@article{fdi:010086002, title = {{M}ercury stable isotopes suggest reduced foraging depth in oxygen minimum zones for blue sharks}, author = {{L}e {C}roizier, {G}ael and {S}onke, {J}. {E}. and {L}orrain, {A}nne and {S}erre, {S}. and {B}esnard, {L}. and {S}chaal, {G}. and {A}mezcua-{M}artinez, {F}. and {P}oint, {D}avid}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{O}xygen minimum zones ({OMZ}s) are currently expanding across the global ocean due to climate change, leading to a compression of usable habitat for several marine species. {M}ercury stable isotope compositions provide a spatially and temporally integrated view of marine predator foraging habitat and its variability with environ-mental conditions. {H}ere, we analyzed mercury isotopes in blue sharks {P}rionace glauca from normoxic waters in the northeastern {A}tlantic and from the world's largest and shallowest {OMZ}, located in the northeastern {P}acific ({NEP}). {B}lue sharks from the {NEP} {OMZ} area showed higher delta {H}g-199 values compared to sharks from the north-eastern {A}tlantic, indicating a reduction in foraging depth of approximately 200 m. {O}ur study suggests for the first time that blue shark feeding depth is altered by expanding {OMZ}s and illustrates the use of mercury isotopes to assess the impacts of ocean deoxygenation on the vertical foraging habitat of pelagic predators.}, keywords = {{O}cean deoxygenation ; {C}limate change ; {V}ertical habitat compression ; {F}eeding depth ; {M}arine pelagic predator ; {P}rionace glauca ; {ATLANTIQUE} {NORD} ; {PACIFIQUE} {NORD} {EST}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{M}arine {P}ollution {B}ulletin}, volume = {181}, numero = {}, pages = {113892 [5 ]}, ISSN = {0025-326{X}}, year = {2022}, DOI = {10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113892}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010086002}, }