- Title
- Geographic variation in the trophic ecology of an avian rocky shore predator, the African black oystercatcher, along the southern African coastline
- Creator
- Kohler, Sophie A, Connan, Maëlle, Hill, Jaclyn M, Mablouké, Cécile, Bonnevie, Bo T, Ludynia, Katrin, Kemper, Jessica, Huisamen, Johan, Underhill, Leslie G, Cherel, Yves, McQuaid, Christopher D, Jaquemet, Sébastien
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/444576
- Identifier
- vital:74252
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09215
- Description
- The reflection of baseline isotopic signals along marine food chains up to higher trophic levels has been widely used in the study of oceanic top predators but rarely for intertidal predators. We investigated variation in the δ 13 C and δ 15 N ratios of a sedentary, rocky shore predator, the African black oystercatcher Haematopus moquini, over~ 2000 km of the southern African coastline, which is characterized by strong biogeographic patterns in primary productivity and intertidal communities. Blood and feathers from breeding adults and chicks and muscle tissues from primary prey items (mussels and limpets) were sampled between southern Namibia and the southeast coast of South Africa. 15 N enrichment was observed between the southeast and west coasts in oystercatcher tissues and their prey, mirroring an isotope shift between the oligotrophic Agulhas Current on the east coast and the eutrophic Benguela upwelling system on the west coast.
- Format
- 15 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Marine Ecology Progress Series, Kohler, S.A., Connan, M., Hill, J.M., Mablouké, C., Bonnevie, B., Ludynia, K., Kemper, J., Huisamen, J., Underhill, L.G., Cherel, Y. and McQuaid, C.D., 2011. Geographic variation in the trophic ecology of an avian rocky shore predator, the African black oystercatcher, along the southern African coastline. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 435, pp.235-249, Marine Ecology Progress Series volume 435 number 1 235 249 2011 1616-1599
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Hill, Jaclyn Marie (Ms)
RU Information Technology Division
Bonnevie, Bo Tørris (Mr)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Marine Ecosystems and Resources
McQuaid, Christopher D (Distinguished Professor)
SDG 15. Life On Land
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
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