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ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
Volume 144, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109481
Keywords
Universal markers; Isotopes; Marine systems; Movement ecology; Provenance; Seafood
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- Australian Research Council Future Fellowship [FT190100244]
- Australian Research Council [FT190100244] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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This article discusses the use of natural chemical markers as universally applicable provenancing tools for marine animals. It demonstrates the concept using stable oxygen isotopes bound within calcium carbonate biominerals and suggests integrating this concept within a spatial modelling framework to tackle seafood provenance challenges.
Identifying the provenance of marine animals yields fundamental data on a species' ecology and life history and enables the geolocation of individuals for food forensic applications. However, many provenance methods are resource-intensive and developed on a species-specific basis. Here we discuss how natural chemical markers with predictable spatial patterns and common expression among species could be used as provenancing tools that are universally applicable to many species. To demonstrate the universal marker concept, we focus on stable oxygen isotopes bound within calcium carbonate biominerals. In doing so, we compiled a global database of oxygen isotope values to illustrate universal latitudinal patterns across key marine taxa. We then discuss how this concept could be integrated within a spatial modelling framework and applied to tackle the environmental challenge of seafood provenance. By developing universal markers we have the opportunity to trace a greater range of species to support their conservation and management.
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