A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks

Type Article
Date 2018-02
Language English
Author(s) Bird Christopher S.1, 70, Verissimo AnaORCID2, 3, Magozzi Sarah1, Abrantes Katya G.4, Aguilar Alex5, Al-Reasi Hassan6, Barnett Adam4, Bethea Dana M.7, 71, Biais Gerard8, Borrell AsuncionORCID5, Bouchoucha Marc9, Boyle Mariah10, Brooks Edward J.11, Brunnschweiler Juerg12, Bustamante Paco13, Carlisle Aaron14, Catarino Diana15, Caut Stephane16, Cherel Yves17, Chouvelon Tiphaine18, Churchill Diana19, Ciancio Javier20, Claes Julien21, Colaco AnaORCID15, Courtney Dean L.22, 72, Cresson PierreORCID23, Daly Ryan24, 25, de Necker Leigh26, Endo Tetsuya27, Figueiredo Ivone28, Frisch Ashley J.29, Hansen Joan Holst30, Heithaus Michael31, Hussey Nigel E.32, Iitembu Johannes33, Juanes Francis34, Kinney Michael J.35, Kiszka Jeremy J.36, Klarian Sebastian A.37, Kopp DorotheeORCID38, Leaf Robert39, Li Yunkai40, Lorrain Anne41, Madigan Daniel J.42, Maljkovic Aleksandra43, Malpica-Cruz Luis44, Matich Philip45, 46, Meekan Mark G.47, Menard Frederic48, Menezes Gui M.15, Munroe Samantha E. M.49, Newman Michael C.50, Papastamatiou Yannis P.51, 52, Pethybridge Heidi53, Plumlee Jeffrey D.54, 55, Polo-Silva Carlos56, Quaeck-Davies Katie1, Raoult Vincent57, Reum Jonathan58, Torres-Rojas Yassir Eden59, Shiffman David S.60, Shipley Oliver N.61, Speed Conrad W.47, Staudinger Michelle D.62, 63, Teffer Amy K.34, Tilley Alexander64, Valls Maria65, Vaudo Jeremy J.66, Wai Tak-Cheung67, Wells R. J. David54, 55, Wyatt Alex S. J.68, Yool Andrew69, Trueman Clive N.1
Affiliation(s) 1 : Univ Southampton, Ocean & Earth Sci, Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, Hants, England.
2 : CIBIO Res Ctr Biodivers & Genet Resources, Vairao, Portugal.
3 : Virginia Inst Marine Sci, Gloucester Point, VA 23062 USA.
4 : James Cook Univ, Coll Sci & Engn, Cairns, Qld, Australia.
5 : Univ Barcelona, Dept Evolutionary Biol Ecol & Environm Sci, IRBio, Barcelona, Spain.
6 : Sultan Qaboos Univ, Dept Biol, Coll Sci, Muscat, Oman.
7 : Natl Marine Fisheries Serv, NOAA, Southeast Fisheries Sci Ctr, 3500 Delwood Beach Rd, Panama City, FL USA.
8 : IFREMER, Lab Ressources Halieut La Rochelle, Unite Halieut Gascogne Sud, Lhoumeau, France.
9 : IFREMER, Unite Littoral, Lab Environm Ressources Prov Azur Corse, La Seyne Sur Mer, France.
10 : FishWise, Santa Cruz, CA USA.
11 : Cape Eleuthera Inst, Shark Res & Conservat Program, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
12 : Gladbachstr 60, Zurich, Switzerland.
13 : Univ La Rochelle, UMR 7266, Littoral Environm & Soc LIENSs, La Rochelle, France.
14 : Stanford Univ, Hopkins Marine Stn, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 USA.
15 : Univ Azores, Dept Oceanog & Fisheries, MARE Marine & Environm Sci Ctr, Azores, Portugal.
16 : CSIC, Estn Biol Donana, Seville, Spain.
17 : Univ La Rochelle, UMR 7372, Ctr Etud Biol Chize, CNRS, Villiers En Bois, France.
18 : Lab Biogeochim Contaminants Met, Unite Biogeochim & Ecotoxicol, Nantes, France.
19 : Florida Int Univ, Sch Environm Arts & Soc, Marine Sci Program, North Miami, FL USA.
20 : Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, CESIMAR Ctr Nacl Patagon, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.
21 : Catholic Univ Louvain, Earth & Life Inst, Lab Biol Marine, Louvain La Neuve, Belgium.
22 : Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Coll Fisheries & Ocean Sci, Juneau Ctr, Point Lena Loop Rd, Juneau, AK USA.
23 : IFREMER, Lab Ressources Halieut Boulogne, Unite Halieut Manche Mer Nord, Boulogne Sur Mer, France.
24 : Port Elizabeth Museum Bayworld, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
25 : SOSF, DRC, Geneva, Switzerland.
26 : Univ Cape Town, Dept Biol Sci, Cape Town, South Africa.
27 : Hlth Sci Univ Hokkaido, Sch Pharmaceut Sci, Tobetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.
28 : Dept Mar IPMA, Lisbon, Portugal.
29 : Great Barrier Reef Marine Pk Author, Reef HQ, Townsville, Qld, Australia.
30 : Aarhus Univ, Dept Biosci, Aquat Biol, Aarhus C, Denmark.
31 : Florida Int Univ, Sch Environm Arts & Soc, North Miami, FL USA.
32 : Univ Windsor, Biol Sci, Windsor, ON, Canada.
33 : Univ Namibia, Dept Fisheries & Aquat Sci, Henties Bay, Namibia.
34 : Univ Victoria, Dept Biol, Victoria, BC, Canada.
35 : Natl Marine Fisheries Serv, Ocean Associates Inc, Southwest Fisheries Sci Ctr, NOAA, La Jolla, CA USA.
