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Marine Vertebrate Ecology Lab

Foraging ecology

Oceania is home to several species of odontocetes of different shapes, colours and sizes, feeding on a variety of prey species on different trophic levels, occupying different foraging niches. This project investigates the trophic ecology of Oceania's odontocetes using stable isotope analysis approaches on tissue samples obtained from animals that stranded or where biopsy-sampled in the field.

Output & related content

Nicholls CR, Peters KJ, ... Parra GJ (2023). Incidence of shark-inflicted bite injuries on Australian snubfin (Orcaella heinsohni) and Australian humpback (Sousa sahulensis) dolphins in coastal waters off east Queensland, Australia. Ecology and Evolution 13(5),

Peters KJ, Bury SJ, Hinton B, Betty EL, Casano-Bally D, Parra GJ, Stockin KA (2022). Too close for comfort? Isotopic niche segregation in New Zealand’s odontocetes. Biology 11(8):1179.

Parra GJP, Wojtkowiak Z, Peters KJ, Cagnazzi D (2022). Isotopic niche overlap between sympatric Australian snubfin and humpback dolphins. Ecology and Evolution 12(5): e8937.

Peters KJ, ... , Stockin KA (2020). Foraging ecology of the common dolphin Delphinus delphis revealed by stable isotope analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 652:173-186.

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