The nutritional physiology of sharks

Ontogenetic changes in digestive enzyme activities and the amino acid profile of starry flounder Platichthys stellatus

(2016) Zhidong Song et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY

Molecular identification and functional characteristics of peptide transporters in the bonnethead shark (Sphyrna tiburo)

(2016) Hannah R. Hart et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Automated detection of feeding strikes by larval fish using continuous high-speed digital video: a novel method to extract quantitative data from fast, sparse kinematic events

(2016) Eyal Shamur et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

A biorobotic model of the suction-feeding system in largemouth bass: the roles of motor program speed and hyoid kinematics

(2016) Christopher P. Kenaley et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) Gastrointestinal Microbial Community Dynamics in Relation to Digesta Properties and Diet

(2016) Kamarul Zaman Zarkasi et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Elevated Gene Copy Number Does Not Always Explain Elevated Amylase Activities in Fishes

(2016) Donovan P. German et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Always chew your food: freshwater stingrays use mastication to process tough insect prey

(2016) Matthew A. Kolmann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Three-dimensional analysis of scale morphology in bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus

(2016) Dylan K. Wainwright et al.   ZOOLOGY

Gene Expression Profiling Reveals Functional Specialization along the Intestinal Tract of a Carnivorous Teleostean Fish (Dicentrarchus labrax)

(2016) Josep A. Calduch-Giner et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Modelling tooth–prey interactions in sharks: the importance of dynamic testing

(2016) Katherine A. Corn et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Model-Based Iterative Reconstruction in CT Enterography

(2015) Kevin P. Murphy et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY

Evaluation of the distribution of adipose tissues in fish using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

(2015) Jun-Lin Wu et al.   AQUACULTURE

Starch and lipid in diets for douradoSalminus brasiliensis(Cuvier 1816): growth, nutrient utilization and digestive enzymes

(2015) G. V. Moro et al.   AQUACULTURE NUTRITION

Effect of dietary components on the gut microbiota of aquatic animals. A never-ending story?

(2015) E. Ringø et al.   AQUACULTURE NUTRITION

Examining urea flux across the intestine of the spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias

(2015) W. Gary Anderson et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Digestive enzyme activities in the guts of bonnethead sharks ( Sphyrna tiburo ) provide insight into their digestive strategy and evidence for microbial digestion in their hindguts

(2015) Parth Jhaveri et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Functional anatomy and physiology of gastric secretion

(2015) Mitchell L. Schubert   CURRENT OPINION IN GASTROENTEROLOGY

Trophic interactions of common elasmobranchs in deep-sea communities of the Gulf of Mexico revealed through stable isotope and stomach content analysis

(2015) Diana A. Churchill et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Digestive enzyme activities are higher in the shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, than in ectothermic sharks as a result of visceral endothermy

(2015) Kyle C. Newton et al.   FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Body ram, not suction, is the primary axis of suction-feeding diversity in spiny-rayed fishes

(2015) Sarah J. Longo et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Constructional morphology within the head of hammerhead sharks (sphyrnidae)

(2015) Kyle R. Mara et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Functional morphology of durophagy in black carp,Mylopharyngodon piceus

(2015) Nicholas J. Gidmark et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Trophodynamics of estuarine intertidal harpacticoid copepods based on stable isotope composition and fatty acid profiles

(2015) C Cnudde et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Comparison of the gut microbiomes of 12 bony fish and 3 shark species

(2015) CE Givens et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Meta-analysis of amino acid stable nitrogen isotope ratios for estimating trophic position in marine organisms

(2015) Jens M. Nielsen et al.   OECOLOGIA

Swimming muscles power suction feeding in largemouth bass

(2015) Ariel L. Camp et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

More than one way to be an herbivore: convergent evolution of herbivory using different digestive strategies in prickleback fishes (Stichaeidae)

(2015) Donovan P. German et al.   ZOOLOGY

Multi-tissue δ2H analysis reveals altitudinal migration and tissue-specific discrimination patterns inCinclodes

(2015) Seth D. Newsome et al.   Ecosphere

Trophodynamics of estuarine intertidal harpacticoid copepods based on stable isotope composition and fatty acid profiles

(2015) C Cnudde et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Comparison of the gut microbiomes of 12 bony fish and 3 shark species

(2015) CE Givens et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Drivers of Daily Routines in an Ectothermic Marine Predator: Hunt Warm, Rest Warmer?

(2015) Yannis P. Papastamatiou et al.   PLoS One

Comparison of the Structure and Composition of the Branchial Filters in Suspension Feeding Elasmobranchs

(2014) E.W. Misty Paig-Tran et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Transcriptomic analysis of the lesser spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) pancreas, liver and brain reveals molecular level conservation of vertebrate pancreas function

(2014) John F Mulley et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Amino Acid  13C Analysis Shows Flexibility in the Routing of Dietary Protein and Lipids to the Tissue of an Omnivore

(2014) S. D. Newsome et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Inter-Tissue Differences in Fatty Acid Incorporation as a Result of Dietary Oil Manipulation in Port Jackson Sharks (Heterodontus portusjacksoni )

(2014) Crystal L. Beckmann et al.   LIPIDS

Intestinal microbiota in fishes: what's known and what's not

(2014) Kendall D. Clements et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Elephant shark genome provides unique insights into gnathostome evolution

