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Filling the gap: The unique isotopic niche of medium-sized and large sharks in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea
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The Mediterranean Sea is considered a biodiversity hotspot and hosts a broad diversity of shark species. Unfortunately, many shark populations have suffered a long story of overexploitation and their abundance has strongly declined over the last decades. A few studies have addressed the trophic role of sharks in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea, yet little is known about their isotopic niches. In this study, the isotopic niches of six
shark species (Alopias vulpinus, Galeorhinus galeus, Hexanchus griseus, Isurus oxyrinchus, Prionace glauca and Squalus acanthias) from the northwestern Mediterranean Sea were determined and compared with those of sympatric predatory teleosts and marine mammals. Overall, δ13C and δ15N values were similar amongst all the shark species except for the three individuals of G. galeus, whose high δ15N values indicate recent immigration
from a distinct area with a different isotopic baseline and hence were excluded from further analysis. The mixing models identified cephalopods as the dominant prey of the other five shark species and revealed that the medium-sized and large shark species studied here filled unique isotopic niches. Their trophic positions were similar to those of predatory teleosts and small dolphins but lower than those of larger dolphins, pilot whales and beaked whales. The high contribution of cephalopods to the diet of sharks in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea might be indicative of fish scarcity and deserves further research in the context of potential ontogenetic diet changes.
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NUEZ, Ignasi, GAZO I PÉREZ, Manel, BORRELL THIÓ, Assumpció, AGUILAR, Àlex, BARRÍA, Claudio, NAVARRO CID, José, CARDONA PASCUAL, Luis. Filling the gap: The unique isotopic niche of medium-sized and large sharks in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. _Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science_. 2024. Vol. 299. [consulta: 5 de desembre de 2025]. ISSN: 0272-7714. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/224561]