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Kopp, Dorothee; Robert, Marianne; Pawlowski, Lionel. |
In marine ecosystems, the study of trophic relationships has extensively benefited from the development of stable isotope analyses (SIA) as dietary tracers. SIA are particularly useful in elucidating the structure of deep sea food webs given the constraints involved in obtaining gut-content data from deep trawling. We used carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses and Stable Isotope Bayesian Ellipses in R (SIBER) and Stable Isotope Analysis in R (SIAR) routines, to determine the trophic ecology of five deep-sea fishes from the upper continental slope of the Celtic Sea. SIA made it possible to deduce some general tendencies in food-web structure and species trophic interactions and confirmed diet determined by gut-content analysis for the same species, in... |
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Palavras-chave: Competition; Feeding habits; Mixing models; Stable isotope. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00410/52138/52940.pdf |
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Mascart, Thibaud; De Troch, Marleen; Remy, François; Michel, Loic; Lepoint, Gilles. |
Benthic copepods dominate meiofaunal communities from marine phytodetritus, both in terms of numerical abundance and species diversity. Nevertheless, ecological factors driving copepod co-existence and population dynamics are still largely unknown. Here, we aimed to explore feeding habits of four copepod species commonly found in Mediterranean seagrass detritus accumulations, representing distinct eco-morphotypes (planktonic, phytal, epibenthic and mesopsammic). Joint use of fatty acid and stable isotope trophic markers showed that co-occurring harpacticoid copepods have diversified diets. Contrary to what was expected, microphytobenthos does not serve as their main food source. Instead, we found evidence from both techniques that major food items include... |
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Palavras-chave: Macrophytodetritus; Posidonia oceanica; Meiofauna; Stable isotopes; Fatty acids; Isotopic niche; Mixing models; Mediterranean Sea. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00440/55187/60472.pdf |
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