STABLE ISOTOPE ECOLOGY LAB

PUBLICATIONS

2024

Peart C.R., Bills R., Newton J., Thomas T.J. and Day J.J. (2024). Do sympatric catfish radiations in Lake Tanganyika show eco-morphological diversification? Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society in press.
Helmer M., Helmer D., Yohannes E., Newton J., Dietrich D.R. and Martin-Creuzburg D. (2024). Dissolved nitrogen uptake versus nitrogen fixation: Mode of nitrogen acquisition affects stable isotope signatures of a diazotrophic cyanobacterium and its grazer. PLoS ONE 19(8): e0306173.Wilson J.S.E., McGill R.A.R., Steingrund P. and Trueman C.N. (2024). Tracing the geographic origin of Atlantic cod products using stable isotope analysis. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry e9861.
Silva M.C., Catry P., Newton J., Nunes V.L. and Wakefield E.D. (2024). Diet of non-breeding leach’s storm-petrels (Hydrobates leucorhous) in the sub-polar frontal zone of the North Atlantic. Marine Biology 171, 148.
Bell O., Jones M.E., Ruiz-Aravena M., Hamilton D.G., Comte S., Hamer R., Hamede R.K., Newton J., Bearhop S. and McDonald R.A. (2024). Human habitat modification, not apex scavenger decline, drives isotopic niche variation in a carnivore community. Oecologia 204, 943-957.
Henly L., Stewart J.E., Newton J. and Trueman C. (2024). Low trophic redundancy among temperate wrasse species implies ecosystem risks associated with a multi-species inshore fishery. Marine Ecology Progress Series 734,105-121.
Kabalika Z., Haydon D.T., McGill R.A.R., Morales J.M., Morrison T.A., Newton J. and Hopcraft J.G.C. (2024). Using sulfur stable isotope ratios (δ34S) for animal geolocation: Estimating the delay mechanisms between diet ingestion and isotope incorporation in tail hair. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 38, e9674.
Koene J.P. and Adams C.E. (2024). Resource instability undermines predictable plasticity-mediated morphological responses to diet in a postglacial fish. Ecology and Evolution 14, e10932.
Mills W., Ibañez A.E., Carneiro A.P.B., Morales L.M., Mariano-Jelicich R., McGill R.A.R., Montalti D. and Phillips R.A. (2024). Migration strategies of skuas in the southwest Atlantic Ocean revealed by stable isotopes. Marine Biology 171, 27.

2023

Newton J., Stowasser G. and McGill R.A.R., eds. (2023). Food webs and stable isotopes, volume II. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA.Newton J., Roberts A.M.I. and Towers M. (2023). Stable isotope analysis of feathers taken from greylag geese on Orkney. NatureScot Research Report 1337.
Plint T., ten Doeschate M.T.I., Brownlow A.C., Davison N.J., Hantke G., Kitchener A.C., Longstaffe F.J., McGill R.A.R., Simon-Nutbrown C. and Magill C.R. (2023). Stable isotope ecology and interspecific dietary overlap among dolphins in the Northeast Atlantic. Frontiers in Marine Science 10.
Niepsch D., Clarke L.J., Newton, J., Tzoulas K. and Cavan G. (2023). High spatial resolution assessment of air quality in urban centres using lichen carbon, nitrogen and sulfur contents and stable-isotope-ratio signatures. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 30, 58731–58754.
Hunt G.L., Cobain M.R.D., McGill R.A.R., Pinnegar J.K., Engelhard G.H., Wigham B.D. and Polunin N.V.C. (2023), Quantifying spatio-temporal consistency in the trophic ecology of two sympatric flatfishes. Journal of Fish Biology 103,378-392.
Kuepfer A., Votier S.C., Bearhop S., Sherley R.B., Newton J., Bell O., Brickle P., Arkhipkin A. and Catry P. (2023). Inter-colony and inter-annual variation in discard use by albatross chicks revealed using isotopes and regurgitates. Marine Biology 170, 46.
Mele I., McGill R.A.R., Thompson J., Fennell J. and Fitzer S. (2023). Ocean acidification, warming and feeding impacts on biomineralization pathways and shell material properties of Magallana gigas and Mytilus spp. Marine Environmental Research 186, 105925.
Atkins, K., Bearhop, S., Bodey, T. W., Grecian, W. J., Hamer, K., Pereira, J. M., Meinertzhagen, H., Mitchell, C., Morgan, G., Morgan, L., Newton, J., Sherley, R. B., and Votier, S. C. (2023). Geolocator tracking seabird migration and moult reveal large-scale temperature-driven isoscapes in the NE Atlantic. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 37, e9489.
Doherty S., Alexander M.M., Henderson S., Newton J., Finch J.C. and Collins M.J. (2022). Tracking the British agricultural revolution through the isotopic analysis of dated parchment. Scientific Reports 13, article 61.

