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Choi, Bohyung, Won-Seok Kim, Chang Woo Ji, Min-Seob Kim, and Ihn-Sil Kwak. "Application of Combined Analyses of Stable Isotopes and Stomach Contents for Understanding Ontogenetic Niche Shifts in Silver Croaker (Pennahia argentata)." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 8 (April 13, 2021): 4073. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084073.
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Stable isotope analysis (SIA) and stomach content analysis (SCA) were conducted to understand ontogenetic niche shifts in silver croaker Pennahia argentata inhabiting the southern coastal waters of the Korean peninsula. Sampled P. argentata were classified into three groups based on their total length (TL; 60–80 mm TL, 80–120 mm TL, and 120–210 mm TL). Carbon isotope (δ13C) ratios were distinguishable, whereas nitrogen isotope (δ15N) ratios were not significantly different among size classes, and Standard Ellipse Area (SEA), estimated by δ13C and δ15N, was expanded with increasing TL from 0.2 ‰2 (60–80 mm TL) to 2.0 ‰2 (120–210 mm TL). SCA results showed variable contribution of dietary items to each size class. In particular, higher dietary contribution of Polychaeta to P. argentata of 80–120 mm TL than 120–210 mm TL mirrored variation in δ13C values of P. argentata in those size classes. Based on the combined analyses involving SIA and SCA, we concluded that P. argentata underwent ontogenetic niche shifts, particularly dietary shifts, with growth stages. Ontogenetic niche shifting is a representative survival strategy in fish, and, therefore, represents essential information for managing fisheries. The present study demonstrated applicability of combined SIA and SCA analyses, not only for dietary resource tracing, but also for ecological niche studies.
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Yun, Hee Young, Eun-Ji Won, Jisoo Choi, Yusang Cho, Da-Jung Lim, In-Seon Kim, and Kyung-Hoon Shin. "Stable Isotope Analysis of Residual Pesticides via High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Elemental Analyzer–Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry." Molecules 27, no. 23 (December 6, 2022): 8587. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27238587.
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To broaden the range of measurable pesticides for stable isotope analysis (SIA), we tested whether SIA of the anthranilic diamides cyantraniliprole (CYN) and chlorantraniliprole (CHL) can be achieved under elemental analyzer/isotope ratio mass spectrometry with compound purification in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Using this method, carbon isotope compositions were measured in pesticide residues extracted from plants (lettuce) grown indoors in potting soil that were treated with 500 mg/kg CHL and 250 mg/kg CYN and were followed up for 45 days. Our results show that the CYN and CHL standard materials did not have significant isotope differences before and after clean-up processing in HPLC. Further, when applied to the CYN product and CHL product in soil, stable isotope differences between the soil and plant were observed at <1.0‰ throughout the incubation period. There was a slight increase in the variability of pesticide isotope ratio detected with longer-term incubation (CHL, on average 1.5‰). Overall, we measured the carbon isotope ratio of target pesticides from HPLC fraction as the purification and pre-concentration step for environmental and biological samples. Such negligible isotopic differences in pesticide residues in soils and plants 45 days after application confirmed the potential of CSIA to quantify pesticide behavior in environments.
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Albrecht, Míriam Pilz, Andressa da Silva Reis, Vinicius Neres-Lima, and Eugenia Zandonà. "ISÓTOPOS ESTÁVEIS E OUTRAS FERRAMENTAS EM ESTUDOS TRÓFICOS DE PEIXES EM RIACHOS TROPICAIS." Oecologia Australis 25, no. 02 (June 16, 2021): 283–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.4257/oeco.2021.2502.05.
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Stable isotope analysis (SIA) has become an essential tool in Ecology, being increasingly used in studies of fish in tropical streams. The SIA allows to reconstruct the animals' diet and its intraspecific variation, to trace the contributions of the main basal resources throughout the food web, to calculate trophic position and trophic niche, including niche overlap and its alterations, and to build food webs. The SIA is also used to understand the impact of environmental changes on fish communities and other aquatic organisms. The number of such studies is increasing in Brazil, but there are still several gaps. In this study, we present the basic concepts on stable isotopes analysis in trophic studies of stream fish - especially those of carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen - their premises, uses and limitations, presenting examples from tropical streams. We also explore new conceptual tools in this area, still not used for stream fish in Brazil, such as fatty acids, stable isotopes in specific compounds, nutritional geometry and ecological stoichiometry concepts such as the Threshold Elemental Ratio.
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Ocock, J. F., K. J. Brandis, B. J. Wolfenden, K. M. Jenkins, and S. Wassens. "Gut content and stable isotope analysis of tadpoles in floodplain wetlands." Australian Journal of Zoology 66, no. 4 (2018): 261. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo18043.
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Larval amphibians (tadpoles) are an important link in aquatic food webs, as they can be highly abundant consumers and prey for a wide variety of predators. Most tadpoles are considered omnivores, predominately grazing on algae, detritus and macrophytes, though recent work has identified greater plasticity and breadth in diet than previously considered. We used gut content and stable isotope analysis (SIA) in a baseline study to determine the important dietary items (ingested material) and food sources (assimilated material) for tadpoles of two abundant generalist frog species in regulated floodplain wetlands of the Murrumbidgee River, south-east Australia. We identified a wide variety of dietary items in the gut contents, including whole microcrustaceans, filamentous algae and macrophytes. The composition of several ingested food items was correlated with their availability in each wetland. However, SIA identified biofilm as the food source most consistently assimilated across several wetlands, though microcrustaceans and algae contributed when abundant. Biofilm is likely the most important basal food item for tadpoles in floodplain wetlands because it is ubiquitous and has a high nutritional quality. Identifying important food sources is a crucial step towards developing management strategies for promoting tadpole recruitment in regulated wetlands.
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Bélouard, Nadège, Eric J. Petit, Dominique Huteau, Adrien Oger, and Jean-Marc Paillisson. "Fins are relevant non-lethal surrogates for muscle to measure stable isotopes in amphibians." Knowledge & Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, no. 420 (2019): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2018040.
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Stable isotope analyses (SIA) are now widely used in ecology research to quantify the trophic implications of a large range of ecological processes. Non-destructive sampling methods have been successfully developed for most vertebrates, but the validation of such methods is missing in amphibians. Filling this methodological gap is critical to reduce the significant lack of knowledge on the trophic ecology of this imperilled group. The relevance of tail fin as a surrogate for muscle, a tissue routinely used for SIA, was assessed in four amphibian species, including tadpoles and adult newts, by (1) testing the link between the isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in fin and muscle, and addressing the additional practical issues of (2) the effects of a topical anaesthetic on isotope ratios, and (3) the minimum quantities of fin needed for SIA to limit the severity of sampling. The isotope ratios were highly correlated between the two tissues in all four species. Equations were provided to predict muscle estimates from fin values for each species separately and grouped by their taxonomic order (anurans or urodeles), which represent a valuable solution for any other species. Topical anaesthetics had little influence on isotope ratios, and the surface of tail fin needed for SIA was small. We conclude that the tail fin of amphibians can be used as a non-lethal surrogate for muscle in SIA, and this offers promising prospects for research on the trophic ecology of amphibians, and potentially on their conservation.
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Nolan, Emma T., and J. Robert Britton. "Diet of invasive pikeperch Sander lucioperca: developing non-destructive tissue sampling for stable isotope analysis with comparisons to stomach contents analysis." Knowledge & Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, no. 419 (2018): 49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2018037.
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Impact assessments of invasive piscivorous fishes usually rely on dietary analyses to quantify their predation pressure on prey communities. Stomach contents analysis (SCA), typically a destructive sampling method, is frequently used for this. However, many invasive piscivores are exploited by catch-and-release sport angling, with destructive sampling often not feasible. Stable isotope analysis (SIA) provides an alternative dietary analysis tool to SCA, with use of fin tissue, scales and/or epidermal mucus potentially enabling its non-destructive application. Here, the diet of a population of pikeperch Sander lucioperca, an invasive sport fish to Great Britain, was investigated by applying SIA to a range of tissues. Testing SI data of dorsal muscle (destructive sampling) versus fin, scale and mucus (non-destructive sampling) revealed highly significant relationships, indicating that the tissues collected non-destructively can be reliably applied to pikeperch diet assessments. Application of these SI data to Bayesian mixing models predicted that as S. lucioperca length increased, their diet shifted from macro-invertebrates to fish. Although similar ontogenetic patterns were evident in SCA, this was inhibited by 54% of fish having empty stomachs. Nevertheless, SCA revealed that as S. lucioperca length increased, their prey size significantly increased. However, the prey:predator length ratios ranged between 0.08 and 0.38, indicating most prey were relatively small. These results suggest that when non-destructive sampling is required for dietary analyses of sport fishes, SIA can be applied using fin, scales and/ or mucus. However, where destructive sampling has been completed, SCA provides complementary dietary insights, especially in relation to prey size.
