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| Le Croizier, Gaël; Lorrain, Anne; Schaal, Gauthier; Ketchum, James; Hoyos-padilla, Mauricio; Besnard, Lucien; Munaron, Jean-marie; Le Loch, Francois; Point, David. |
| Worldwide shark populations have experienced rapid declines over the last decades, mainly due to overfishing. Marine protected areas (MPAs) have thus become an indispensable tool for the protection of these marine predators. Two recently-created MPAs in the Northeast Pacific Ocean, the Revillagigedo National Park and Clipperton atoll, are characterized by different trophic structures potentially influencing trophic niche and contaminant exposure for resident sharks in these two sites. In this context, we used carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotope analyzes as well as total mercury concentrations ([THg]) to assess the role of foraging site on the trophic niche and Hg levels of juvenile ST sharks Carcharhinus albimarginatus. Analyzing fin clip... |
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Palavras-chave: Top-predators; Mercury transfer; Food webs; Foraging habitat; Stable isotopes; MPAs. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00619/73114/72257.pdf |
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