2022

Bauld J., Newton J., Jones I., Abernethy K., Lehmann D. and Bussiére L. (2022). Can diet niche partitioning enhance sexual dimorphism? Ecology and Evolution 12, e9599.
Catry P., Campos A., Duarte-Coelho P., Newton J. and Bearhop S. (2022). Two worlds apart: do dramatic differences in wintering European robin populations result from despotism or from habitat specialisation? AIRO 30, 3-21.
Espinasse B., Sturbois A., Basedow S.L., Hélaouët P., Johns D.G., Newton J. and Trueman C.N. (2022). Temporal dynamics in zooplankton δ13C and δ15N isoscapes for the North Atlantic Ocean: Decadal cycles, seasonality, and implications for predator ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10.
Clark T.J., Newton J. and Wakefield E.D. (2022). Comment on “Evidence of prehistoric human activity in the Falkland Islands”. Scientific Advances 8 (17).
Ibañez A.E., Mills W.F., Bustamante P., McGill R.A.R., Morales L.M., Palacio F.X., Torres D.S., Haidr N.S., Mariano-Jelicich R., Phillips R.A. and Montalti D. (2022). Variation in blood mercury concentrations in brown skuas (Stercorarius antarcticus) is related to trophic ecology but not breeding success or adult body condition. Marine Pollution Bulletin 181, 113919.
Bennett-Williams J., Skinner C., Wyatt A.S.J., McGill R.A.R. and Willis T.J. (2022). A multi-tissue, multi-species Assessment of lipid and urea stable isotope biases in mesopredator elasmobranchs. Frontiers in Marine Science 9, 821478.
Lancaster S.T., Peniche G., Alzahrani A., Blanz M., Newton J., Taggart M.A., Corns W.T., Krupp E.M. and Feldmann J. (2022). Mercury speciation in Scottish raptors reveals high proportions of inorganic mercury in Scottish golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos): potential occurrence of mercury selenide nanoparticles. Science of the Total Environment 829, 154557.
Baino A., Hopcraft G., Kendall C. Newton J., Behdenna A. and Munishi L. (2022). We are what we eat, plus some per mill: Using stable isotopes to estimate diet composition in Gyps vultures over space and time. Ecology and Evolution 12, e8726.
O'Hanlon N.J., Thaxter C.B., Burton N.H.K., Grant D., Clark N.A., Clewley G.D., Conway G.J., Barber L.J., McGill R.A.R. and Nager R.G. (2022). Habitat selection and specialisation of herring gulls during the non-breeding season. Frontiers in Marine Science 9, 816881.
Cobain M.R.D., McGill R.A.R. and Trueman C.N. (2022). Stable isotopes demonstrate seasonally stable benthic-pelagic coupling as newly-fixed nutrients are rapidly transferred through food chains in an estuarine fish community. Journal of Fish Biology, 1-15.
Doherty S.P., Collins M.J., Harris A.J.T., Sistiaga A., Newton J. and Alexander M.M. (2022). A modern baseline for the paired isotopic analysis of skin and bone in terrestrial mammals. Royal Society Open Science 9, 211587.
Mills W.F., Ibañez A.E., Bustamante P., Carneiro A.P.B., Bearhop S., Cherel Y., Mariano-Jelicich R., McGill R.A.R., Montalti D., Votier S.C. and Phillips R.A. (2022) Spatial and sex differences in mercury contamination of skuas in the Southern Ocean. Environmental Pollution 297, 118841.

