Ecology of Moroteuthopsis longimana at the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands, revealed through stable isotope analysis of squid beaks

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: van Tonder, A, Lübcker, N, Guerreiro, M, Xavier, J. C., Cherel, Y, de Bruyn, P. J. Nico
• Other Authors: Department of Zoology and Entomology Pretoria, University of Pretoria South Africa, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia MARE Portugal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: Cephalopods; Moroteuthopsis longimana; Ontogeny; Southern Ocean; Stableisotope analysis; Prince Edward Islands; Thalassarche chrysostoma; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; Îles Kerguelen; Indian; Kerguelen; Antarc*; Îles Crozet
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03134233; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13556

International audience : Understanding the underlying ecological factors that affect the distribution patternsof organisms is vital for their conservation. Cephalopods such as giant warty squids Moroteuthop-sis longimanaare important in the diets of marine predators, including grey-headed albatrosse...