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Nakayama, K., Y. Maruya, K. Matsumoto, M. Komata, K. Komai, and T. Kuwae. "Estimation of nutrient contributions from the ocean across a river basin using stable isotope analysis." Biogeosciences Discussions 12, no. 7 (April 14, 2015): 5535–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-12-5535-2015.
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Abstract. Since marine derived nutrients (MDN) are transported not only in river channels but also across the entire river basin, including via ground water and migratory animals, it is necessary to investigate the contribution of MDN to the forest floor (soils) in order to quantify the true role of MDN at the river ecosystem scale. This study investigated the contribution of pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) and chum salmon (O. keta) to total oceanic nitrogen (TN) input across a river basin using stable isotope analysis (SIA) of nitrogen (δ15N). The contribution of TN entering the river basin by salmon was 23.8 % relative to the total amount of TN exported from the river basin, providing a first estimate of MDN export for a river basin. The contribution of nitrogen from the ocean to the river basin soils was between 22.9 and 23.8 %. Furthermore, SIA showed that the transport of oceanic TN by sea eagles (Haliaeetus spp.) was greater than that by bears (Ursus arctos), which had previously been that bears are thought to be the major animal transporter of nutrients in the northern part of Japan.
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Carlisle, Aaron B., Steven Y. Litvin, Daniel J. Madigan, Kady Lyons, Jennifer S. Bigman, Melissa Ibarra, and Joseph J. Bizzarro. "Interactive effects of urea and lipid content confound stable isotope analysis in elasmobranch fishes." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74, no. 3 (March 2017): 419–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2015-0584.
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Stable isotope analysis (SIA) is becoming a commonly used tool to study the ecology of elasmobranchs. However, the retention of urea by elasmobranchs for osmoregulatory purposes may bias the analysis and interpretation of SIA data. We examined the effects of removing urea and lipid on the stable isotope composition of 14 species of sharks, skates, and rays from the eastern North Pacific Ocean. While effects were variable across taxa, removal of urea generally increased δ15N and C:N. Urea removal had less influence on δ13C, whereas extracting urea and lipid generally increased δ15N, C:N, and δ13C. Because C:N values of nonextracted tissues are often used to infer lipid content and adjust δ13C, shifts in C:N following urea extraction will change the inferred lipid content and bias any mathematical adjustment of δ13C. These results highlight the importance of urea and lipid extraction and demonstrate the confounding effects of these compounds, making it impossible to use C:N of non-urea-extracted samples as a diagnostic tool to estimate and correct for lipid content in elasmobranch tissues.
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France, Robert. "Critical examination of stable isotope analysis as a means for tracing carbon pathways in stream ecosystems." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52, no. 3 (March 1, 1995): 651–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f95-065.
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Existing data conflict as to the capability of stable isotope analysis (SIA) for distinguishing carbon pathways in stream ecosystems. I compiled 803 published measurements of δ13C for allochthonous litter and both lotic attached algae and consumers to search for general patterns that transcend individual studies. Half of the fishes and 30% of the invertebrates exhibited δ13C values outside the range that could be ascribed to allochthonous litter. The enormous variability in attached algal δ13C from −40 to −20‰ (mean ± SD = −29 ± 4) completely enveloped that observed for terrestrial leaf litter (mean = −28 ± 1‰). Therefore, for 50% of the fishes and 70% of the invertebrates it was impossible to discriminate between allochthonous and autochthonous carbon dependency. Faunal δ13C did not change in any quantitatively predictable manner with removal of riparian trees. Three conclusions are possible from this secondary analysis: (1) autotrophic pathways within forested headwaters are much more important to lotic foodwebs than would be suggested by their particulate inputs alone; (2) the great variability in attached algal δ13C may often preclude use of SIA for identifying carbon pathways in stream ecosystems; thus (3) the utility of carbon SIA in understanding anthropogenic alterations to the carbon budget of streams is presently minimal.
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Rogers, J. Daniel. "STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS AND DIET IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA." Southeastern Archaeology 30, no. 1 (June 2011): 96–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/sea.2011.30.1.007.
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Owings, Charity G., William P. Gilhooly, and Christine J. Picard. "Blow fly stable isotopes reveal larval diet: A case study in community level anthropogenic effects." PLOS ONE 16, no. 4 (April 14, 2021): e0249422. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249422.
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Response to human impacts on the environment are typically initiated too late to remediate negative consequences. We present the novel use of stable isotope analysis (SIA) of blow flies to determine human influences on vertebrate communities in a range of human-inhabited environments, from a pristine national park to a dense metropolitan area. The refrain “you are what you eat” applies to the dietary isotope record of all living organisms, and for carrion-breeding blow flies, this translates to the type of carcasses present in an environment. Specifically, we show that carnivore carcasses make up a large proportion of the adult fly’s prior larval diet, which contrasts to what has been reportedly previously for the wild adult fly diet (which consists of mostly herbivore resources). Additionally, we reveal the potential impact of human food on carcasses that were fed on by blow flies, underscoring the human influences on wild animal populations. Our results demonstrate that using SIA in conjunction with other methods (e.g., DNA analysis of flies) can reveal a comprehensive snapshot of the vertebrate community in a terrestrial ecosystem.
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Dubé, Monique G., Glenn A. Benoy, Sandra Blenkinsopp, Jenny-Marie Ferone, Robert B. Brua, and Leonard I. Wassenaar. "Application of Multi-stable Isotope (13C, 15N, 34S, 37Cl) Assays to Assess Spatial Separation of Fish (Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus) in an Area Receiving Complex Effluents." Water Quality Research Journal 40, no. 3 (August 1, 2005): 275–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wqrj.2005.033.
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Abstract Incorporation of stable isotope analysis (SIA) into routine environmental effects monitoring programs of receiving waters may enable determination of the spatial extent of biotic exposure and discrimination among sources of complex effluents. To evaluate this hypothesis, longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) were collected from four sites along the Athabasca River, Alberta (upstream reference site, two sites downstream of effluents from two pulp and paper mills, and a site downstream of effluent from a municipal sewage treatment plant). Stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and chlorine were analyzed in bone, gonad, liver and white muscle tissues of the fish. In general, most sites and tissues differed according to δ13C, δ15N and δ34S values. Also, an interaction between site and tissue was observed for δ15N values. A better insight into the usefulness of stable isotopes was obtained through the use of multivariate discriminant function analysis. δ15N and δ34S signatures of gonad and liver tissues of males were most effective at classifying fish according to site (~70% for both tissues). For all tissues except bone, fish from the upstream reference site were most separable from all others, especially females. δ37Cl values for female gonads and male livers were related to sites downstream of the pulp and paper mills. Future research should routinely include SIA of fish tissues, but also of effluents, receiving waters and food web components to better resolve links between specific effluents and fish exposure.
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Torniainen, Jyrki, Pekka J. Vuorinen, Roger I. Jones, Marja Keinänen, Stefan Palm, Kristiina A. M. Vuori, and Mikko Kiljunen. "Migratory connectivity of two Baltic Sea salmon populations: retrospective analysis using stable isotopes of scales." ICES Journal of Marine Science 71, no. 2 (September 16, 2013): 336–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fst153.
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Abstract Torniainen, J., Vuorinen, P. J., Jones, R. I., Keinänen, M., Palm, S., Vuori, K. A. M., and Kiljunen, M. 2014. Migratory connectivity of two Baltic Sea salmon populations: retrospective analysis using stable isotopes of scales. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 71: 336–344. Migratory connectivity refers to the extent to which individuals of a migratory population behave in unison, and has significant consequences for the ecology, evolution and conservation of migratory animals. We made a retrospective assessment of the migratory connectivity of River Simojoki and River Kymijoki populations of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. by using stable isotope analysis of archived scales to identify the final feeding areas used before ascending rivers for spawning. We also tested differences in migratory connectivity between wild and hatchery-reared salmon and compared Carlin-tag recoveries with salmon scale stable isotope analysis as methods for studying salmon migrations. Stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) values from the last growth region of scales from salmon caught ascending their natal rivers were compared via discriminant analysis with those from scales of salmon caught in different Baltic Sea areas during 1989–2011. Most River Simojoki salmon had likely fed in the Baltic Proper (mean ± SD for ascending fish probability 0.59 ± 0.32) with secondary likely feeding areas in the Bothnian Sea (0.21 ± 0.26) and the Gulf of Finland (0.20 ± 0.27). Most River Kymijoki salmon had likely fed in the Gulf of Finland (0.71 ± 0.42) with the Baltic Proper (0.29 ± 0.41) a secondary feeding area. The results did not indicate the Bothnian Sea to be an important feeding area. The two salmon populations showed weak migratory connectivity and rather fixed areal preference throughout the record irrespective of wild or stocked origin. Although the results from the scale stable isotope analyses were broadly consistent with previously reported Carlin-tag recoveries, we argue that the stable isotope approach offers several important advantages in the study of salmon migratory behaviour.
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McMahon, Kelton W., Marilyn L. Fogel, Beverly J. Johnson, Leah A. Houghton, and Simon R. Thorrold. "A new method to reconstruct fish diet and movement patterns from δ13C values in otolith amino acids." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 68, no. 8 (August 2011): 1330–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f2011-070.
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Fish ecologists have used geochemical values in otoliths to examine habitat use, migration, and population connectivity for decades. However, it remains difficult to determine an unambiguous dietary δ13C signature from bulk analysis of otolith. Studies to date have focused on the aragonite component of otoliths with less attention paid to the organic fraction. We describe the application of compound-specific stable isotope analysis (SIA) to analyze amino acid (AA) δ13C values from small amounts (<1 mg) of otolith powder. We examined δ13C values of otolith and muscle AAs from a reef-associated snapper (Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters, 1869)) collected along a carbon isotope gradient (isoscape) from seagrass beds to coral reefs. Carbon isotope values in otolith and muscle samples were highly correlated within and among coastal habitats. Moreover, δ13C values of otolith AAs provided a purely dietary record that avoided dilution from dissolved inorganic carbon. Otolith AAs served as a robust tracer of δ13C values at the base of the food web, making compound-specific SIA a powerful tool for dietary reconstructions and tracking the movement of fishes across isoscapes.
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Muro-Torres, Víctor M., Felipe Amezcua, Raul E. Lara-Mendoza, John T. Buszkiewicz, and Felipe Amezcua-Linares. "Trophic ecology of the chihuil sea catfish (Bagre panamensis) in the south-east Gulf of California, México." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 98, no. 4 (February 27, 2017): 885–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315417000170.
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The trophic ecology of the chihuil sea catfish Bagre panamensis was studied through high-resolution variations in its feeding habits and trophic position (TP) in the SE Gulf of California, relevant to sex, size and season. The combined use of stomach content (SCA) and stable isotope analysis (SIA) allowed us to perform these analyses and also estimate the TP of its preys. Results of this study show that the chihuil sea catfish is a generalist and opportunistic omnivore predator that consumes primarily demersal fish and peneid shrimps. Its diet did not vary with climatic season (rainy or dry), size or sex. Results from the SIA indicated high plasticity in habitat use and prey species. The estimated TP value was 4.19, which indicates a tertiary consumer from the soft bottom demersal community in the SE Gulf of California, preying on lower trophic levels, which aids in understanding the species' trophic role in the food web. Because this species and its prey are important to artisanal and industrial fisheries in the Gulf of California, diet assimilation information is useful for the potential establishment of an ecosystem-based fisheries management in the area.
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Plaza, Jeszianlenn L., Ephrime B. Metillo, and Marites B. Sanguila. "Trophic ecology of syntopic anurans of tropical stream communities." Journal of Tropical Ecology 37, no. 3 (May 2021): 109–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467421000158.
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AbstractWe investigated trophic resource partitioning in seven syntopic anurans from low- and mid-elevation stream habitats of a tropical riparian ecosystem by utilising stomach content analysis (SCA) and stable isotope analysis (SIA). Our SCA data revealed dietary similarities, narrow trophic niche breadth, and low dietary niche overlap in Ansonia muelleri, Limnonectes magnus, Occidozyga laevis, Megophrys stejnegeri, Pulchrana grandocula, Sanguirana mearnsi, and Staurois natator which could be attributed to these anurans’ selection of available local prey items. We confirmed ant-specialisation (myrmecophagy) of the Mindanao island endemic bufonid A. muelleri based on our temporal SCA dietary data. Our SIA estimates of assimilation of potential prey sources confirmed that L. magnus, P. grandocula, and O. laevis are generalist predators, opportunistically feeding on locally abundant insect prey items. This study on trophic resource partitioning in syntopic anurans provides the first picture of trophic interactions, i.e., predation and competition in stream communities in tropical riparian zones of a watershed ecosystem in northeast Mindanao of the southern Philippines.
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Dempson, J. Brian, Victoria A. Braithwaite, Denis Doherty, and Michael Power. "Stable isotope analysis of marine feeding signatures of Atlantic salmon in the North Atlantic." ICES Journal of Marine Science 67, no. 1 (September 25, 2009): 52–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsp227.
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Abstract Dempson, J. B., Braithwaite, V. A., Doherty, D., and Power, M. 2010. Stable isotope analysis of marine feeding signatures of Atlantic salmon in the North Atlantic. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 67: 52–61. Differences in the marine feeding of three geographically distinct populations of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in the North Atlantic (Conne River, Newfoundland; Koksoak River, Ungava Bay, Québec; River Erne, northwest Ireland) were examined using analyses of stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen (δ13C and δ15N) and contrasted with isotope signatures obtained from a sample of salmon of unknown origin captured in the Labrador Sea. Although the overall range of δ13C and δ15N values (δ13C: from −22.42 to −19.37; δ15N: from 10.70 to 13.38) was similar to that reported by others, significant differences were found among populations and between different sea-age life-history groups. Reported differences in marine feeding between populations from the Northeast and Northwest Atlantic corroborated the stable isotope results. A surrogate measure of lipid content, the C:N ratio, was also compared among 1-sea-winter salmon. The highest levels were associated with the Koksoak River, suggesting that Subarctic populations may require higher energy reserves to contend with their longer migrations and more-severe environmental conditions.
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Kita, N. T., J. M. Huberty, R. Kozdon, B. L. Beard, and J. W. Valley. "High-precision SIMS oxygen, sulfur and iron stable isotope analyses of geological materials: accuracy, surface topography and crystal orientation." Surface and Interface Analysis 43, no. 1-2 (May 11, 2010): 427–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sia.3424.
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Kim, Songyi, Yeongcheol Han, Soon Do Hur, Kei Yoshimura, and Jeonghoon Lee. "Relating Moisture Transport to Stable Water Vapor Isotopic Variations of Ambient Wintertime along the Western Coast of Korea." Atmosphere 10, no. 12 (December 12, 2019): 806. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos10120806.
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Atmospheric water vapor transfers energy, causes meteorological phenomena and can be modified by climate change in the western coast region of Korea. In Korea, previous studies have utilized precipitation isotopic compositions in the water cycle for correlations with climate variables, but there are few studies using water vapor isotopes. In this study, water vapor was directly collected by a cryogenic method, analyzed for its isotopic compositions, and used to trace the origin and history of water vapor in the western coastal region of Korea during the winter of 2015/2016. Our analysis of paired mixing ratios with water vapor isotopes can explain the mechanism of water vapor isotopic fractionation and the extent of the mixing of two different air masses. We confirm the correlation between water vapor isotopes and meteorological parameters such as temperature, relative humidity, and specific humidity. The main water vapor in winter was derived from the continental polar region of northern Asia and showed an enrichment of 10 per mil (δ18O) through the evaporation of the Yellow Sea. Our results demonstrate the utility of using ground-based isotope observations as a complementary resource for constraining isotope-enabled Global Circulation Model in future investigations of atmospheric water cycles. These measurements are expected to support climate studies (speleothem) in the west coast region of Korea.
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Im, Dong-Hoon, and Hae-Lip Suh. "Trophic Positions of Sympatric Copepods across the Subpolar Front of the East Sea during Spring: A Stable Isotope Approach." Water 15, no. 3 (January 19, 2023): 416. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w15030416.
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We investigated the trophic relationship between particulate organic matter (POM) and sympatric copepods within the epipelagic zone (~200 m depth) in the East Sea during spring based on stable isotope analysis (SIA). The SIA indicated that interspecific differences in the prey size and vertical segregation of feeding migration range among copepods may promote niche partitioning among sympatric copepods in each region of the subpolar front (SPF). Additionally, our results showed remarkable differences in the copepod community structure and resource utilization across the SPF. The south region of the East Sea showed higher species richness of copepods than the north region, while copepods that fed mainly on POM in the surface and subsurface chlorophyll maximum layers showed smaller body sizes in the south region. These results revealed that the food chain between primary producers and higher trophic levels was longer in the south region than in the north region. Additionally, δ13C and δ15N values of copepods increased gradually with the body size increase whereas δ15N values in the north region showed the reverse trend. Latter results could be attributed to the consumption of deep-layer POM in small copepods. Therefore, we suggest that northward shifts in the distribution of copepods under global warming may decrease energy efficiency in the pelagic ecosystem of the East Sea.
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Kelsey, Eric P., Cameron P. Wake, Kaplan Yalcin, and Karl Kreutz. "Eclipse Ice Core Accumulation and Stable Isotope Variability as an Indicator of North Pacific Climate." Journal of Climate 25, no. 18 (April 25, 2012): 6426–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-11-00389.1.
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Abstract The high accumulation rate and negligible amount of melt at Eclipse Icefield (3017 m) in the Saint Elias Range of Yukon, Canada, allows for the preservation of a high-resolution isotopic and glaciochemical records valuable for reconstruction of climatic variables. Each of the three Eclipse ice cores have a well-constrained depth–age scale with dozens of reference horizons over the twentieth century that permits an exceptional level of confidence in the results of the current calibration exercise. Stacked time series of accumulation and stable isotopes were divided into cold and warm seasons and seasons of extreme high and extreme low accumulation and stable isotope values (eight groups). For each group, season-averaged composites of 500-hPa geopotential height grids, and the individual seasons that constitute them, were analyzed to elucidate common anomalous flow patterns. This analysis shows that the most fractionated isotopes and lowest accumulation cold seasons reflect a more zonal height pattern in the North Pacific associated with negative Pacific–North American (PNA) and Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO) indices. Conversely, the least fractionated isotopes and highest accumulation cold seasons are associated with a positive PNA pattern. Although only a maximum of approximately 20% of the total number of accumulation and stable isotope seasons exhibit a relatively consistent relationship with 500-hPa geopotential height patterns, these results support the hypothesis that the most extreme accumulation and extreme isotope cold-season values in the Saint Elias Mountains are related to consistent atmospheric circulation and oceanic sea surface temperature patterns.
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Keaveney, Evelyn M., Paula J. Reimer, and Robert H. Foy. "Young, Old, and Weathered Carbon—Part 2: Using Radiocarbon and Stable Isotopes to Identify Terrestrial Carbon Support of the Food Web in an Alkaline, Humic Lake." Radiocarbon 57, no. 3 (2015): 425–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.2458/azu_rc.57.18355.
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Carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stable isotope analysis (SIA) has been used to identify the terrestrial subsidy of freshwater food webs. However, SIA fails to differentiate between the contributions of old and recently fixed terrestrial C and consequently cannot fully determine the source, age, and biochemical quality of terrestrial carbon. Natural abundance radiocarbon (Δ14C) was used to examine the age and origin of carbon in Lower Lough Erne, Northern Ireland. 14C and stable isotope values were obtained from invertebrate, algae, and fish samples, and the results indicate that terrestrial organic C is evident at all trophic levels. High winter δ15N values in calanoid zooplankton (δ15N = 24‰) relative to phytoplankton and particulate organic matter (δ15N = 6‰ and 12‰, respectively) may reflect several microbial trophic levels between terrestrial C and calanoid invertebrates. Winter and summer calanoid Δ14C values show a seasonal switch between autochthonous and terrestrial carbon sources. Fish Δ14C values indicate terrestrial support at the highest trophic levels in littoral and pelagic food webs. 14C therefore is useful in attributing the source of carbon in freshwater in addition to tracing the pathway of terrestrial carbon through the food web.
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Hussain, Shakir, Song Xianfang, Iqtidar Hussain, Liu Jianrong, Han Dong Mei, Yang Li Hu, and Wei Huang. "Controlling Factors of the Stable Isotope Composition in the Precipitation of Islamabad, Pakistan." Advances in Meteorology 2015 (2015): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/817513.
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Significant temporal variations inδ18O and deuterium isotopes were found in the rainfall water of Islamabad, Pakistan, over a 15-year period (1992–2006). The data were obtained from the International Atomic Energy Agency/Global Network of Isotopes in Precipitation (IAEA/GNIP) database, and statistical correlations were investigated. In particular, this study provides the first detailed analysis of GNIP data for Islamabad. Both dry (1999-2000) and wet years (1994, 1997, and 2000) were chosen to investigate the correlations between precipitation amount, vapor flux, and temperature. We observed obvious differences between the dry and wet years and among seasons as well. Long-term features in the isotope composition agreed with the global meteorological water line, whereas short-term values followed rainfall amounts; that is, a total of 72% of the precipitation’s isotopic signature was dependent on the rainfall amount, and temperature controlled 73% of the isotopic features during October to May. The lowerd-excess values were attributed to conditions during the spring season and a secondary evaporation boost during dry years; precipitation originating from the Mediterranean Sea showed highd-excess values. Overall, the results of this study contribute to the understanding of precipitation variations and their association with water vapor transport over Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Vollrath, Sabrina Radunz, Bianca Possamai, Fabiana Schneck, David Joseph Hoeinghaus, Edélti Faria Albertoni, and Alexandre Miranda Garcia. "Trophic niches and diet shifts of juvenile mullet species coexisting in marine and estuarine habitats." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 101, no. 2 (March 2021): 431–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315421000242.
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AbstractFood partitioning among coexisting species is often considered advantageous to minimize niche overlap and avoid inter-specific competition. Congeneric fish species such as the mullets Mugil curema and Mugil liza, which co-occur across marine and estuarine habitats, are good models to evaluate resource use and niche overlap or partitioning. We used stomach contents (SCA) and stable isotope analysis (SIA) to assess potential trophic shifts and changes in niche overlap associated with the mullets transitioning from marine to estuarine habitats. SIA included different fractions of organic matter in suspension and in the sediment to estimate the contribution of micro, nano and pico-organisms to the mullets’ diets. We hypothesized higher resource partitioning in the less resource-diverse system (marine surf-zone) than in the more diverse one (estuary). SCA showed diet differences between M. curema and M. liza according to the habitat. They showed distinct diets in the marine area (P < 0.001), but similar diets in the estuary (P = 0.226). A lower niche breadth was observed for both species in the marine area (M. curema = 0.03, M. liza = 0.06) compared with the estuary (M. curema = 0.14, M. liza = 0.16). Isotopic niches of both species were higher in the estuary (64.7%) compared with the marine area (0.7%). These findings corroborated our hypothesis of higher food partitioning in the marine surf-zone. We also demonstrated using SIA the shift from planktonic to benthic feeding following the recruitment of the mullets from the surf-zone into the estuary.
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Nakayama, K., Y. Maruya, K. Matsumoto, M. Komata, K. Komai, and T. Kuwae. "Estimation of nutrient contributions from the ocean across a river basin using stable isotope analysis." Biogeosciences Discussions 12, no. 21 (November 11, 2015): 18185–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-12-18185-2015.
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Abstract. Total nitrogen (TN), which consists of total particulate nitrogen (TPN) and total dissolved nitrogen (TDN), is transported with not only in river channels but also across the entire river basin, including via ground water and migratory animals. In general, TPN export from an entire river basin to the ocean is larger than TDN in a mountainous region. Since marine derived nutrients (MDN) are hypothesized to be mainly transported as suspended matters from the ground surface, it is necessary to investigate the contribution of MDN to the forest floor (soils) in order to quantify the true role of MDN at the river ecosystem scale. This study investigated TN export from an entire river basin, and also we estimated the contribution of pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) and chum salmon (O. keta) to total oceanic nitrogen input across a river basin. The maximum potential contribution of TN entering the river basin by salmon was found to be 23.8 % relative to the total amount of TN exported from the river basin. The contribution of particulate nitrogen based on suspended sediment from the ocean to the river basin soils was 22.9 % with SD of 3.6 % by using stable isotope analysis (SIA) of nitrogen (δ15N).
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Le-Alvarado, Meliza, Alfonsina E. Romo-Curiel, Oscar Sosa-Nishizaki, Oscar Hernández-Sánchez, Leticia Barbero, and Sharon Z. Herzka. "Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) foraging habitat and trophic position in the Gulf of Mexico based on intrinsic isotope tracers." PLOS ONE 16, no. 2 (February 24, 2021): e0246082. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246082.
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Yellowfin tuna (YFT, Thunnus albacares) is a commercially important species targeted by fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico (GM). Previous studies suggest a high degree of residency in the northern GM, although part of the population performs movements to southern Mexican waters. Whether YFT caught in southern waters also exhibit residency or migrate to the northern gulf is currently uncertain, and little is known regarding their trophic ecology. The isotopic composition (bulk & amino acids) of YFT muscle and liver tissues were compared to a zooplankton-based synoptic isoscape from the entire GM to infer feeding areas and estimate Trophic Position (TP). The spatial distribution of δ15Nbulk and δ15NPhe values of zooplankton indicated two distinct isotopic baselines: one with higher values in the northern GM likely driven by denitrification over the continental shelf, and another in the central-southern gulf, where nitrogen fixation predominates. Based on the contribution of the two regional isotopic baselines to YFT tissues, broad feeding areas were inferred, with a greater contribution of the northern GM (over a one-year time scale by muscle), and to a lesser extent in the central-southern GM (over the ca. 6-month scale by liver). This was corroborated by similarities in δ15NPhe values between YFT and the northern GM. TP estimates were calculated based on stable isotope analysis of bulk (SIA) and compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA-AA) of the canonical source and trophic amino acids. Mean TP based on SIA was 4.9 ± 1.0 and mean TP based on CSIA-A was 3.9 ± 0.2. YFT caught within the Mexican region seem to feed in northern and in central and southern GM, while feeding in the northern GM has a temporal component. Thus, management strategies need to consider that YFT caught in US and Mexican waters are a shared binational resource that exhibit feeding migrations within the GM.
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Thurnherr, Iris, and Franziska Aemisegger. "Disentangling the impact of air–sea interaction and boundary layer cloud formation on stable water isotope signals in the warm sector of a Southern Ocean cyclone." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 22, no. 15 (August 12, 2022): 10353–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-10353-2022.
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Abstract. Stable water isotopes in marine boundary layer water vapour are strongly influenced by the strength of air–sea fluxes. Air–sea fluxes in the extratropics are modulated by the large-scale atmospheric flow, for instance by the advection of warm and moist air masses in the warm sector of extratropical cyclones. A distinct isotopic composition of the water vapour in the latter environment has been observed over the Southern Ocean during the 2016/2017 Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE). Most prominently, the secondary isotope variable deuterium excess (d=δ2H–8⋅δ18O) shows negative values in the cyclones’ warm sector. In this study, three mechanisms are proposed and evaluated to explain these observed negative d values. We present three single-process air parcel models, which simulate the evolution of δ2H, δ18O, d and specific humidity in an air parcel induced by decreasing ocean evaporation, dew deposition and upstream cloud formation. Simulations with the isotope-enabled numerical weather prediction model COSMOiso, which have previously been validated using observations from the ACE campaign, are used to (i) validate the air parcel models, (ii) quantify the relevance of the three processes for stable water isotopes in the warm sector of the investigated extratropical cyclone and (iii) study the extent of non-linear interactions between the different processes. This analysis shows that we are able to simulate the evolution of d during the air parcel's transport in a realistic way with the mechanistic approach of using single-process air parcel models. Most importantly, we find that decreasing ocean evaporation and dew deposition lead to the strongest d decrease in near-surface water vapour in the warm sector and that upstream cloud formation plays a minor role. By analysing COSMOiso backward trajectories we show that the persistent low d values observed in the warm sector of extratropical cyclones are not a result of material conservation of low d. Instead, the latter Eulerian feature is sustained by the continuous production of low d values due to air–sea interactions in new air parcels entering the warm sector. These results improve our understanding of the relative importance of air–sea interaction and boundary layer cloud formation on the stable water isotope variability of near-surface marine boundary layer water vapour. To elucidate the role of hydrometeor–vapour interactions for the stable water isotope variability in the upper parts of the marine boundary layer, future studies should focus on high-resolution vertical isotope profiles.
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Trueman, Clive N., Kirsteen M. MacKenzie, and Martin R. Palmer. "Stable isotopes reveal linkages between ocean climate, plankton community dynamics, and survival of two populations of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)." ICES Journal of Marine Science 69, no. 5 (July 1, 2012): 784–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss066.
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Abstract Trueman, C. N., MacKenzie, K. M., and Palmer, M. R. 2012. Stable isotopes reveal linkages between ocean climate, plankton community dynamics, and survival of two populations of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 69: 784–794. An 18-year record of stable isotopes from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) migrating to two different regions of the North Atlantic reveals climate-driven subdecadal variations. Time-series of carbon isotopes in one salmon stock, thought to feed in the Faroes/Iceland Basin area, show Subpolar Gyre (SPG) modal variability, which is not seen in fish feeding in the Norwegian Sea. At times of weak SPG circulation, when waters in the Iceland Basin are relatively warm, carbon isotope values are somewhat negative, suggesting possible changes in phytoplankton community structure. The fluctuations in plankton community dynamics suggested by the stable isotope values are coincident with fluctuations in the estimates of marine mortality in one sea-winter fish feeding in the Norwegian Sea, but not in those feeding in the Iceland Basin. Marine mortality in salmon feeding in the Iceland Basin is therefore likely to be more strongly influenced by factors other than bottom–up control. Time-series analysis of stable isotopes in consumer tissues provides information on the interaction between climate and ecosystem dynamics on the scale of individual stocks and cohorts.
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Pizarro, Jessica, Felipe Docmac, and Chris Harrod. "Clarifying a trophic black box: stable isotope analysis reveals unexpected dietary variation in the Peruvian anchovy Engraulis ringens." PeerJ 7 (May 15, 2019): e6968. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6968.
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Background Small fishes play fundamental roles in pelagic ecosystems, channelling energy and nutrients from primary producers to higher trophic levels. They support globally important fisheries in eastern boundary current ecosystems like the Humboldt Current System (HCS) of the SE Pacific (Chile and Peru), where fish catches are the highest in the world (per unit area). This production is associated with coastal upwelling where fisheries target small pelagic fishes including the Peruvian anchovy (Engraulis ringens). The elevated biomass attained by small pelagics is thought to reflect their low trophic position in short/simple food chains. Despite their global importance, large gaps exist in our understanding of the basic ecology of these resources. For instance, there is an ongoing debate regarding the relative importance of phytoplankton versus animal prey in anchovy diet, and ecosystem models typically assign them a trophic position (TP) of ∼2, assuming they largely consume phytoplankton. Recent work based on both relative energetic content and stable isotope analysis (SIA) suggests that this value is too low, with δ15N values indicating that anchovy TP is ca. 3.5 in the Peruvian HCS. Methods We characterised the trophic ecology of adult anchovies (n = 30), their putative prey and carnivorous jack mackerel (n = 20) captured from N Chile. SIA (δ13C and δ15N) was used to estimate the relative contribution of different putative prey resources. δ15N was used to estimate population level trophic position. Results Anchovies showed little variability in δ13C (−18.7 to −16.1‰) but varied greatly in δ15N (13.8 to 22.8‰)—individuals formed two groups with low or high δ15N values. When considered as a single group, mixing models indicated that anchovy diet was largely composed of zooplankton (median contribution: 95% credibility limits), with major contributions of crustacean larvae (0.61: 0.37–0.77) and anchovy (preflexion) larvae (0.15: 0.02–0.34), and the assimilation of phytoplankton was negligible (0.05: 0–0.22). The modal (95% credibility limits) estimate of TP for the pooled anchovy sample was 3.23 (2.93–3.58), overlapping with recent SIA-based estimates from Peru. When the two δ15N groups were analysed separately, our results indicate that the lower δ15N group largely assimilated materials from crustacean larvae (0.73: 0.42–0.88), with a TP of 2.91 (2.62–3.23). Mixing models suggested high δ15N anchovies were cannibalistic, consuming anchovy preflexion larvae (0.55: 0.11–0.74). A carnivorous trophic niche was supported by high TP (3.79: 3.48–4.16), mirroring that of carnivorous juvenile jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi; 3.80: 3.51–4.14). Our results support recent conclusions regarding high TP values of anchovy from Peru and reveal new insights into their trophic behaviour. These results also highlight the existence of cryptic trophic complexity and ecosystem function in pelagic food webs, classically considered as simple.
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Gorbatenko, K. M., and S. I. Kiyashko. "Zooplankton composition and trophic status of hydrobionts of the Laptev and East Siberian seas." Океанология 59, no. 6 (December 22, 2019): 987–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.31857/s0030-1574596987-997.
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Species composition, density, biomass and distribution of zooplankton on shelf and slope of northwestern part of the Laptev Sea and shallow-water shelf of the East Siberian Sea were studied in 2015 summer period. Using analysis of stable isotopes of carbon (13 С) and nitrogen (15N), trophic status of abundant zooplankton and fish species, and their positions in food webs of these two seas, were compared. Gut content analysis, as well stable isotope data, showed mutual changes in the trophic status of dominant fish species arctic cod, Boreogadus saida, with age.
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Valentini, R., T. Anfodillo, and J. R. Ehleringer. "Water sources and carbon isotope composition (δ13C) of selected tree species of the Italian Alps." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 24, no. 8 (August 1, 1994): 1575–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x94-205.
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Selected species of the Italian Alpine region (Piceaabies (L.) Karst., Pinussylvestris L., Pinuscembra L., and Larixdecidua L.) have been investigated in terms of water-source utilization and carbon fixation estimated by the analysis of hydrogen and carbon stable isotopes composition at two sites of differing altitude (1000 and 1500 m above sea level). Larixdecidua is the species most dependent on groundwater in both sites, while Pinussylvestris utilizes rainwater to a greater extent. Concurrently, Pinussylvestris displayed the highest value of the carbon isotopic ratio (δ13C = −25.9 ± 0.6‰), while Larixdecidua had the most negative one (δ13C = −29.0 ± 0.4‰). A relationship was found between water-source utilization and carbon-isotope discrimination.
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Harada, Yota, Rod M. Connolly, Brian Fry, Damien T. Maher, James Z. Sippo, Luke C. Jeffrey, Adam J. Bourke, and Shing Yip Lee. "Stable isotopes track the ecological and biogeochemical legacy of mass mangrove forest dieback in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia." Biogeosciences 17, no. 22 (November 18, 2020): 5599–613. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5599-2020.
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Abstract. A combination of elemental analysis, bulk stable isotope analysis (bulk SIA) and compound-specific stable isotope analysis of amino acids (CSIA-AA) was used to assess and monitor carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) cycling of a mangrove ecosystem that suffered mass dieback of trees in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia in 2015–2016, attributed to an extreme drought event. Three field campaigns were conducted 8, 20 and 32 months after the event over a period from 2016 to 2018 to obtain biological time-series data. Invertebrates and associated organic matter including mangroves and sediments from the impacted ecosystem showed enrichment in 13C, 15N and 34S relative to those from an adjacent unimpacted reference ecosystem, likely indicating lower mangrove carbon fixation, lower nitrogen fixation and lower sulfate reduction in the impacted ecosystem. For example, invertebrates representing the feeding types of grazing, leaf feeding and algae feeding were more 13C enriched at the impacted site, by 1.7 ‰–4.1 ‰, and these differences did not change over the period from 2016 to 2018. The CSIA-AA data indicated widespread 13C enrichment across five essential amino acids and all groups sampled (except filter feeders) within the impacted site. The seedling density increased from 0.2 m−2 in 2016 to 7.1 m−2 in 2018 in the impacted forest, suggesting recovery of the vegetation. Recovery of CNS cycling, however, was not evident even after 32 months, suggesting a biogeochemical legacy of the mortality event. Continued monitoring of the post-dieback forest is required to predict the long-term trajectory of ecosystem recovery. This study shows that time-series SIA can track biogeochemical changes over time and evaluate recovery of an impacted ecosystem from an extreme event.
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Gamboa-Delgado, Julián, César Molina-Poveda, Daniel Enrique Godínez-Siordia, David Villarreal-Cavazos, Denis Ricque-Marie, and Lucía Elizabeth Cruz-Suárez. "Application of stable isotope analysis to differentiate shrimp extracted by industrial fishing or produced through aquaculture practices." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 71, no. 10 (October 2014): 1520–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0005.
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Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope values were determined in Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) with the objective of discriminating animals produced through aquaculture practices from those extracted from the wild. Farmed animals were collected at semi-intensive shrimp farms in Mexico and Ecuador. Fisheries-derived shrimps were caught in different fishing areas representing two estuarine systems and four open sea locations in Mexico and Ecuador. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope values (δ13CVPDB and δ15NAIR) allowed clear differentiation of wild from farmed animals. δ13CVPDB and δ15NAIR values in shrimps collected in the open sea were isotopically enriched (−16.99‰ and 11.57‰), indicating that these organisms belong to higher trophic levels than farmed animals. δ13CVPDB and δ15NAIR values of farmed animals (−19.72‰ and 7.85‰, respectively) partially overlapped with values measured in animals collected in estuaries (−18.46‰ and 5.38‰, respectively). Canonical discriminant analysis showed that when used separately and in conjunction, δ13CVPDB and δ15NAIR values were powerful discriminatory variables and demonstrate the viability of isotopic evaluations to distinguish wild-caught shrimps from aquaculture shrimps. Methodological improvements will define a verification tool to support shrimp traceability protocols.
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Yemisken, Emre, Joan Navarro, Manuela Forero, Persefoni Megalofonou, and Lutfiye Eryilmaz. "Trophic partitioning between abundant demersal sharks coexisting in the North Aegean Sea." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 99, no. 5 (March 27, 2019): 1213–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315419000110.
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AbstractWe examined the feeding ecology (diet, trophic width and trophic position) of five demersal shark species (Mustelus mustelus Linnaeus, 1758, Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810, Scyliorhinus canicula Linnaeus, 1758, Scyliorhinus stellaris Linnaeus, 1758, Squalus blainville, Risso, 1826) coexisting in the north-eastern Aegean Sea (around Gökçeda Island) by combining stomach content and stable isotope analyses. The results indicate clear differences in diet between the five sharks. Cephalopods were mainly found in diet of S. stellaris and M. mustelus and the stomachs of G. melastomus, S. canicula and S. blainville included fish. S. blainville showed the highest trophic position in respect of stable isotope analysis (TPsia = 4.89) around Gökçeada Island. It was followed by G. melastomus (TPsia = 4.57). Direct isotopic values (both stable nitrogen and carbon) and isotopic niche width based on the Standard Ellipse Area (SEA) clearly differed among the five shark species. In particular, S. blainville was isotopically segregated from the other shark species studied, showing a narrow isotopic trophic niche and higher trophic level. In contrast, M. mustelus had the widest trophic niche of the five species studied. The niche width of S. stellaris was narrower than M. mustelus and S. canicula but wider than S. blainville and G. melastomus. SEA showed that G. melastomus has a specialized feeding strategy in the area. There is no overlap between S. canicula and S. stellaris in trophic width.
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Mance, Diana, Davor Mance, and Darija Vukić Lušić. "Marine Pollution Differentiation with Stable Isotopes of Groundwater." Pomorstvo 32, no. 1 (June 20, 2018): 80–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.31217/p.32.1.10.
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Stock and flow pollution differentiation is the basis for efficient pollution-abatement mechanism designs. The focus of our research has been marine pollution from land-based sources. Stable isotope analysis of groundwater is an acknowledged method for karst aquifer characterisation. We have tested whether stable isotopes of water, when used as a proxy for groundwater dynamics in the karst, could also be used as an indicator of marine pollution differentiation in terms of flow and stock pollution. The focus has been on two close coastal locations characterized by differences in terms of open and closed sea as well as anthropogenic pressure. A static Estimated General Least Squares (EGLS) statistical model described the closed bay location suggesting stock pollution. For a good description of the open sea location, we have had to resort to dynamic Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) statistical modelling, indicating flow pollution. Stable isotopes of groundwater together with appropriate statistical tools have proved to be a useful tool of marine pollution differentiation into stock or flow.
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Morkūnė, Rasa, Jūratė Lesutienė, Julius Morkūnas, and Rūta Barisevičiūtė. "Triple stable isotope analysis to estimate the diet of the Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca) in the Baltic Sea." PeerJ 6 (June 27, 2018): e5128. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5128.
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This study quantifies contributions of different food sources in the winter diet of the Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca) in coastal waters of the Lithuanian Baltic Sea using non-lethal avian sampling. We highlight the application of stable sulphur isotope ratios as complementary to stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis in order to discriminate sandy bottom macrozoobenthos organisms as potential food sources for the Velvet Scoter. Selection of the most relevant trophic enrichment factors and Monte Carlo simulations in order to choose the best fitted model were undertaken. The stable isotope mixing model revealed the main contributions of a group of bivalves, Mya arenaria and Cerastoderma glaucum, to be 46–54%, and while the crustacean, Saduria entomon, comprised 26–35% of the diet.
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Quang Le, Dung, Siau Yin Fui, Kentaro Tanaka, Suhaimi Suratman, Yuji Sano, and Kotaro Shirai. "Feeding habitats of juvenile reef fishes in a tropical mangrove–seagrass continuum along a Malaysian shallow-water coastal lagoon." Bulletin of Marine Science 96, no. 3 (July 1, 2020): 469–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.5343/bms.2018.0093.
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We conducted stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) and gut content analyses to understand habitat use of juvenile reef fishes (Lethrinus lentjan, Lutjanus russellii, and Epinephelus coioides), particularly the influence of spatial habitat structure along seagrass–mangrove continua. Sampling was conducted in Setiu Lagoon, located in the southern waters of the South China Sea (Malaysia). Gut content analysis indicated that the focal fishes preyed mainly on benthic invertebrates and other smaller fishes; these were used as potential prey items for isotopic tracers to track fish habitat use. Stable isotope analyses highlighted that the juvenile reef fishes were highly associated with seagrass beds as feeding grounds; however, site-specific analyses suggest differences in fish feeding habitats. The juvenile fishes, particularly large juveniles, preyed in both mangrove and seagrass areas from the central lagoon, whereas all juveniles showed preferential foraging within seagrass meadows in the nearby lagoon mouth. Furthermore, the mean stable isotope values of muscle tissue differed among fish size classes, indicating their ontogenetic habitat/diet shifts, especially for L. lentjan and E. coioides. This study provides important information to support current efforts in protecting and preserving mangroves and seagrasses as crucial nursery habitats for juvenile reef fishes from the anthropogenic activities influencing Setiu Lagoon.
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Kang, Sujin, Bohyung Choi, Yongjin Han, and Kyung-Hoon Shin. "Ecological Importance of Benthic Microalgae in the Intertidal Mud Flat of Yeongheung Island; Application of Stable Isotope Analysis (SIA)." Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment 49, no. 2 (June 30, 2016): 80–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.11614/ksl.2016.49.2.080.
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Mancinelli, Giorgio, Thanos Dailianis, Costas Dounas, Panagiotis Kasapidis, Panayota Koulouri, Grigorios Skouradakis, Roberta Bardelli, Cristina Di Muri, Maria Teresa Guerra, and Salvatrice Vizzini. "Isotopic Niche and Trophic Position of the Invasive Portunid Portunus segnis Forskål, (1775) in Elounda Bay (Crete Island, Eastern Mediterranean)." Sustainability 14, no. 22 (November 16, 2022): 15202. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142215202.
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There is a growing recognition that an advanced understanding of the trophic characteristics of an invasive consumer can provide important information on its ecological impact. In recent years, the blue swimming crab Portunus segnis, one of the earliest Lessepsian invaders, has considerably expanded its distribution range in the Mediterranean Sea, yet, its trophic habits in invaded areas remain scarcely investigated. In this study, we used carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes analysis (SIA) to determine the trophic position and isotopic niche of the crab compared with other representatives of the flora and fauna occurring in Elounda Bay (Crete). P. segnis showed a trophic position of 3.9, higher than the values determined by SIA or conventional gut content analysis in other areas of the Mediterranean Sea or in the native range. Crab specimens showed a high inter-individual variability in both δ13C and δ15N values; further analysis indicated negligible differences in the isotopic niche of adult males and females. Conversely, δ15N values were significantly related to the size of the specimens, ultimately suggesting an ontogenetic dietary shift. This study represents the first attempt to characterize the trophic habits of the blue swimming crab in the context of an invaded food web and may contribute to the implementation of long-term management strategies of control and mitigation of its ecological impact.
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Tulli, Francesca, José M. Moreno-Rojas, Concetta Maria Messina, Angela Trocino, Gerolamo Xiccato, José M. Muñoz-Redondo, Andrea Santulli, and Emilio Tibaldi. "The Use of Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis to Trace European Sea Bass (D. labrax) Originating from Different Farming Systems." Animals 10, no. 11 (November 5, 2020): 2042. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10112042.
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This study aimed to determine whether isotopic ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) can discriminate farmed European sea bass according to different farming systems and geographic origins. Dicentrarchus labrax of commercial size from three different rearing systems (concrete tank inland, sea cages, and extensive methods in valleys or salt works) were collected at the trading period (autumn–winter). For each farming type, different locations spread over Italy were monitored. Once the fish were harvested, the muscle and feed were sampled. For both muscle and feed, δ13C and δ15N were measured by continuous flow elemental analyzer isotope ratio mass spectrometry (CF-EA-IRMS) with the goal of discriminating samples based on the rearing system. Additional δ2H and δ18O measurements of fish samples were performed by continuous flow total combustion elemental analyzer isotope ratio mass spectrometry (CF-TC/EA-IRMS) to track the geographical origin. The measurements of δ13C and δ15N made it possible to discriminate cultured sea bass from different farming systems (extensive vs. intensive) reared at different geographical sites in Italy. Additional information was obtained from δ18O and δ2H, which enabled the geographical areas of origin of the sea bass farmed extensively and intensively (in cages) to be distinguished.
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Hoffman, Joel C., and Tracey T. Sutton. "Lipid correction for carbon stable isotope analysis of deep-sea fishes." Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 57, no. 8 (August 2010): 956–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2010.05.003.
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Zhang, Wenfeng, Weixiong Huang, Xiao Chen, Xingfen Yang, and Xiaoguang Yang. "Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope evidence for the low biomagnification of mercury in marine fish from the South China Sea." Marine and Freshwater Research 71, no. 8 (2020): 1017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf19069.
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The low biomagnification of total mercury (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg) in commercially important marine fish from the south coast of China has been demonstrated through the analysis of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes. In this study, levels of THg, MeHg and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios were determined. Stable isotope signatures of carbon and nitrogen (13C/12C, 15N/14N) were used to trace the carbon flow and reconstruct trophic interactions. Levels of THg and MeHg in fish muscle samples were <220ngg–1. The trophic levels of sampled fish ranged from 2.31 to 5.03. The trophic magnification slopes were ~0.1 for both THg and MeHg, whereas the trophic magnification factor showed that the average biomagnification of THg and MeHg per trophic level was 3.02 and 2.87ngHgg–1 respectively along fish food chains, indicating low biomagnification potential of these mercury species. The low concentrations of MeHg and low biomagnification of mercury in marine fish may result from the trophic levels and habitats of these fish.
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Lira, Alex Souza, Flávia Lucena-Frédou, Frédéric Ménard, Thierry Frédou, Júlio Guazzelli Gonzalez, Valdimere Ferreira, José Souto Rosa Filho, Jean-Marie Munaron, and François Le Loc’h. "Trophic structure of a nektobenthic community exploited by a multispecific bottom trawling fishery in Northeastern Brazil." PLOS ONE 16, no. 2 (February 8, 2021): e0246491. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246491.
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We used complementary stable isotope (SIA) and stomach content (SCA) analyses to investigate feeding relationships among species of the nektobenthic communities and the potential ecological effects of the bottom trawling of a coastal ecosystem in northeastern Brazil. Carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) compositions were determined for five basal sources and 28 consumers, from zooplankton to shrimp and fish species. Fishes and basal sources showed a broad range of δ15N (fishes: 6.49–14.94‰; sources: 2.58–6.79‰) and δ13C values (fishes: -23.86 to -13.71‰; sources: -24.32 to -13.53‰), while shrimps and crabs exhibited similar nitrogen and carbon ratios. Six trophic consumer groups were determined among zooplankton, crustaceans and fishes by SIA, with trophic pathways associated mostly with benthic sources. SCA results indicated a preference for benthic invertebrates, mainly worms, crabs and shrimps, as prey for the fish fauna, highlighting their importance in the food web. In overall, differences between SCA and the SIA approaches were observed, except for groups composed mainly for shrimps and some species of high δ15N values, mostly piscivorous and zoobenthivores. Given the absence of regulation for bottom trawling activities in the area, the cumulative effects of trawling on population parameters, species composition, potentially decreasing the abundance of benthic preys (e.g., shrimps, worms and crabs) may lead to changes in the trophic structure potentially affect the food web and the sustainability of the fishery.
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Charles, F., P. Riera, PG Sauriau, F. Lantoine, B. Lebreton, H. Agogué, and S. Hourdez. "Trophic niche partitioning in marine wood-borers revealed by stable isotope analysis." Aquatic Biology 29 (February 27, 2020): 33–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ab00723.
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Marine wood-borers often live in sympatry, sharing deadwood scattered at sea, both as food and habitat. In this study, carbon and nitrogen isotope compositions were determined to test the hypothesis that the trophic niches of Chelura terebrans, Limnoria quadripunctata, and Nototeredo norvagica obtained from softwood boards maintained in running, unfiltered seawater are different. Comparison of isotope compositions supports niche partitioning, with N. norvagica foraging primarily on wood, and crustaceans foraging on decaying wood. Needs and acquisition routes for nitrogen determine the trophic behavior of the species. Results presented here are valuable for assessing the impact of wood-boring species on each other, but also for evaluating the effect of the separation of carbon and nitrogen sources on the diversity of the interactions between co-existing species belonging to the same trophic guild.
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Franco, Marcos A. L., Alejandra F. G. N. Santos, Abílio S. Gomes, Marcelo G. de Almeida, and Carlos E. de Rezende. "Use of stable isotopes in the evaluation of fish trophic guilds from a tropical hypersaline lagoon." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 100, no. 6 (September 2020): 979–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315420000879.
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AbstractEnvironmental factors, size-related isotopic changes of the most abundant species and isotopic niche overlap were investigated using stable isotopes in order to evaluate spatial changes of fish trophic guilds in the Araruama Lagoon. Based on 440 muscle samples, 17 fish species were grouped into five trophic guilds. Mean salinity was above 40 at both sites sampled and a significant spatial difference was observed. The highest δ13C mean value was observed for an omnivorous species, whereas the lowest carbon signatures were found for the three fish species belonging to the planktivorous guild. Analysis of the carbon signature of fish species in lower trophic levels showed influence of salinity variation, whilst size appeared to play a role for others. A narrow δ15N difference was observed, but the piscivorous fish species showed the highest δ15N values. The Standard Ellipses Analysis (SEA) detected spatial differences and varying degrees of isotopic niche overlap among trophic guilds, but the percentages of most overlaps (<60%) suggest that, to some extent, the guilds had a unique isotopic niche space. These results are in agreement with data previously reported for the Araruama Lagoon, that found the same prey items with varying relative importance among the most abundant species. Further studies are necessary to understand how the interaction between salinity and other factors, such as migration patterns, changes in prey availability, changes in contribution of primary sources and changes in baseline isotopic signatures could affect the stable isotope signatures shown here.
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Monti, Flavio, Aloїs Robert, Jean-Marie Dominici, Andrea Sforzi, Rafel Triay Bagur, Antoni Muñoz Navarro, Gaël Guillou, Olivier Duriez, and Ilham Bentaleb. "Using GPS tracking and stable multi-isotopes for estimating habitat use and winter range in Palearctic ospreys." Oecologia 195, no. 3 (January 21, 2021): 655–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-04855-5.
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AbstractWe used both satellite tracking and carbon, nitrogen and sulphur stable isotopic analysis (SIA) to infer wintering ecology and habitat use of the Corsican osprey Pandion haliaetus population. A control sample of feathers from 75 individuals was collected within the osprey’s northern hemisphere breeding range, to assess the SIA variability across habitat types. An experimental set of SIA on feathers of 18 Corsican adults was examined to infer wintering ground locations and habitat types used during the non-breeding period. We calibrated the SIA using GPS/GSM tracks of 12 Mediterranean adults’ movements as wintering site references. We found 50% of individuals were resident and the other half migrated. Ospreys spent the winter at temperate latitudes and showed a high plasticity in habitat selection spread over the Mediterranean basin (marine bays, coastal lagoons/marshland, inland freshwater sites). Complementary to GPS tracking, SIA is, at a broad geographical scale, a reliable method to determine whether ospreys overwinter in a habitat different from that of their breeding area. This study proved that the integration of SIA and GPS/GSM tracking techniques was effective at overcoming the intrinsic limits of each method and achieving greater information for basic ecological studies of migratory birds in aquatic environments.
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Kanaya, Gen, Elena N. Yadrenkina, Elena I. Zuykova, Eisuke Kikuchi, Hideyuki Doi, Shuichi Shikano, Chitoshi Mizota, and Natalia I. Yurlova. "Contribution of organic matter sources to cyprinid fishes in the Chany Lake - Kargat River estuary, western Siberia." Marine and Freshwater Research 60, no. 6 (2009): 510. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf08108.
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Although omnivorous cyprinid fish often dominate fish communities in shallow eutrophic lakes, their role in the food web is poorly known. In the present study, carbon sources of six cyprinid species were examined in a littoral freshwater habitat in a saline lake complex (Lake Chany, western Siberia, Russia) using stable isotope analyses (SIA). In this habitat, microalgae (phytoplankton and epiphytes), macrophytes and riparian vegetation comprised the major producer groups with distinctive δ13C values. Zooplankton and most benthic invertebrates functioned primarily as microalgae-based consumers, whereas the amphipod Gammarus lacustris depended largely on macrophytes or macrophyte-derived detritus. Cyprinids, Carassius carassius L., Car. auratus gibelio Bloch. and Abramis brama L., mainly utilised microalgae-derived carbon (δ13C-based isotope mixing model: 66–97%) via zooplanktonic trophic mediations. In contrast, Cyprinus carpio L., Leuciscus idus L. and Rutilus rutilus L. depended more on macrophytic and/or riparian production (52–80%) than on microalgal production. Observations and SIA of foregut contents indicated highly opportunistic feeding habits of R. rutilus and L. idus and preference for macrophytes. These results suggested that cyprinid fishes link pelagic, benthic and riparian food webs in this shallow, eutrophic lake ecosystem.
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Planas, Miquel, Alex Paltrinieri, Mario Davi Dias Carneiro, and Jorge Hernández-Urcera. "Effects of Tissue Preservation on Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Signatures in Syngnathid Fishes and Prey." Animals 10, no. 12 (December 4, 2020): 2301. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10122301.
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Isotopic stable analysis (SIA) is a powerful tool in the assessment of different types of ecological and physiological studies. For that, different preservation methods for sampled materials are commonly used prior to isotopic analysis. The effects of various preservation methods (freezing, ethanol and formaldehyde) were analyzed for C:N, and δ13C and δ15N signals on a variety of tissues including dorsal fins (three seahorse and two pipefish species), seahorse newborns (three seahorses species), and prey (copepods and different stages of Artemia) commonly used to feed the fishes under rearing conditions. The aims of the study were: (i) to evaluate isotopic effects of chemical preservation methods across different types of organisms and tissues, using frozen samples as controls, and (ii) to construct the first conversion models available in syngnathid fishes. The chemical preservation in ethanol and, to a lesser extent, in formaldehyde significantly affected δ13C values, whereas the effects on δ15N signatures were negligible. Due to their low lipid content, the isotopic signals in fish fins was almost unaffected, supporting the suitability of dorsal fins as the most convenient material in isotopic studies on vulnerable species such as syngnathids. The regression equations provided resulted convenient for the successful conversion of δ13C between preservation treatments. Our results indicate that the normalization of δ15N signatures in preserved samples is unnecessary. The conversion models should be applicable in isotopic field studies, laboratory experiments, and specimens of historical collections.
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Crumpton-Banks, Jessica G. M., Thomas Tanner, Ivan Hernández Almeida, James W. B. Rae, and Heather Stoll. "Technical note: No impact of alkenone extraction on foraminiferal stable isotope, trace element and boron isotope geochemistry." Biogeosciences 19, no. 24 (December 14, 2022): 5633–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-5633-2022.
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Abstract. Recent advances in geochemical techniques mean that several robust proxies now exist to determine the past carbonate chemistry of the oceans. Foraminiferal δ11B and alkenone carbon isotopes allow us to reconstruct sea-surface pH and pCO2, respectively, and the ability to apply both proxies to the same sediment sample would give strongly paired datasets and reduce sample waste. However, no studies to date have examined whether the solvents and extraction techniques used to prepare alkenones for analysis also impact the geochemistry of foraminifera within those sediments. Here we examine six species pairs of planktic foraminifera, with half being taken from non-treated sediments and half being taken from sediments where alkenones have been extracted. We look for visual signs of contrasting preservation and compare analyses of δ18O, δ13C, δ11B and trace elements (Li, B, Na, Mn, Mg, Sr and U/Ca). We find no consistent geochemical offset between the treatments and excellent agreement in δ11B measurements between them. Our results show that boron isotope reconstructions of pH in foraminifera from alkenone-extracted sediments can be applied with confidence.
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Vrdoljak, Dario, Sanja Matić-Skoko, Melita Peharda, Hana Uvanović, Krešimir Markulin, Regina Mertz-Kraus, and Peter Grønkjær. "Otolith Fingerprints and Tissue Stable Isotope Information Enable Allocation of Juvenile Fishes to Different Nursery Areas." Water 13, no. 9 (May 4, 2021): 1293. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13091293.
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Integrated otolith chemistry and muscle tissue stable isotope analyses were performed to allocate juvenile Diplodus puntazzo and Diplodus vulgaris to nurseries in the Adriatic Sea. Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) was used to quantify the concentrations of chemical elements in the otoliths. Fish muscle samples were analysed for δ13C and δ15N. In general, Ba/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios and isotopes varied between sites and species. Values of δ13C and δ15N were significantly different between species and sites. Multivariate analysis detected a significant difference in the element signature between species while there was no evidence for a significant interaction for sites. A clear pattern across the four groups of interest, D. puntazzo_Estuary > D. vulgaris_Estuary > D. puntazzo_Coastal > D. vulgaris_Coastal, following decreases in δ13C, and increases in δ15N were found. It seems that these species are feeding on the same local food web within more productive estuarine site while at costal site, feeding segregation among investigated species is evident. Both species were re-allocated correctly to the estuarine waters based on the otolith chemistry and stable isotopes information and higher value of δ15N. Combining otolith chemistry with tissue isotope ratios of juvenile fish provided complementary information on nursery habitat use at different spatial scales and elucidated ecological and environmental linkages.