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

Distribution and movement of scalloped hammerheadSphryna lewiniand smooth hammerheadSphyrna zygaenasharks along the east coast of southern Africa

(2011) K M Diemer et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

On the Use of Stable Isotopes in Trophic Ecology

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

Stable isotope profiles of large marine predators: viable indicators of trophic position, diet, and movement in sharks?

(2011) Nigel E. Hussey et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Assessing the utility of C:N ratios for predicting lipid content in fishes

(2011) Kelly-Anne Fagan et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

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

Trophic plasticity in the Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae) from the north central Gulf of Mexico

(2011) J. Marcus Drymon et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

Comparing isotopic niche widths among and within communities: SIBER - Stable Isotope Bayesian Ellipses in R

(2011) Andrew L. Jackson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Stable isotopes of captive cetaceans (killer whales and bottlenose dolphins)

(2011) S. Caut et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Prey-muscle carbon and nitrogen stable-isotope discrimination factors in Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

(2011) José L. Varela et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Quantification of zooplankton trophic position in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre using stable nitrogen isotopes

(2011) Cecelia C. S. Hannides et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Spatial, seasonal, and ontogenetic variations in the significance of detrital pathways and terrestrial carbon for a benthic shark,Chiloscyllium plagiosum(Hemiscylliidae), in a tropical estuary

(2011) Tak-Cheung Wai et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Sulfur stable isotope indicators of residency in estuarine fish

(2011) Brian Fry et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

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

Intrapopulation variations in diet and habitat use in a marine apex predator, the broadnose sevengill shark Notorynchus cepedianus

(2011) KG Abrantes et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

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

Communal or competitive? Stable isotope analysis provides evidence of resource partitioning within a communal shark nursery

(2011) MJ Kinney et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Unique seasonal forage bases within a local population of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

(2011) Jill A. Olin et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Maternal meddling in neonatal sharks: implications for interpreting stable isotopes in young animals

(2011) Jill A. Olin et al.   RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY

Reservations about preservations: storage methods affect δ13C signatures differently even in closely related soil fauna

(2011) Eveline J. Krab et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Killing for conservation: the need for alternatives to lethal sampling of apex predatory sharks

(2011) N Hammerschlag et al.   Endangered Species Research

Influence of the annual sardine run on catches of large sharks in the protective gillnets off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and the occurrence of sardine in shark diet

(2010) S FJ Dudley et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Effects of tourism-related provisioning on the trophic signatures and movement patterns of an apex predator, the Caribbean reef shark

(2010) Aleksandra Maljković et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

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

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

Zooplankton, lipids and stable isotopes: importance of seasonal, latitudinal, and taxonomic differences

(2010) Jari Syväranta et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Size-based variation in intertissue comparisons of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic signatures of bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) and tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier)

(2010) Philip Matich et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Turnover and fractionation of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in tissues of a migratory coastal predator, summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus)

(2010) Andre Buchheister et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Diet and resource use among Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) and teleosts sampled in Icelandic waters, using δ13C, δ15N, and mercury

(2010) Bailey C. McMeans et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Science or Slaughter: Need for Lethal Sampling of Sharks

(2010) M. R. HEUPEL et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

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

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

Topological analysis of the ecological importance of elasmobranch fishes: A food web study on the Gulf of Tortugas, Colombia

(2010) Andrés F. Navia et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Patterns of stable carbon isotope turnover in gag, Mycteroperca microlepis, an economically important marine piscivore determined with a non-lethal surgical biopsy procedure

(2010) James Nelson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

Food web structure of sandy beaches: Temporal and spatial variation using stable isotope analysis

(2010) Leandro Bergamino et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Origin of resources and trophic pathways in a large SW Atlantic estuary: An evaluation using stable isotopes

(2010) Florencia Botto et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

The biological basis for understanding and predicting dietary-induced variation in nitrogen and sulphur isotope ratio discrimination

(2010) Scott T. Florin et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Stable isotope dynamics in elasmobranch fishes

(2010) John M. Logan et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Reply to Hussey et al.: The requirement for accurate diet-tissue discrimination factors for interpreting stable isotopes in sharks

(2010) John M. Logan et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

The requirement for accurate diet-tissue discrimination factors for interpreting stable isotopes in sharks

(2010) Nigel E. Hussey et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Trophic ecology of elasmobranchs caught off Gujarat, India, as inferred from stable isotopes

(2010) A. Borrell et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

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

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

Carbon isotope fractionation of amino acids in fish muscle reflects biosynthesis and isotopic routing from dietary protein

(2010) Kelton W. McMahon et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Effects of preservation on the δ13C and δ15N values of deep sea macrofauna

(2010) E. Fanelli et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Long-term movement patterns and trophic ecology of blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) at Palmyra Atoll

(2010) Yannis P. Papastamatiou et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Diet and trophic position of the devil rays Mobula thurstoni and Mobula japanica as inferred from stable isotope analysis

(2010) Laura Sampson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of otoliths differentiate juvenile winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) habitats