36 : Florida Int Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Marine Sci Program, North Miami, FL USA.
37 : Univ Andres Bello, Fac Ecol & Recursos Nat, Ctr Invest Sustentabilidad, Santiago, Chile.
38 : IFREMER, Unite Sci & Tech Halieut, Lab Technol & Biol Halieut, Lorient, France.
39 : Univ Southern Mississippi, Div Coastal Sci, Ocean Springs, MS USA.
40 : Shanghai Ocean Univ, Coll Marine Sci, Shanghai, Peoples R China.
41 : IFREMER, IRD, CNRS, UBO,R LEMAR 195,UMR 6539, Noumea, New Caledonia.
42 : Harvard Univ, Ctr Environm, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.
43 : Simon Fraser Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
44 : Simon Fraser Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Earth Ocean Res Grp, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
45 : Florida Int Univ, Marine Sci Program, North Miami, FL USA.
46 : Sam Houston State Univ, Texas Res Inst Environm Studies, Huntsville, TX 77340 USA.
47 : Univ Western Australia, Australian Inst Marine Sci, Indian Ocean Marine Res Ctr, Perth, Australia.
48 : Aix Marseille Univ, Univ Toulon, MIO, CNRS,IRD, F-13288 Marseille, France.
49 : Griffith Univ, Australian Rivers Inst, Nathan, Qld, Australia.
50 : Coll William & Mary, Virginia Inst Marine Sci, Dept Environm & Aquat Anim Hlth, Gloucester Point, VA 23062 USA.
51 : Florida Int Univ, Dept Biol Sci, North Miami, FL USA.
52 : Univ St Andrews, Sch Biol, Scottish Oceans Inst, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.
53 : CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Hobart, Tas, Australia.
54 : Texas A&M Univ, Dept Marine Biol, Galveston, TX 77553 USA.
55 : Texas A&M Univ, Dept Wildlife & Fisheries Sci, College Stn, TX 77843 USA.
56 : Univ Bogota Jorge Tadeo Lozano Marina, Programa Biol, Fac Ciencias Nat & Ingn, Bogota, Colombia.
57 : Univ Newcastle, Dept Environm & Life Sci, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
58 : Natl Marine Fisheries Serv, Conservat Biol Div, Northwest Fisheries Sci Ctr, NOAA, Seattle, WA USA.
59 : UAC, Inst Ecol Pesquerias & Oceanog Golfo Mexico EPOME, Campeche, Campeche, Mexico.
60 : Simon Fraser Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Earth Oceans Grp, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
61 : SUNY Stony Brook, Sch Marine & Atmospher Sci, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA.
62 : Univ Massachusetts, Dept Environm Conservat, Amherst, MA 01003 USA.
63 : Northeast Climate Sci Ctr, Dept Interior, Amherst, MA USA.
64 : WorldFish Timor Leste, Dili, Timor-Leste.
65 : Inst Espanol Oceanog, Ctr Oceanog Balears, Palma De Mallorca, Spain.
66 : Nova Southeastern Univ, Guy Harvey Res Inst, Dania, FL USA.
67 : City Univ Hong Kong, State Key Lab Marine Pollut, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.
68 : Univ Tokyo, Atmosphere & Ocean Res Inst, Dept Chem Oceanog, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
69 : Natl Oceanog Ctr Southampton, Southampton, Hants, England.
70 : CEFAS, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.
71 : Natl Marine Fisheries Serv, NOAA, Southeast Reg Off, St Petersburg, FL USA.
72 : NOAA, Southeast Fisheries Sci Ctr, Panama City Lab, Delwood Beach Rd, Panama City, FL USA.
Source Nature Ecology & Evolution (2397-334X) (Nature Publishing Group), 2018-02 , Vol. 2 , N. 2 , P. 299-305
DOI 10.1038/s41559-017-0432-z
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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.
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Bird Christopher S., Verissimo Ana, Magozzi Sarah, Abrantes Katya G., Aguilar Alex, Al-Reasi Hassan, Barnett Adam, Bethea Dana M., Biais Gerard, Borrell Asuncion, Bouchoucha Marc, Boyle Mariah, Brooks Edward J., Brunnschweiler Juerg, Bustamante Paco, Carlisle Aaron, Catarino Diana, Caut Stephane, Cherel Yves, Chouvelon Tiphaine, Churchill Diana, Ciancio Javier, Claes Julien, Colaco Ana, Courtney Dean L., Cresson Pierre, Daly Ryan, de Necker Leigh, Endo Tetsuya, Figueiredo Ivone, Frisch Ashley J., Hansen Joan Holst, Heithaus Michael, Hussey Nigel E., Iitembu Johannes, Juanes Francis, Kinney Michael J., Kiszka Jeremy J., Klarian Sebastian A., Kopp Dorothee, Leaf Robert, Li Yunkai, Lorrain Anne, Madigan Daniel J., Maljkovic Aleksandra, Malpica-Cruz Luis, Matich Philip, Meekan Mark G., Menard Frederic, Menezes Gui M., Munroe Samantha E. M., Newman Michael C., Papastamatiou Yannis P., Pethybridge Heidi, Plumlee Jeffrey D., Polo-Silva Carlos, Quaeck-Davies Katie, Raoult Vincent, Reum Jonathan, Torres-Rojas Yassir Eden, Shiffman David S., Shipley Oliver N., Speed Conrad W., Staudinger Michelle D., Teffer Amy K., Tilley Alexander, Valls Maria, Vaudo Jeremy J., Wai Tak-Cheung, Wells R. J. David, Wyatt Alex S. J., Yool Andrew, Trueman Clive N. (2018). A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(2), 299-305. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0432-z , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00420/53141/