(2014) Byrappa Venkatesh et al.   NATURE

Changes in digestive traits and body nutritional composition accommodate a trophic niche shift in Trinidadian guppies

(2014) Karen E. Sullam et al.   OECOLOGIA

RNA-Seq Technology and Its Application in Fish Transcriptomics

(2014) Xi Qian et al.   OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY

Role of axial muscles in powering mouth expansion during suction feeding in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)

(2013) A. L. Camp et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Diet- and tissue-specific incorporation of isotopes in the shark Scyliorhinus stellaris, a North Sea mesopredator

(2013) S Caut et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Experimental Evaluation of Fatty Acid Profiles as a Technique to Determine Dietary Composition in Benthic Elasmobranchs

(2013) Crystal L. Beckmann et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Bacteria as vitamin suppliers to their host: a gut microbiota perspective

(2012) Jean Guy LeBlanc et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

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

Autonomous measurement of ingestion and digestion processes in free-swimming sharks

(2012) C. G. Meyer et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

An experimental exploration of the incorporation of hydrogen isotopes from dietary sources into avian tissues

(2012) N. Wolf et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Nutrition and health of aquaculture fish

(2012) A Oliva-Teles   JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES

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

A Streamlined DNA Tool for Global Identification of Heavily Exploited Coastal Shark Species (Genus Rhizoprionodon)

(2012) Danillo Pinhal et al.   PLoS One

Biomarkers of Whale Shark Health: A Metabolomic Approach

(2012) Alistair D. M. Dove et al.   PLoS One

A Comparison of the Foraging Ecology and Bioenergetics of the Early Life-Stages of Two Sympatric Hammerhead Sharks

(2011) Dana M Bethea et al.   BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE

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

Do wood-grazing fishes partition their niche?: morphological and isotopic evidence for trophic segregation in Neotropical Loricariidae

(2011) Nathan K. Lujan et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Contributions of direct incorporation from diet and microbial amino acids to protein synthesis in Nile tilapia

(2011) Seth D. Newsome et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Selected regulation of gastrointestinal acid-base secretion and tissue metabolism for the diamondback water snake and Burmese python

(2011) S. M. Secor et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Bottles as models: predicting the effects of varying swimming speed and morphology on size selectivity and filtering efficiency in fishes

(2011) E. W. M. Paig-Tran et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Is post-feeding thermotaxis advantageous in elasmobranch fishes?

(2011) V. Di Santo et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Fatty acids as dietary tracers in benthic food webs

(2011) JR Kelly et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Excess digestive capacity in predators reflects a life of feast and famine

(2011) Jonathan B. Armstrong et al.   NATURE

Role of gastrointestinal microbiota in fish

(2010) Sukanta K Nayak   AQUACULTURE RESEARCH

Stable carbon and nitrogen incorporation in blood and fin tissue of the catfish Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)

(2010) Donovan P. German et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

Stable isotope dynamics in elasmobranch fishes

(2010) John M. Logan et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Functional Genomics of Physiological Plasticity and Local Adaptation in Killifish

(2010) A. Whitehead et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

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

(2010) Heidi Pethybridge et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Hepatic biomarkers of xenobiotic metabolism in eighteen marine fish from NW Mediterranean shelf and slope waters in relation to some of their biological and ecological variables

(2010) Montserrat Solé et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

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

Effect of age-at-weaning on digestive capacity of white seabream (Diplodus sargus)

(2009) Inês Guerreiro et al.   AQUACULTURE

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

Feast to famine: The effects of food quality and quantity on the gut structure and function of a detritivorous catfish (Teleostei: Loricariidae)

(2009) Donovan P. German et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Molecular characterization of trypsinogens and development of trypsinogen gene expression and tryptic activities in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) and topmouth culter (Culter alburnus)

(2009) Guo-Liang Ruan et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Nutritional ecology of marine herbivorous fishes: ten years on

(2009) Kendall D. Clements et al.   FUNCTIONAL 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

Evolution of Herbivory in a Carnivorous Clade of Minnows (Teleostei: Cyprinidae): Effects on Gut Size and Digestive Physiology

(2009) Donovan P. German et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Natural carbon stable isotope ratios as indicators of the relative contribution of live and inert diets to growth in larval Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis)

(2008) Julián Gamboa-Delgado et al.   AQUACULTURE

Isotopic ecology ten years after a call for more laboratory experiments

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

Feeding strategy of the megamouth sharkMegachasma pelagios(Lamniformes: Megachasmidae)

(2008) K. Nakaya et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Functional morphology of the feeding apparatus, feeding constraints, and suction performance in the nurse sharkGinglymostoma cirratum

(2008) Philip J. Motta et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Effects of growth and tissue type on the kinetics of 13C and 15N incorporation in a rapidly growing ectotherm

(2008) Kimberly J. Reich et al.   OECOLOGIA

Cholinesterases activities and lipid peroxidation levels in muscle from shelf and slope dwelling fish from the NW Mediterranean: Its potential use in pollution monitoring

(2008) M. Solé et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Natural feeding influences protein expression in the dogfish shark rectal gland: A proteomic analysis

(2007) W. Wesley Dowd et al.   Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics