Diet consistency but large-scale isotopic variations in a deep-sea shark : the case of the velvet belly lantern shark, Etmopterus spinax, in the northeastern Atlantic region and Mediterranean Sea

• Main Authors: Besnard, L., Duchatelet, L., Bird, C. S., /Le Croizier, Gael, Michel, L., Pinte, N., Lepoint, G., Schaal, G., Vieira, R. P., Goncalves, J. M. S., Martin, U., Mallefet, J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Trophic ecology; Stable isotopes; Stomach content; Mesopredator; Food webs; Benthopelagic predator; Meganyctiphanes norvegica
• Online Access: https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010084659

Deep-sea elasmobranchs are commonly reported as bycatch of deep-sea fisheries and their subsequent loss has been highlighted as a long-running concern to the ecosystem ecological functioning. To understand the possible consequences of their removal, information on basic ecological traits, such as di...