(2010) Richard J. Pruell et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Stable isotopes and trace elements as indicators of diet and habitat use in cetaceans: predicting errors related to preservation, lipid extraction, and lipid normalization

(2010) V Lesage et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Short-term movements and diving behaviour of satellite-tracked blue sharks Prionace glauca in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean

(2010) N Queiroz et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Dietary niche overlap in a nearshore elasmobranch mesopredator community

(2010) JJ Vaudo et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

The trophic fingerprint of marine fisheries

(2010) Trevor A. Branch et al.   NATURE

Source Partitioning Using Stable Isotopes: Coping with Too Much Variation

(2010) Andrew C. Parnell et al.   PLoS One

Food-web inferences of stable isotope spatial patterns in copepods and yellowfin tuna in the pelagic eastern Pacific Ocean

(2010) Robert J. Olson et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Diet discrimination factors are inversely related to δ15N and δ13C values of food for fish under controlled conditions

(2010) Caroline A. Dennis et al.   RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY

Whisker isotopic signature depicts migration patterns and multi-year intra- and inter-individual foraging strategies in fur seals

(2009) Y. Cherel et al.   Biology Letters

The influence of feeding and fasting on plasma metabolites in the dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias)

(2009) Chris M. Wood et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Using stable isotopes to investigate individual diet specialization in California sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)

(2009) Seth D. Newsome et al.   ECOLOGY

Improving Bayesian isotope mixing models: a response to Jacksonet al.(2009)

(2009) Brice X. Semmens et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Interpreting temporal variation in omnivore foraging ecology via stable isotope modelling

(2009) Carolyn M. Kurle   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Ten years of experimental animal isotopic ecology

(2009) Nathan Wolf et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Cascading top-down effects of changing oceanic predator abundances

(2009) Julia K. Baum et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Maternal investment and size-specific reproductive output in carcharhinid sharks

(2009) Nigel E. Hussey et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Variation in discrimination factors (Δ15N and Δ13C): the effect of diet isotopic values and applications for diet reconstruction

(2009) Stéphane Caut et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Nursery grounds, movement patterns and growth rates of dusky sharks,Carcharhinus obscurus: a long-term tag and release study in South African waters

(2009) Nigel E. Hussey et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Stable isotopic evidence for trophic groupings and bio-regionalization of predators and their prey in oceanic waters off eastern Australia

(2009) Andrew T. Revill et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Stable isotope signal homogeneity and differences between and within pinniped muscle and skin

(2009) Sean K. Todd et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Long-term natal site-fidelity by immature lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) at a subtropical island

(2009) DEMIAN D. CHAPMAN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The impact of protein quality on stable nitrogen isotope ratio discrimination and assimilated diet estimation

(2009) Charles T. Robbins et al.   OECOLOGIA

Nonlethal Sampling of Fish Caudal Fins Yields Valuable Stable Isotope Data for Threatened and Endangered Fishes

(2009) Beth L. Sanderson et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY

You can swim but you can't hide: the global status and conservation of oceanic pelagic sharks and rays

(2008) Nicholas K. Dulvy et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Isotopic ecology ten years after a call for more laboratory experiments

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

Caution on isotopic model use for analyses of consumer diet

(2008) Stéphane Caut et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

SULFUR ISOTOPES LINK OVERWINTER HABITAT USE AND BREEDING CONDITION IN DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS

(2008) Craig E. Hebert et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Incorporating uncertainty and prior information into stable isotope mixing models

(2008) Jonathan W. Moore et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Erroneous behaviour of MixSIR, a recently published Bayesian isotope mixing model: a discussion of Moore & Semmens (2008)

(2008) Andrew L. Jackson et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

δ13C and δ15N biogeographic trends in rocky intertidal communities along the coast of South Africa: Evidence of strong environmental signatures

(2008) Jaclyn M. Hill et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Lipid corrections in carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses: comparison of chemical extraction and modelling methods

(2008) John M. Logan et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Beyond the reaction progress variable: the meaning and significance of isotopic incorporation data

(2008) Carlos Martínez del Rio et al.   OECOLOGIA

Palaeoenvironmental conditions during the deposition of the Plio-Pleistocene sedimentary sequence of the Canoa Formation, central Ecuador: A stable isotope study

(2008) Maura Pellegrini et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Effects of Preservation Method on Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Values

(2008) Lindy M. Barrow et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

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

Should we use one-, or multi-compartment models to describe13C incorporation into animal tissues?

(2008) Scott A. Carleton et al.   RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY

Fractionation and metabolic turnover of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in black fly larvae

(2008) Jay P. Overmyer et al.   RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY

Metabolic turnover rates of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in captive juvenile snakes

(2008) Aaron T. Fisk et al.   RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY

Natal Homing and Connectivity in Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Populations

(2008) J. R. Rooker et al.   SCIENCE

Predicting ecological consequences of marine top predator declines

(2008) Michael R. Heithaus et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Discrimination factors (Δ15N and Δ13C) in an omnivorous consumer: effect of diet isotopic ratio

(2007) Stéphane Caut et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The importance of habitat and life history to extinction risk in sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras

(2007) V. B Garcia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES