Plasticity of trophic interactions among sharks from the oceanic south-western Indian Ocean revealed by stable isotope and mercury analyses

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 96, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-58

  Kiszka, Jeremy J ^a,b   Aubail, Aurore ^b   Hussey, Nigel E ^c   Heithaus, Michael R ^a   Caurant, Florence ^b   Bustamante, Paco ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elasmobranchs; Indian Ocean; Intra species variations; Trace elements; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); OCEANOGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ELASMOBRANCHS; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATIONS; INTRA-SPECIES VARIATIONS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN; WESTERN INDIAN OCEANS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

BODY SIZE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; GUILD; HABITAT USE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NICHE OVERLAP; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ONTOGENY; SHARK; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

ALOPIAS PELAGICUS; CARCHARHINUS FALCIFORMIS; CARCHARHINUS LONGIMANUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; PRIONACE GLAUCA; PSEUDOCARCHARIAS KAMOHARAI; PSEUDOCARCHARIIDAE; SPHYRNA LEWINI; SPHYRNIDAE;

EID: 84949116061     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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