Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences
مجله علوم شیلاتی ایران
IJFS
Agriculture
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10.18869/acadpub.ijfs
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2015
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Diet and trophic level of scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) from the Gulf of California and Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico
Ecology
Ecology
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Orginal research papers
We examined the diet and trophic level of Sphyrna lewini in the Gulf of California (GC) during 2001 and in the Gulf of Tehuantepec (GT) during 2005 using data from stomach content and stable isotope analysis of δ15N and δ13C. S. lewini diet was represented by pelagic and benthic prey species where the most important in weight was Scomber japonicus (27.70±4.54%) in GC, while in GT it was Auxis spp. (26.19±4.14%). There were differences for δ15N and δ13C between group sizes, showing a difference in the use of area and resources, while the differences for δ15N and δ13C between areas were related to changes in the isotopic signal from the base of the food web in each region. Based on δ13C and δ15N variability, diversity values (GC=3.69 GT=3.17) and diet breadth (GC=0.006 GT=0.002), we propose that S. lewini is an opportunistic predator. The trophic level of
S. lewini was above four in all categories, which indicates that S. lewini is a tertiary consumer. We may conclude that S. lewini plays an important functional role as top predator within areas of Mexico.
Shark, Sphyrna lewini, Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico, Stomach content analysis, Stable isotopes.
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http://jifro.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-793-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Y.E
Torres Rojas
yassirtorres@gmail.com
100319475328460013726
100319475328460013726
Yes
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Paez Osuna
100319475328460013727
100319475328460013727
No
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Camalich
100319475328460013728
100319475328460013728
No
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Galvan Magaña
100319475328460013729
100319475328460013729
No