2021

Newton J. (2021) An insect isoscape of UK and Ireland. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 35, e9126.
Bubadué J., Cáceres N., Melo G., Sponchiado J., Battistella T., Newton J. and Meloro C. (2021) Niche partitioning in small mammals: interspecific and biome-level analyses using stable isotopes. Journal of Mammalogy 102, 1235-1248.
Riverón, S., Raoult, V., Baylis, A.M.M., Jones K.A., Slip D.J. and Harcourt R.G. (2021) Pelagic and benthic ecosystems drive differences in population and individual specializations in marine predators. Oecologia 196, 891–904
Lee T.H., McGill R.A.R. and Fitzer S. (2021) Effects of extra feeding combined with ocean acidification and increased temperature on the carbon isotope values (δ13C) in the mussel shell. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 541, 151562.
Austin R.E., De Pascalis F., Votier S.C., Haakonsson J., Arnould J.P.Y., Ebanks-Petrie G., Newton J., Harvey J. and Green J.A. (2021) Interspecific and intraspecific foraging differentiation of neighbouring tropical seabirds. Movement Ecology 9, 27.
Clark T.J., Vick B., Newton J., Marengo I. and Wakefield E.D. (2021) A wolf in fox's clothing? Using stable isotopes to quantify ecological replacement. Conservation Letters 14, 12791.
Tongue A.D.W., Fernie K.J., Harrad S., Drage D.S., McGill R.A.R.and Reynolds S.J. (2020) Interspecies comparisons of brominated flame retardants in relation to foraging ecology and behaviour of gulls frequenting a UK landfill. Science of the Total Environment 764, 142890.
Clark B.L., Cox S.L., Atkins K.M., Bearhop S., Bicknell A.W.J., Bodey T.W., Cleasby I.R., Grecian W.J., Hamer K.C., Loveday B.R., Miller P.I., Morgan G., Morgan L., Newton J., Patrick S.C., Scales K.L., Sherley R.B., Vigfúsdóttir F., Wakefield E.D. and Votier S.C. (2021) Sexual segregation of gannet foraging over 11 years: movements vary but isotopic differences remain stable. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 661, 1-16.
Doherty S., Alexander M.M., Vnouček J., Newton J. & Collins M.J. (2021) Measuring the impact of parchment production on skin collagen stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) values. STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research, 7:1, 1-12.

2020

O'Shea O.R., Meadows M.H., Wrigglesworth E.E., Newton J. and Hawkes L.A. (2020) Novel insights into the diet of southern stingrays and Caribbean whiptail rays. Marine Ecology Progress Series 655, 157-170.
Mills W.F., Bustamante P., McGill R.A.R., Anderson O.R.J., Bearhop S., Cherel Y., Votier S.C. and Phillips R.A. (2020) Mercury exposure in an endangered seabird: long-term changes and relationships with trophic ecology and breeding success. Royal Society Proceedings B 287, 1941.
Jones K.A., Baylis A.M.M., Orben R.A., Ratcliffe N., Votier S.C., Newton J. and Staniland I.J. (2020) Stable isotope values in South American Fur Seal pup whiskers as proxies of year-round maternal foraging ecology. Marine Biology 167, 148.
Wright P.G.R., Newton J., Agnelli P., Budinski I., di Salvo I., Flaquer C., Fulco A., Georgiakakis P., Martinoli A., Mas M., Mazija M., Mucedda M., Papadatou E., Petrov B., Rodrigues L., Mathews F. and Russo D. (2020) Hydrogen isotopes reveal evidence of migration of Miniopterus schreibersii in Europe. BMC Ecology 20, 52.
Kabalika Z., Morrison T.A., McGill R.A.R., Munishi L.K., Ekwem D., Mahene W.L., Lobora A.L., Newton J., Morales J.M., Haydon D.T. and Hopcraft J.G.C. (2020) Tracking animal movements using biomarkers in tail hairs: a novel approach for animal geolocating from sulfur isoscapes. Movement Ecology 8, 37.
O'Hanlon, N.J., Alonso, S., Miller, J.A., McGill, R.A. and Nager, R. G. (2020) Landscape‐mediated variation in diet is associated with egg size and maculation in a generalist forager. Ibis 162, 687-700.
Mills W.F., McGill R.A., Cherel Y., Votier S.C. and Phillips, R.A. (2020) Stable isotopes demonstrate intraspecific variation in habitat use and trophic level of non‐breeding albatrosses. Ibis 163, 43-472.
Portugal S.J., McGill R.A.R., Green J.A. and Butler P.J. (2020) Pre-winter fattening and fat loss during wing molt: the annual cycle of fat deposition in captive barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis). bioRxiv 2020.04.26.062364.
Bicknell A.W.J., Walker B.W., Black T., Newton J., Pemberton J.M., Luxmoore R., Inger R. and Votier S.C. (2020) Stable isotopes reveal the importance of seabirds and marine foods in the diet of St Kilda field mice. Scientific Reports 10, 6088.
Jones K.A., Ratcliffe N., Votier S.C., Newton J., Forcada J., Dickens J., Stowasser G. and Staniland I.J. (2020) Intra-specific Niche Partitioning in Antarctic Fur Seals, Arctocephalus gazella. Scientific Reports 10, 3238.
Mao J, Burdett H.L., McGill R.A.R., Newton J., Gulliver P. and Kamenos N.A. (2020) Carbon burial over the last four millennia is regulated by both climatic and land use change. Global Change Biology in press.
Kent A.J., Pert C.C., Briers R.A., Diele K. and Rueckert S. (2020) Increasing intensities of Anisakis simplex third-stage larvae (L3) in Atlantic salmon of coastal waters of Scotland. Parasites & Vectors 13, 62.

