Combining stable isotope and intestinal parasite information to evaluate dietary differences between individual ringed seals ( Phoca hispida botnica)
The diet and foraging behaviour of nine individual Baltic ringed seals ( Phoca hispida botnica Gmelin, 1785) in the Bothnian Bay were studied by combining results from stable isotope analyses (δ 13 C and δ 15 N) with data on intestinal parasites whose occurrence varied among the fish hosts. The patt...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z06-067 2024-09-15T18:30:20+00:00 Combining stable isotope and intestinal parasite information to evaluate dietary differences between individual ringed seals ( Phoca hispida botnica) Sinisalo, Tuula Valtonen, E. Tellervo Helle, Eero Jones, Roger I. 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z06-067 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/z06-067 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z06-067 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 84, issue 6, page 823-831 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 journal-article 2006 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z06-067 2024-08-01T04:10:03Z The diet and foraging behaviour of nine individual Baltic ringed seals ( Phoca hispida botnica Gmelin, 1785) in the Bothnian Bay were studied by combining results from stable isotope analyses (δ 13 C and δ 15 N) with data on intestinal parasites whose occurrence varied among the fish hosts. The patterns of infection with three acanthocephalan parasites, Corynosoma semerme (Forssell, 1904), Corynosoma magdaleni Montreuil, 1958, and Corynosoma strumosum (Rudolphi, 1802), and with a cestode larva, Schistocephalus solidus (Müller, 1776), were examined. The ringed seals become infected with these intestinal parasites by feeding on the fish hosts and hence have different parasite species and different parasite burdens according to their dietary history. δ 13 C and δ 15 N values were determined from diaphragm muscle of the seals and from tissues of potential prey items. A dual isotope plot of δ 13 C and δ 15 N values for individual seals and mean values for key potential prey species, together with the parasitological data from the seals, allowed inferences to be drawn about the feeding of individual seals. It appeared that two seals foraged particularly on fourhorn sculpin ( Myoxocephalus quadricornis (L., 1758)) and one seal consumed a high proportion of the isopod Saduria entomon (L., 1758). Three seals apparently preferred coastal benthic prey in their diets, while two other seals fed more on pelagic herring ( Clupea harengus membras L., 1761). One older female seal evidently also fed on salmon ( Salmo salar L., 1758). Article in Journal/Newspaper Phoca hispida Salmo salar Canadian Science Publishing Canadian Journal of Zoology 84 6 823 831 |
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The diet and foraging behaviour of nine individual Baltic ringed seals ( Phoca hispida botnica Gmelin, 1785) in the Bothnian Bay were studied by combining results from stable isotope analyses (δ 13 C and δ 15 N) with data on intestinal parasites whose occurrence varied among the fish hosts. The patterns of infection with three acanthocephalan parasites, Corynosoma semerme (Forssell, 1904), Corynosoma magdaleni Montreuil, 1958, and Corynosoma strumosum (Rudolphi, 1802), and with a cestode larva, Schistocephalus solidus (Müller, 1776), were examined. The ringed seals become infected with these intestinal parasites by feeding on the fish hosts and hence have different parasite species and different parasite burdens according to their dietary history. δ 13 C and δ 15 N values were determined from diaphragm muscle of the seals and from tissues of potential prey items. A dual isotope plot of δ 13 C and δ 15 N values for individual seals and mean values for key potential prey species, together with the parasitological data from the seals, allowed inferences to be drawn about the feeding of individual seals. It appeared that two seals foraged particularly on fourhorn sculpin ( Myoxocephalus quadricornis (L., 1758)) and one seal consumed a high proportion of the isopod Saduria entomon (L., 1758). Three seals apparently preferred coastal benthic prey in their diets, while two other seals fed more on pelagic herring ( Clupea harengus membras L., 1761). One older female seal evidently also fed on salmon ( Salmo salar L., 1758). |
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Sinisalo, Tuula Valtonen, E. Tellervo Helle, Eero Jones, Roger I. |
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Sinisalo, Tuula Valtonen, E. Tellervo Helle, Eero Jones, Roger I. Combining stable isotope and intestinal parasite information to evaluate dietary differences between individual ringed seals ( Phoca hispida botnica) |
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Sinisalo, Tuula Valtonen, E. Tellervo Helle, Eero Jones, Roger I. |
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Combining stable isotope and intestinal parasite information to evaluate dietary differences between individual ringed seals ( Phoca hispida botnica) |
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Combining stable isotope and intestinal parasite information to evaluate dietary differences between individual ringed seals ( Phoca hispida botnica) |
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Combining stable isotope and intestinal parasite information to evaluate dietary differences between individual ringed seals ( Phoca hispida botnica) |
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Combining stable isotope and intestinal parasite information to evaluate dietary differences between individual ringed seals ( Phoca hispida botnica) |
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Combining stable isotope and intestinal parasite information to evaluate dietary differences between individual ringed seals ( Phoca hispida botnica) |
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combining stable isotope and intestinal parasite information to evaluate dietary differences between individual ringed seals ( phoca hispida botnica) |
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Phoca hispida Salmo salar |
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