New paper on constancy and change in predator diets off the Oregon Coast: Gladics et al. 2014.

Two SOL members, Amanda Gladics and Robert Suryan, are co-authors on a new paper in the April issue of Marine Biology.  They examined the diets of three fishes and one seabird off the Oregon coast during two summers with contrasting El Niño (2010) and La Niña (2011) conditions, and found greater niche specialization during El Niño and increased niche overlap during La Niña in both the nekton and micronekton diet components, especially in the larger, more offshore predators.  Learn more about how using multiple predators across diverse taxa and life histories provided a more comprehensive understanding of food-web dynamics during changing ocean conditions at Marine Biology.

Gladics, A.J., R.M. Suryan, R.D. Brodeur, L.M. Segui, L.Z. Filliger. 2014. Constancy and change in marine predator diets across a shift in oceanographic conditions in the Northern California Current. Marine Biology 161(4): 837-851, doi: 10.1007/s00227-013-2384-4.