2019

Skinner C., Mill A.C., Newman S.P., Newton J., Cobain M.R.D. and Polunin N.V.C. (2019) Novel tri-isotope ellipsoid approach reveals dietary variation in sympatric predators. Ecology and Evolution 9, 13267-13277.
Austin R.E., Wynn R.B., Votier S.C., Trueman C. McMinn M., Rodriguez A., Suberg L., Maurice L., Newton J., Genovart M., Peron C., Gremillet D. and Guilford T. (2019) Patterns of at-sea behaviour at a hybrid zone between two threatened seabirds. Scientific Reports 9, 14720.
Skinner C., Newman S.P., Mill A.C., Newton J. and Polunin N.V.C. (2019) Prevalence of pelagic dependence of coral reef predators across an atoll landscape. Journal of Animal Ecology 88, 1564-1574.
Sorensen M.C., Dixit T., Kardynal K.J., Newton J., Hobson K.A., Bensch S., Jenni-Eiermann S. and Spottiswoode C.N. (2019) Migration distance does not predict blood parasitism in a migratory songbird. Ecology and Evolution 9, 8294-8304.
Laverick J.H., Green T.K., Burdett H.L., Newton J. and Rogers A.D. (2019) Depth alone is an inappropriate proxy for physiological change in the mesophotic coral Agaricia lamarcki. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 99, 1535-1546.
Cobain M.R.D., Steward W., Trueman C.N. and Jensen A. (2019) Individual trophic specialization in juvenile European seabass: implications for the management of a commercially important species. ICES Journal of Marine Science 76, 1784-1793.
Grecian J., Williams H., Votier S., Bearhop S., Cleasby I., Grémillet D., Hamer K., le Nuz M., Lescröel A., Newton J., Patrick S., Phillips R., Wakefield E. and Bodey T. (2019) Individual spatial consistency and dietary flexibility in the migratory behaviour of northern gannets wintering in the Northeast Atlantic. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7.
Quillfeldt P., Weimerskirch H., Masello J.F., Delord K., McGill R.A.R., Furness R.W. and Cherel Y. (2019) Behavioural plasticity in the early breeding season of pelagic seabirds - a case study of thin-billed prions from two oceans. Movement Ecology 7, 1
Britton A.W., Murrell D.J., McGill, R.A.R., Doble C.J., Ramage C.I. and Day J.J. (2019) The effects of land use disturbance varies with trophic position in littoral cichlid fish communities from Lake Tanganyika. Freshwater Biology 64, 1114-1130.
St. John Glew K., Graham L.J., McGill R.A.R. and Trueman C.N. (2019) Spatial models of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur stable isotope distributions (isoscapes) across a shelf sea: An INLA approach. Methods in Ecology and Evolution10, 518-531.
Tollington S., Ewen J.G., Newton J., McGill R.A.R., Smith D., Henshaw A., Fogell D.J, Tatayah V., Greenwood A., Jones C.J. and Groombridge J.J. (2019) Characterising individual consumption of supplemental food by Mauritius parakeets as a predictor of reproductive performance and viral infection intensity. Journal of Applied Ecology 56, 594-603.
Heylen D., Schmidt O., Dauten H. Gern L., Kampen H., Newton J. and Gray J. (2019) Host identification in unfed ticks from stable isotope compositions (delta13 C and delta15 N). Medical and veterinary entomology 33, 360-366.
Waldron, S., Vihermaa, L., Evers, S., Garnett M.H., Newton J. and Henderson A.C.G. (2019) C mobilisation in disturbed tropical peat swamps: old DOC can fuel the fluvial efflux of old carbon dioxide, but site recovery can occur. Sci Rep 9, 11429.

