Multi-approach analysis to assess diet of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena in the southern North Sea
International audience Over the past decade, the distribution of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena has undergone a southward shift in the North Sea, which has led to an increase in the number of stranded porpoises in its southern part. Since the changes in distribution and relative abundance of po...
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Harbour porpoises North Sea Distribution Foraging ecology Stomach contents Stable isotopes Fatty acids [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography Mahfouz, Céline Méziane, Tarik Henry, Françoise Abi Ghanem, Carine Spitz, Jérôme Jauniaux, Thierry Bouveroux, Thibaut Khalaf, Gaby Amara, Rachid Multi-approach analysis to assess diet of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena in the southern North Sea |
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International audience Over the past decade, the distribution of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena has undergone a southward shift in the North Sea, which has led to an increase in the number of stranded porpoises in its southern part. Since the changes in distribution and relative abundance of porpoises may be linked to the changes in prey availability, the aim of the present work was to investigate whether any changes in the feeding habits of harbour porpoises along the North Sea occurred in the past decade. The diet of harbour porpoises stranded along the southern North Sea (northern France and Belgian coast) was assessed through 3 complementary methods: stomach content analysis, stable isotopes (carbon and nitrogen) analysis determined from muscle samples, and fatty acids analysis determined from blubber samples. Fatty acid patterns and stable isotope values from 52 porpoises were compared to 14 potential prey species collected from the southern North Sea. Our results showed that the diet of porpoises along the southern North Sea comprises fish species that are among the most abundant and widely distributed in the area, except for the sardine Sardina pilchardus that appeared to be a new potential prey. Moreover, our results suggested that the decline in sandeel (Ammodytidae) in the northern parts of the North Sea along with the re-invasion of the southern North Sea by sardine species might affect the distribution of harbour porpoises. |
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Mahfouz, Céline Méziane, Tarik Henry, Françoise Abi Ghanem, Carine Spitz, Jérôme Jauniaux, Thierry Bouveroux, Thibaut Khalaf, Gaby Amara, Rachid |
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Multi-approach analysis to assess diet of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena in the southern North Sea |
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Multi-approach analysis to assess diet of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena in the southern North Sea |
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Multi-approach analysis to assess diet of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena in the southern North Sea |
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Multi-approach analysis to assess diet of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena in the southern North Sea |
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Multi-approach analysis to assess diet of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena in the southern North Sea |
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multi-approach analysis to assess diet of harbour porpoises phocoena phocoena in the southern north sea |
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ftunivlille:oai:HAL:hal-01572032v1 2024-06-23T07:56:12+00:00 Multi-approach analysis to assess diet of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena in the southern North Sea Mahfouz, Céline Méziane, Tarik Henry, Françoise Abi Ghanem, Carine Spitz, Jérôme Jauniaux, Thierry Bouveroux, Thibaut Khalaf, Gaby Amara, Rachid Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187 (LOG) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Nord ) National Council for Scientific Research = Conseil national de la recherche scientifique du Liban Lebanon (CNRS-L) Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA) Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN) Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA) Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) الجامعة اللبنانية بيروت = Lebanese University Beirut = Université libanaise Beyrouth (LU / ULB) Observatoire pour la Conservation de la Mégafaune Marine (PELAGIS) LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs) La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH) Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire Liège Nelson Mandela University Port Elizabeth 2017 https://hal.science/hal-01572032 https://hal.science/hal-01572032/document https://hal.science/hal-01572032/file/m563p249.pdf https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11952 en eng HAL CCSD Inter Research info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3354/meps11952 hal-01572032 https://hal.science/hal-01572032 https://hal.science/hal-01572032/document https://hal.science/hal-01572032/file/m563p249.pdf doi:10.3354/meps11952 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0171-8630 EISSN: 1616-1599 Marine Ecology Progress Series https://hal.science/hal-01572032 Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2017, 563 (249-259), ⟨10.3354/meps11952⟩ Harbour porpoises North Sea Distribution Foraging ecology Stomach contents Stable isotopes Fatty acids [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2017 ftunivlille https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11952 2024-06-10T14:36:34Z International audience Over the past decade, the distribution of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena has undergone a southward shift in the North Sea, which has led to an increase in the number of stranded porpoises in its southern part. Since the changes in distribution and relative abundance of porpoises may be linked to the changes in prey availability, the aim of the present work was to investigate whether any changes in the feeding habits of harbour porpoises along the North Sea occurred in the past decade. The diet of harbour porpoises stranded along the southern North Sea (northern France and Belgian coast) was assessed through 3 complementary methods: stomach content analysis, stable isotopes (carbon and nitrogen) analysis determined from muscle samples, and fatty acids analysis determined from blubber samples. Fatty acid patterns and stable isotope values from 52 porpoises were compared to 14 potential prey species collected from the southern North Sea. Our results showed that the diet of porpoises along the southern North Sea comprises fish species that are among the most abundant and widely distributed in the area, except for the sardine Sardina pilchardus that appeared to be a new potential prey. Moreover, our results suggested that the decline in sandeel (Ammodytidae) in the northern parts of the North Sea along with the re-invasion of the southern North Sea by sardine species might affect the distribution of harbour porpoises. Article in Journal/Newspaper Phocoena phocoena LillOA (HAL Lille Open Archive, Université de Lille) Marine Ecology Progress Series 563 249 259 |