Maurits P M van Zinnicq Bergmann, Bautisse D Postaire, Kirk Gastrich, Michael R Heithaus, Lisa A Hoopes, Kady Lyons, Yannis P Papastamatiou, Eric V C Schneider, Bradley A Strickland, Brendan S Talwar, Demian D Chapman, Judith Bakker
Animal dietary information provides the foundation for understanding trophic relationships, which is essential for ecosystem management. Yet, in marine systems, high-resolution diet reconstruction tools are currently under-developed. This is particularly pertinent for large marine vertebrates, for which direct foraging behaviour is difficult or impossible to observe and, due to their conservation status, the collection of stomach contents at adequate sample sizes is frequently impossible. Consequently, the diets of many groups, such as sharks, have largely remained unresolved...
May 2021: Molecular Ecology Resources