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

DL Phillips, R Inger, S Bearhop… - Canadian Journal of …, 2014 - cdnsciencepub.com
Stable isotope mixing models are increasingly used to quantify consumer diets, but may be
misused and misinterpreted. We address major challenges to their effective application …

The relative importance of mangroves and seagrass beds as feeding areas for resident and transient fishes among different mangrove habitats in Florida and Belize …

A Vaslet, DL Phillips, C France, IC Feller… - Journal of Experimental …, 2012 - Elsevier
In the western Atlantic region, the contribution of mangrove food sources to fish diets has
been considered of more limited importance than previously expected due to the proximity of …

Complex food webs in highly diversified coral reefs: Insights from δ13C and δ15N stable isotopes

MJ Briand, X Bonnet, G Guillou, Y Letourneur - Food Webs, 2016 - Elsevier
We studied the trophic network architecture of the coral reef ecosystem of the New
Caledonian lagoon. To encompass the main tropic levels, we assayed carbon and nitrogen …

Evidence for habitat residency and isotopic niche partitioning in a marine-estuarine-dependent species associated with mangrove habitats from the east coast of …

C Muller, NA Strydom - Estuaries and Coasts, 2017 - Springer
Estuaries are valuable fish nurseries due, primarily, to an abundance of food and the
provision of shelter in a spatially heterogeneous area. Habitats within estuaries, however …

Trophic behaviour of juvenile reef fishes inhabiting interlinked mangrove–seagrass habitats in offshore mangrove islets

A Vaslet, DL Phillips, CAM France, IC Feller… - Journal of fish …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) and gut content analyses were used to investigate size‐
related feeding habits of four reef fishes (the beaugregory Stegastes leucostictus, the french …

Importance of seagrass-mangrove continuum as feeding grounds for juvenile pink ear emperor Lethrinus lentjan in Setiu Lagoon, Malaysia: Stable isotope approach

DQ Le, K Tanaka, YS Hii, Y Sano, K Nanjo… - Journal of Sea …, 2018 - Elsevier
The commercially important pink ear emperor fish, Lethrinus lentjan, often occurs as a
juvenile in subtropical and tropical interlinked mangrove and seagrass ecosystems, but little …

The morphology of the branchial skeleton of heterocongrines (Anguilliformes: Congridae) and its relation to their diet

JPCB DA SILVA - Zoology, 2024 - Elsevier
Members of the subfamily Heterocongrinae (Congridae) are a peculiar group of anguilliform
eels that construct sandy borrows, form large colonies, and are popularly recognized as …

Feeding Ecology of a Larval Fish Assemblage During its Passage Through a Coastal Inlet in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico

MJ Bromschwig, SJ Geist - Estuaries and Coasts, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Throughout the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), coastal inlets provide vital pathways for
marine fish larvae spawned offshore to reach estuarine nursery habitat. While survivorship …

Food habits of fishes in a subtropical seagrass bed in Nagura Bay, Ishigaki Island, southern Japan

M Shimizu, K Nanjo, I Tanita, K Kon… - Journal of the Marine …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Recent losses of seagrass beds have resulted in a decrease in seagrass-associated fishes,
highlighting the need for the improved management of such habitats and resources …

Stable isotope analysis as a tool to monitor dietary trends in little penguins Eudyptula minor

SA Flemming, Y van Heezik - Austral Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term dietary monitoring of seabirds can be used to relate population fluctuations to at‐
sea events. Stomach flushing is a conventional dietary monitoring technique, but has a …