Historic foraging ecology of the endangered Lahille's bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus gephyreus) inferred by stable isotopes

• Published in: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
• Main Authors: Campos Rangel, Andrea, Bastida, Ricardo Oscar, Fruet, Pedro, Laporta, Paula, Cappozzo, Humberto Luis, Valdivia, Meica, Vermeulen, Els, Botta, Silvina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: CARBON; DIET; NITROGEN; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS GEPHYREUS; WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Uruguay; Ricardo; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/211986

The main aim of this work was to evaluate historical changes in the foraging ecology of Lahille's bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus gephyreus) along its distributional range. Stable isotopes of carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) were analyzed in bone samples from specimens deposited in scie...