2018

Bodey T.W., Cleasby I.R., Votier S.C., Hamer K.C., Newton J., Patrick S.C., Wakefield E.D. and Bearhop S. (2018) Frequency and consequences of individual dietary specialisation in a wide-ranging marine predator, the Northern Gannet. Marine Ecology Progress Series 604, 251-262.
Quaeck-Davies K., Bendall V.A., MacKenzie K.M., Hetherington S., Newton J., Trueman C.N. (2018) Teleost and elasmobranch eye lenses as a target for life-history stable isotope analyses. PeerJ 6:e4883
Ratcliffe N., Adlard S., Stowasser G. and McGill R.A.R. (2018) Dietary divergence is associated with increased intra-specific competition in a marine predator. Scientific Reports 8, 6827.
Clay T., Pearmain E., McGill R.A.R., Manica A. and Phillips R.A. (2018) Age-related variation in non-breeding foraging behaviour and carry-over effects on fitness in an extremely long-lived bird. Functional Ecology 32, 1832-1846.
Piggott C.V.H., Verspoor E, Greer R., Hooker O., Newton J. and Adams C.E. (2018) Phenotypic and resource use partitioning amongst sympatric, lacustrine brown trout, Salmo trutta (Linnaeus). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 124, 200-212.
Cook J., Newton J. and Millett J. (2018) Environmental differences between sites control the diet and nutrition of the carnivorous plant Drosera rotundifolia. Plant and Soil 423, 41-58.
Ooki S., Akagi T., Jinno H., Franzen L.G. and Newton J. (2018) Hydrological study of Lyngmossen bog, Sweden: Isotopic tracers (3H, δ2H and δ18O) imply three waters with different mobilities. Quaternary Science Reviews 199, 97-107.

2017

Bell J.B., Reid W.D.K., Pearce D.A., Glover A.G., Sweeting C.J., Newton J., and Woulds, C. (2017) Hydrothermal activity lowers trophic diversity in Antarctic sedimented hydrothermal vents. Biogeosciences Discussions 14, 5705-5725.
Willis T.J., Berglöf K.T.L., McGill R.A.R., Musco L., Piraino S., Rumsey C.M., Vega Fernández T. and Badalamenti F. (2017) Kleptopredation: a mechanism to facilitate planktivory in a benthic mollusc. Biology Letters 13, 20170447.
Leal G.R., Furness R.W., McGill R.A.R., Santos R.A. and Bugoni L. (2017) Feeding and foraging ecology of Trindade petrels Pterodroma arminjoniana during the breeding period in the South Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biology 164, 216.
Webb E.C., Newton J., Lewis J., Stewart A., Miller B., Tarlton J.F. and Evershed R.P. (2017) Sulphur-isotope compositions of pig tissues from a controlled feeding study. STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research 3 (1).
Pollock C.J., Capilla-Lasheras P., McGill R.A.R., Helm B. and Dominoni D.M. (2017) Integrated behavioural and stable isotope data reveal altered diet linked to low breeding success in urban-dwelling blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus). Nature Scientific Reports 7, 2014.
O'Hanlon N.J., McGill R.A.R. and Nager R.G. (2017) Increased use of intertidal resources benefits breeding success in a generalist gull species. Marine Ecology Progress Series 574, 193-210
Baker K., Chadwick M.A., McGill R.A.R., Rahab R.A. and Kahar R. (2017) Macroinvertebrate trophic structure on waterfalls in Borneo. Marine and Freshwater Research 68, 2061-2069.
Barry, J., Dodd, J.A., Evans, D., Newton, J. and Adams, C.E. (2017) The effect of foraging and ontogeny on the prevalence and intensity of the invasive parasite Anguillicola crassus in the European eel Anguilla anguilla. Journal of Fish Diseases 40, 1213–1222.
Kent F.E.A., Mair J.M., Newton J., Lindenbaum C., Porter J.S. and Sanderson W.G. (2017) Commercially important species associated with horse mussel (Modiolus modiolus) biogenic reefs: a priority habitat for nature conservation and fisheries benefits. Marine Pollution Bulletin 118, 71-78.
Negrete P., Sallaberry M., Barcelo G., Maldonado K., Perona F., McGill R.A.R., Quilfeldt P. and Sabat, P. (2017) Temporal variation in isotopic composition of Pygoscelis penguins at Ardley Island, Antarctic: are foraging habits impacted by environmental change? Polar Biology 40, 903-916.
Meier R.E., Votier S.C., Wynn R.B., Guilford T., McMinn Grivé M., Rodríguez A., Newton J., Maurice L., Chouvelon T., Dessier A. and Trueman C.N. (2017) Tracking, feather moult and stable isotopes reveal foraging behaviour of a critically endangered seabird during the non-breeding season. Diversity and Distributions 23, 130-145.
Neto J.M., Gordinho L.D., Vollot B., Marin M., Monros J.S. and Newton J. (2017) Stable isotopes reveal differences in diet among reed bunting subspecies that vary in bill size. Journal of Avian Biology 48, 284-294.

