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Diet- and tissue-specific incorporation of isotopes in the shark Scyliorhinus stellaris, a North Sea mesopredator
Caut, Stephane; Jowers, Michael J.; Michel, Loïc et al.
2013In Marine Ecology. Progress Series, 492, p. 185-198
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Keywords :
stable isotopes; SIAR; turnover; nitrogen enrichment; large-spotted dogfish; isotopic fractionation; discrimination factor; diet; isotopic experience
Abstract :
[en] Elucidating predator–prey relationships is an important part of understanding and assessing the structure and function of ecosystems. Sharks are believed to play a significant role in marine ecosystems, although their specific trophic ecology is largely unexplored. Stable isotopes of nitrogen ( 15N) and carbon ( 1318 C) are a widely applied tool in food web studies but there is a need to quantify stable isotope dynamics in animals, particularly sharks. In this study, diet-tissue discrimination factors (DTDF = stable isotope in consumer tissue – stable isotope in diet) and turnover rates (time for the isotope to be assimilated into the consumer’s tissue) of stable isotopes were estimated in blood, fin, and muscle tissue for the shark species Scyliorhinus stellaris fed two diets with different isotope values. Subsequently, these diet- and tissue-specific DTDFs were used in isotopic mixing models to quantify the diet of Scyliorhinus canicula caught in the North Sea and compared with stomach content data. DTDFs for 15N ( 15N) and 13C ( 13C) ranged from –1.95‰ to 3.49‰ and from 0.52‰ to 5.14‰, respectively, and varied with tissue and diet type. Isotope turnover rates in plasma and red blood cells, expressed as half-lives, range from 39 to 135 days. A majority of the variability of DTDFs reported in this and other studies with sharks can be explained by linear relationships between DTDF and dietary isotopic values. From these relationships, we propose a method for isotope mixing models that uses diet specific DTDFs, which improves diet reconstruction estimates of animals, particularly mesopredator sharks that consume a large range of prey types.
Research center :
MARE - Centre Interfacultaire de Recherches en Océanologie - ULiège
Laboratoire d'Océanologie
Disciplines :
Aquatic sciences & oceanology
Environmental sciences & ecology
Zoology
Author, co-author :
Caut, Stephane;  Consejo Superior de Investigationes Científicas (CSIC) > Estación Biológica de Doñana (Sevilla)
Jowers, Michael J.;  Consejo Superior de Investigationes Científicas (CSIC) > Estación Biológica de Doñana (Sevilla)
Michel, Loïc  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Océanologie
Lepoint, Gilles  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Océanologie
Fisk, Aaron;  University of Windsor (Canada) > Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research
Language :
English
Title :
Diet- and tissue-specific incorporation of isotopes in the shark Scyliorhinus stellaris, a North Sea mesopredator
Publication date :
2013
Journal title :
Marine Ecology. Progress Series
ISSN :
0171-8630
eISSN :
1616-1599
Publisher :
Inter-Research Science Publishing, Oldendorf Luhe, Germany
Volume :
492
Pages :
185-198
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
Ulg Postdoc IN fund
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