Trophic Ecology of Sharks in the Mid-East Pacific Ocean Inferred from Stable Isotopes

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    摘要 Asapexpredators,sharksareofecologicalandconservationimportanceinmarineecosystems.Inthisstudy,trophicpositionsofsharkswereestimatedusingstableisotoperatiosofcarbonandnitrogenforfiverepresentativespeciescaughtbytheChineselonglinefleetinthemid-eastPacific,i.e.,theblueshark(Prionaceglauca),thebigeyethreshershark(Alopiassuperciliosus),thesilkyshark(Carcharhinusfalciformis),thescallopedhammerhead(Sphyrnalewini),andtheoceanicwhitetipshark(Carcharhinuslongimanus).Ofthesespecies,oceanicwhitetipsharkhasthelowesttrophiclevelandmeanδ15Nvalue(3.9and14.93‰±0.84‰),whereasbigeyethreshersharkhasthehighestlevel/values(4.5and17.02‰±1.21‰,respectively).Thebigeyethreshersharkhassignificantlyhigherδ15Nvaluethanothersharkspecies,indicatingitshighertrophicposition.Thebluesharkandoceanicwhitetipsharkhassignificantlyhigherδ13Cvaluesthanbigeyethreshershark,silkysharkandscallopedhammerhead,possiblyduetodifferentdietsand/orlivinghabitats.Thestableisotopedataandstomachcontentdataarehighlyconsistent,suggestingthatstableisotopeanalysissupplementstraditionalfeedingecologystudyofsharks,andthuscontributestounderstandingtheirtrophiclinkage.
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    出版日期 2014年02月12日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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