2016

Newton, J. (2016) Stable isotopes as tools in ecological research. In: eLS: Encylopedia of Life Sciences. Wiley, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9780470015902
von Holstein I.C., Walton Rogers P., Craig O.E., Penkman K.E., Newton J. and Collins M.J. (2016) Provenancing Archaeological Wool Textiles from Medieval Northern Europe by Light Stable Isotope Analysis (δ13C, δ15N, δ2H). PLos One 11(10):e0162330.
Ford A.G.P., Rüber L., Newton J., Dasmahapatra K.K., Balarin J.D., Bruun K. and Day J.J. (2016) Niche divergence facilitated by fine-scale ecological partitioning in a recent cichlid fish adaptive radiation. Evolution 70, 2718-2735.
Bell J.B., Reid W.D.K., Pearce D.A., Glover A.G., Sweeting C.J., Newton J., and Woulds, C. (2016) Hydrothermal activity lowers trophic diversity in Antarctic sedimented hydrothermal vents. Biogeosciences Discussions.
Hammer S., Nager R.G., Alonso A., McGill R.A.R., Furness R.W. and Dam M. (2016) Legacy pollutants are declining in Great Skuas (Stercorarius skua) but remain higher in Faroe Islands than in Scotland. Bull Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Vol 97, 184-190.
Bell J.B., Aquilina A., Woulds C., Glover A.G., Little C.T.S., Reid W.D.K., Hepburn L.E., Newton J. and Mills R.A. (2016) Geochemistry, faunal composition and trophic structure in reducing sediments on the southwest South Georgia margin. Royal Society Open Science, 3. 160284.
Grecian W.J., Taylor G.A., Loh G., McGill R.A.R., Miskelly C.M., Phillips R.A., Thompson D.R. and Furness R.W. (2016) Contrasting migratory responses of two closely-related seabirds to long-term climate change. Marine Ecology Progress Series 559, 231-242.
Sorensen M.C., Fairhurst G.D., Jenni-Eiermann S., Newton J., Yohannes E. and Spottiswoode C.N. (2016) Seasonal rainfall at long-term migratory staging sites is associated with altered carry-over effects in a Palearctic-African migratory bird. BMC Ecology 16:41.
Catry P., Campos A.R., Granadeiro J.P., Neto J.M., Ramos J., Newton J. and Bearhop S. (2016) Provenance does matter: links between winter trophic segregation and the migratory origins of European robins. Oecologia 182, 985-994.
Votier S.C., Bearhop S., Bilton D., Newton, J., Alstrom P., Leader P., Carey G., Furness R.W. and Olsson U. (2016) Stable isotopes and mtDNA reveal niche segregation but no evidence of intergradation along a habitat gradient in the lesser whitethroat complex (Sylvia curruca; Passeriformes; Aves). Journal of Ornithology 157, 1017-1027.
Rysava K., McGill R.A.R., Matthiopoulos J. and Hopcraft J.G.C (2016) Re-constructing nutritional history of Serengeti wildebeest from stable isotopes in tail hair: seasonal starvation patterns in an obligate grazer. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 30, 1461-1468.
Sanders D., Moser A. Newton J. and van Veen F.J.F. (2016) Trophic assimilation efficiency markedly increases at higher trophic levels in four-level host–parasitoid food chain. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283, 20153043.
Notman G.M., McGill R.A.R., Hawkins S.J. and Burrows M.T. (2016) Macroalgae contribute to the diet of Patella vulgata from contrasting conditions of latitude and wave exposure in the UK. Marine Ecology Progress Series 549, 113-123.
Hooker O.E., Barry J., van Leeuwen T.E., Lyle A. Newton J., Cunningham P. and Adams C.E. (2016) Morphological, ecological and behavioural differentiation of sympatric profundal and pelagic Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in Loch Dughaill Scotland. Hydrobiologia 783, 209-221.
Horswill C., Matthiopoulos J., Ratcliffe N., Green J.A., Trathan P.N., McGill R.A.R., Phillips R.A. and O'Connell T.C. (2016) Drivers of intrapopulation variation in resource use in a generalist predator, the macaroni penguin. Marine Ecology Progress Series 548, 233-247.
Dehnhard N., Ludynia K., Masello J.F., Voigt C.C., McGill R.A.R. and Quillfeldt P. (2016) Plasticity in foraging behaviour and diet buffers effects of inter-annual environmental differences on chick growth and survival in southern rockhopper penguins Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome. Polar Biology 39, 1627-1641.
Reid W.D.K., Sweeting C.J., Wigham B.D., McGill R.A.R. and Polunin N.V.C. (2016) Isotopic niche variability in macroconsumers of the East Scotia Ridge (Southern Ocean) hydrothermal vents: what more can we learn from an ellipse? Marine Ecology Progress Series 542, 13-24.
Moreno, R., Stowasser, G., McGill, R.A.R., Bearhop, S., Phillips, R.A. (2016) Assessing the structure and temporal dynamics of seabird communities: the challenge of capturing marine ecosystem complexity. Journal of Animal Ecology 85, 199-212.
Catry P., Campos A.R., Granadeiro J.P., Neto J.M., Ramos J., Newton J. and Bearhop S. (2016) Provenance does matter: links between winter trophic segregation and the migratory origins of European robins. Oecologia 182, 985–994.
Solovyeva D., Hobson K.A., Kharitonova N., Newton J., Fox J.W., Afansyev V. and Fox A.D. (2016) Combining stable hydrogen (δ2H) isotopes and geolocation to assign Scaly-sided Mergansers to moult river catchments. Journal of Ornithology 157, 663–669.

