Date of Award
2016
Publication Type
Doctoral Thesis
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research
Supervisor
Fisk, Aaron
Supervisor
Hussey, Nigel
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
Knowledge of ecological and life-history traits over ontogeny for long-lived migratory marine species is vital to creating effective conservation and management strategies, however these details are often difficult to obtain. Incrementally growing biomineralized structures, such as elasmobranch vertebrae, are metabolically stable and provide the potential to investigate changes in spatial and trophic ecology over ontogeny. In the present dissertation, chemical tracer analysis (δ13C, δ15N, and Δ14C) and opportunistic sightings data are used to address data deficiencies for a threatened marine predator (white shark, Carcharodon carcharias).
Recommended Citation
Christiansen, Heather M., "Addressing Data Deficiencies in a Threatened Mobile Marine Predator" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5724.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/5724