Elucidating shark diets with DNA metabarcoding from cloacal swabs

MPM van Zinnicq Bergmann… - Molecular Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Animal dietary information provides the foundation for understanding trophic relationships,
which is essential for ecosystem management. Yet, in marine systems, high‐resolution diet …

DNA metabarcoding of cloacal swabs provides insight into diets of highly migratory sharks in the mid‐Atlantic bight

JA Olin, H Urakawa, MG Frisk, AL Newton… - Journal of fish …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The abundances of migratory shark species observed throughout the Mid‐Atlantic Bight
(MAB) during productive summer months suggest that this region provides critical habitat …

Comparison of three methods for measuring dietary composition of plains hog-nosed snakes

AM Durso, TJ Kieran, TC Glenn, SJ Mullin - Herpetologica, 2022 - meridian.allenpress.com
Wild animal diets are challenging to quantify, and the various methods for doing so have
strengths and weaknesses. Combining multiple methods can allow ecologists to assess …

A review on the methods used in trophic niche studies of marine animals and their applications

LI Yunkai, C Ziang, G Yi, C Xinjun - Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2021 - jto.ac.cn
Food resources are crucial for the survival and reproduction of marine animals. The trophic
niche of marine organisms refers to the ecological roles and functions in marine ecosystem …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of marine debris and human interactions on the smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata)

DM Yakich, AK Wooley, LB Heath, GR Poulakis - Marine pollution bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
Although conservation efforts have reduced threats, the endangered smalltooth sawfish,
Pristis pectinata, is still at risk from anthropogenic effects such as entanglement in …

[PDF][PDF] 海洋动物营养生态位研究方法及其应用

李云凯, 陈子昂, 贡艺, 陈新军 - 热带海洋学报, 2021 - jto.ac.cn
食物资源对海洋动物的生存和繁衍至关重要. 海洋动物的营养生态位描述了其在海洋生态系统中
的生态地位及功能, 对分析种间关系和资源分配模式, 了解群落结构与功能具有重要的指示作用 …

Development and Use of an Environmental DNA Tool to Monitor Recovery of the Critically Endangered Smalltooth Sawfish, Pristis pectinata, in the Northwest Atlantic

RN Lehman - 2020 - aquila.usm.edu
Abstract The Critically Endangered Smalltooth Sawfish, Pristis pectinata, was once common
in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean; however, following global …