Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, KFU
KAZAN
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
 
ONTOGENETIC CHANGES IN STABLE ISOTOPE (δ13C AND δ15N) VALUES IN SQUID GONATUS FABRICII (CEPHALOPODA) REVEAL ITS IMPORTANT ECOLOGICAL ROLE IN THE ARCTIC
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Year of publication2018
Языканглийский
  • Golikov Aleksey Valentinovich, author
  • Sabirov Rushan Mirzovich, author
  • Zaripova Zarina Ilshatovna, author
  • Bibliographic description in the original language Golikov A.V., Ceia F.R., Sabirov R.M., Zaripova Z.I., Blicher M.E., Zakharov D.V., Xavier J.C. Ontogenetic changes in stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) values in squid Gonatus fab-ricii (Cephalopoda) reveal its important ecological role in the Arctic // Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 2018. -V. 606. –P. 65–78.
    Annotation Gonatus fabricii is the most abundant cephalopod species in Arctic waters, and the only squid that completes its entire life cycle there. In order to understand its ecological role in the Arctic, we conducted stable isotope analyses of beaks from all ontogenetic groups from west and east Greenland waters and the Barents Sea, complemented with morphological data. The values of both δ13C and δ15N of G. fabricii were not related to sex. Values of δ13C showed a small ontogenetic increase, and these values were geographically distinct, with highest levels found in the western part of the study area. Values of δ15N showed a dramatic ontogenetic increase (i.e. 10.0? δ15N; 2.6 trophic levels), from epipelagic juvenile forms to large bathypelagic adults, without significant geographical variation. The observed maximum value of δ15N (14.9 ?) is the highest ever recorded in cephalopod beaks. The estimated trophic level (up to 5.1) compares only to top vertebrate predators in the Arctic
    Keywords Gonatidae, Oegopsid squid, Arctic marine food webs, Trophic ecology, Feeding, Allometric equations, Beak, Morphology
    The name of the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series
    URL https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v606/p65-78/
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