Trophic Niche Dynamics and Diet Partitioning of King Crab Lithodes santolla in Chile’s Sub-Antarctic Water

• Published in: Diversity
• Main Authors: Claudia Andrade, Cristóbal Rivera, Erik Daza, Eduardo Almonacid, Fernanda Ovando, Flavia Morello, Luis Miguel Pardo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: Crustacea; trophic ecology; Macrocystis pyrifera; isotopic niche; stable isotopes; stomach content; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Antarctic; Cape Horn; Pacific; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/d14010056; https://doaj.org/article/9fb714a7d66840edbd7d3cfe436bc825

The southern king crab Lithodes santolla is one of the most economically important fishery species in the southern waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. A combination of stomach content and stable isotope analyses was used to reveal the potential dietary characteristics, isotopic niche, overlap...