid stable isotopes

(2011) JJ Dale et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Blood cells and serum chemistry in the world’s largest fish: the whale shark Rhincodon typus

(2010) ADM Dove et al.   Aquatic Biology

Individual specialists in a generalist population: results from a long-term stable isotope series

(2010) H. B. Vander Zanden et al.   Biology Letters

Recent Bayesian stable-isotope mixing models are highly sensitive to variation in discrimination factors

(2010) Alexander L. Bond et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Simulating the global distribution of nitrogen isotopes in the ocean

(2010) Christopher J. Somes et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Stable isotope dynamics in elasmobranch fishes

(2010) John M. Logan et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Contrasting patterns of individual specialization and trophic coupling in two marine apex predators

(2010) Philip Matich et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

To go or not to go with the flow: Environmental influences on whale shark movement patterns

(2010) Jai C. Sleeman et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Particulate nutrient fluxes over a fringing coral reef: relevant scales of phytoplankton production and mechanisms of supply

(2010) ASJ Wyatt et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Feeding anatomy, filter-feeding rate, and diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus during surface ram filter feeding off the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

(2010) Philip J. Motta et al.   ZOOLOGY

δ15N and δ13C diet–tissue discrimination factors for large sharks under semi-controlled conditions

(2009) Nigel E. Hussey et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Seasonal aggregation of juvenile whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean

(2009) J-P. A. Hobbs et al.   CORAL REEFS

Intrapopulation niche partitioning in a generalist predator limits food web connectivity

(2009) Mario Quevedo et al.   ECOLOGY

DNA evidence of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) feeding on red crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) larvae at Christmas Island, Australia

(2009) M. G. Meekan et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Nitrogen and carbon isotope values of individual amino acids: a tool to study foraging ecology of penguins in the Southern Ocean

(2009) A Lorrain et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Dietary and isotopic specialization: the isotopic niche of three Cinclodes ovenbirds

(2009) Carlos Martínez del Rio et al.   OECOLOGIA

Decline in whale shark size and abundance at Ningaloo Reef over the past decade: The world’s largest fish is getting smaller

(2008) Corey J.A. Bradshaw et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Isotopic ecology ten years after a call for more laboratory experiments

(2008) Carlos Martínez del Rio et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Disentangling effects of growth and nutritional status on seabird stable isotope ratios

(2008) Justine Sears et al.   OECOLOGIA

Food limitation leads to behavioral diversification and dietary specialization in sea otters

(2008) M. T. Tinker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA