Stable isotope analysis of vertebrae reveals ontogenetic changes in habitat in an endothermic pelagic shark.
Carlisle AB, Goldman KJ, Litvin SY, Madigan DJ, Bigman JS, Swithenbank AM, Kline TC Jr, Block BA.
Carlisle AB, et al.
Proc Biol Sci. 2015 Jan 22;282(1799):20141446. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1446.
Proc Biol Sci. 2015.
PMID: 25621332
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We used a novel combination of stable isotope analysis of vertebral annuli, Bayesian mixing models, isoscapes and electronic tag data to reconstruct ontogenetic patterns of habitat and resource use in a pelagic apex predator, the salmon shark (Lamna ditropis). Resul …
We used a novel combination of stable isotope analysis of vertebral annuli, Bayesian mixing models, isoscapes and electronic tag data to rec …