Amino acid isotope discrimination factors for a carnivore: physiological insights from leopard sharks and their diet
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DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4276-2
Abstract: Stable isotopes are important ecological tools, because the carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of consumer tissue reflects the diet. Measurements of isotopes of individual amino acids can disentangle the effects of consumer physiology from spatiotemporal… read more here.
Keywords: leopard sharks; discrimination factors; amino acids; isotope discrimination ... See more keywords
METAGENOMIC NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING REVEALS MIAMIENSIS AVIDUS (CILIOPHORA: SCUTICOCILIATIDA) IN THE 2017 EPIZOOTIC OF LEOPARD SHARKS (TRIAKIS SEMIFASCIATA) IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA, USA
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DOI: 10.7589/2018-04-097
Abstract: Abstract: During March to August of 2017, hundreds of leopard sharks (Triakis semifasciata) stranded and died on the shores of San Francisco Bay, California, US. Similar mass stranding events occurred in 1967 and 2011, but… read more here.
Keywords: triakis semifasciata; leopard sharks; san francisco; sharks triakis ... See more keywords