A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks

Christopher S. Bird; Ana Veríssimo; Sarah Magozzi; Kátya G. Abrantes; Alex Aguilar; Hassan Al-Reasi; Adam Barnett; Dana M. Bethea; Gérard Biais; Asuncion Borrell; Marc Bouchoucha; Mariah Boyle; Edward J. Brooks; Juerg Brunnschweiler; Paco Bustamante; Aaron Carlisle; Diana Catarino; Stéphane Caut; Yves Cherel; Tiphaine Chouvelon; Diana Churchill; Javier Ciancio; Julien Claes; Ana Colaço; Dean L. Courtney; Pierre Cresson; Ryan Daly; Leigh De Necker; Tetsuya Endo; Ivone Figueiredo; Ashley J. Frisch; Joan Holst Hansen; Michael Heithaus; Nigel E. Hussey; Johannes Iitembu; Francis Juanes; Michael J. Kinney; Jeremy J. Kiszka; Sebastian A. Klarian; Dorothée Kopp; Robert Leaf; Yunkai Li; Anne Lorrain; Daniel J. Madigan; Aleksandra Maljković; Luis Malpica-Cruz; Philip Matich; Mark G. Meekan; Frédéric Ménard; Gui M. Menezes; Samantha E.M. Munroe; Michael C. Newman; Yannis P. Papastamatiou; Heidi Pethybridge; Jeffrey D. Plumlee; Carlos Polo-Silva; Katie Quaeck-Davies; Vincent Raoult; Jonathan Reum; Yassir Eden Torres-Rojas; David S. Shiffman; Oliver N. Shipley; Conrad W. Speed; Michelle D. Staudinger; Amy K. Teffer; Alexander Tilley; Maria Valls; Jeremy J. Vaudo; Tak Cheung Wai; R. J.David Wells; Alex S.J. Wyatt; Andrew Yool; Clive N. Trueman

doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0432-z

A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks

Christopher S. Bird
, Ana Veríssimo
, Sarah Magozzi
, Kátya G. Abrantes
, Alex Aguilar
, Hassan Al-Reasi
, Adam Barnett
, Dana M. Bethea
, Gérard Biais
, Asuncion Borrell
, Marc Bouchoucha
, Mariah Boyle
, Edward J. Brooks
, Juerg Brunnschweiler
, Paco Bustamante
, Aaron Carlisle
, Diana Catarino
, Stéphane Caut
, Yves Cherel
, Tiphaine Chouvelon

Diana Churchill, Javier Ciancio, Julien Claes, Ana Colaço, Dean L. Courtney, Pierre Cresson, Ryan Daly, Leigh De Necker, Tetsuya Endo, Ivone Figueiredo, Ashley J. Frisch, Joan Holst Hansen, Michael Heithaus, Nigel E. Hussey, Johannes Iitembu, Francis Juanes, Michael J. Kinney, Jeremy J. Kiszka, Sebastian A. Klarian, Dorothée Kopp, Robert Leaf, Yunkai Li, Anne Lorrain, Daniel J. Madigan, Aleksandra Maljković, Luis Malpica-Cruz, Philip Matich, Mark G. Meekan, Frédéric Ménard, Gui M. Menezes, Samantha E.M. Munroe, Michael C. Newman, Yannis P. Papastamatiou, Heidi Pethybridge, Jeffrey D. Plumlee, Carlos Polo-Silva, Katie Quaeck-Davies, Vincent Raoult, Jonathan Reum, Yassir Eden Torres-Rojas, David S. Shiffman, Oliver N. Shipley, Conrad W. Speed, Michelle D. Staudinger, Amy K. Teffer, Alexander Tilley, Maria Valls, Jeremy J. Vaudo, Tak Cheung Wai, R. J.David Wells, Alex S.J. Wyatt, Andrew Yool, Clive N. Trueman

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Abstract

Sharks are a diverse group of mobile predators that forage across varied spatial scales and have the potential to influence food web dynamics. The ecological consequences of recent declines in shark biomass may extend across broader geographic ranges if shark taxa display common behavioural traits. By tracking the original site of photosynthetic fixation of carbon atoms that were ultimately assimilated into muscle tissues of 5,394 sharks from 114 species, we identify globally consistent biogeographic traits in trophic interactions between sharks found in different habitats. We show that populations of shelf-dwelling sharks derive a substantial proportion of their carbon from regional pelagic sources, but contain individuals that forage within additional isotopically diverse local food webs, such as those supported by terrestrial plant sources, benthic production and macrophytes. In contrast, oceanic sharks seem to use carbon derived from between 30° and 50° of latitude. Global-scale compilations of stable isotope data combined with biogeochemical modelling generate hypotheses regarding animal behaviours that can be tested with other methodological approaches.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	299-305
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nature Ecology and Evolution
Volume	2
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0432-z
State	Published - Feb 1 2018

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Bird, C. S., Veríssimo, A., Magozzi, S., Abrantes, K. G., Aguilar, A., Al-Reasi, H., Barnett, A., Bethea, D. M., Biais, G., Borrell, A., Bouchoucha, M., Boyle, M., Brooks, E. J., Brunnschweiler, J., Bustamante, P., Carlisle, A., Catarino, D., Caut, S., Cherel, Y., ... Trueman, C. N. (2018). A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(2), 299-305. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0432-z

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