Complexities of stable carbon and nitrogen isotope biogeochemistry in ancient freshwater ecosystems: Implications for the study of past subsistence and …

E Guiry - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of human and animal tissues have become an
important means of studying both anthropogenic and natural food webs in aquatic …

An environmental (pre) history of European fishing: past and future archaeological contributions to sustainable fisheries

JH Barrett - Journal of Fish Biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This paper explores the past and potential contribution of archaeology to marine historical
ecology. The primary focus is European fishing of marine and diadromous taxa, with global …

A new insight into isotopic fractionation associated with decarboxylation in organisms: Implications for amino acid isotope approaches in biogeoscience

Y Takizawa, Y Takano, B Choi, PS Dharampal… - Progress in Earth and …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Stable nitrogen (15 N/14 N) and carbon (13 C/12 C) isotopic compositions of amino
acids in organisms have widely been employed as a powerful tool to evaluate resource …

Stable isotopes from museum specimens may provide evidence of long-term change in the trophic ecology of a migratory aerial insectivore

PA English, DJ Green, JJ Nocera - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Identifying the mechanisms of ecological change is challenging in the absence of long-term
data, but stable isotope ratios of museum specimen tissues may provide a record of diet and …

Trophic signatures of seabirds suggest shifts in oceanic ecosystems

TO Gagne, KD Hyrenbach, ME Hagemann… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Pelagic ecosystems are dynamic ocean regions whose immense natural capital is affected
by climate change, pollution, and commercial fisheries. Trophic level–based indicators …

Trophic position and foraging ecology of Ross, Weddell, and crabeater seals revealed by compound-specific isotope analysis

EK Brault, PL Koch, DP Costa, MD McCarthy… - Marine Ecology …, 2019 - int-res.com
Ross seals Ommatophoca rossii are one of the least studied marine mammals, with little
known about their foraging ecology. Research to date using bulk stable isotope analysis …

Long‐term ecological changes in marine mammals driven by recent warming in northwestern Alaska

P Szpak, M Buckley, CM Darwent… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon and nitrogen isotopes analyses were performed on marine mammal bone collagen
from three archaeological sites (ad 1170–1813) on Cape Espenberg (Kotzebue Sound …

Pacific walrus diet across 4000 years of changing sea ice conditions

CT Clark, L Horstmann, A de Vernal… - Quaternary …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Declining sea ice is expected to change the Arctic's physical and biological systems in ways
that are difficult to predict. This study used stable isotope compositions (δ13C and δ15N) of …

Long‐term dietary shift and population decline of a pelagic seabird—A health check on the tropical Atlantic?

SJ Reynolds, BJ Hughes, CP Wearn… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the face of accelerating ecological change to the world's oceans, seabirds are some of the
best bio‐indicators of marine ecosystem function. However, unravelling ecological changes …

Ontogeny of surface texture of limb bones in modern aquatic birds and applicability of textural ageing

J Watanabe - The Anatomical Record, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Despite its importance in various disciplines, a general method to assess ontogenetic ages
of skeletal and fossil specimens has been lacking for birds. Although the textural ageing …