2015

Jones J.R. and Mulville J. (2015) Isotopic and zooarchaeological approaches towards understanding aquatic resource use in human economies and animal management in the prehistoric Scottish North Atlantic Islands. Journal of Archaeological Science 6, 665-677.
Wakefield E.D., Cleasby I.R., Bearhop S., Bodey T.W., Davies R., Miller P.I., Newton J., Votier S.C. and Hamer K.C. (2015) Long-term individual foraging site fidelity – why some gannets don’t change their spots. Ecology 96, 3058–3074.
Fleming N.E.C., Harrod C., Newton J. and Houghton J.D.R (2015) Not all jellyfish are equal: isotopic evidence for inter- and intraspecific variation in jellyfish trophic ecology. PeerJ 3:e1110.
Quillfeldt P., Cherel Y., Masello J.F., Delord K., McGill R.A.R., Furness R.W., Moodley Y. and Weimerskirch H. (2015) Half a world apart? overlap in nonbreeding distributions of Atlantic and Indian Ocean thin-billed prions. PLoS ONE 10(5): e0125007
Quillfeldt P., Ekschmitt K., Brickle P., McGill R.A.R., Wolters V., Dehnhard N. and Masello J.F. (2015) Variability of higher trophic level stable isotope data in space and time - a case study in a marine ecosystem. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 29, 667-674.
Grecian W.J., McGill R.A.R., Phillips R.A., Ryan P.G. and Furness R.W. (2015) Quantifying variation in d13C and d15N isotopes within and between feathers and individuals: is one sample enough? Marine Biology 162, 733-741.
Cleasby I.R., Wakefield E.D., Bodey T.W., Davies R.D., Patrick S.C., Newton J., Votier S.C., Bearhop S. and Hamer K.C. (2015) Sexual segregation in a wide-ranging marine predator is a consequence of habitat selection. Marine Ecology Progress series 518, 1-12.
Long H., Vihermaa L., Waldron S., Hoey T., Quemin S. and Newton J. (2015) Hydraulics are a first‐order control on CO2 efflux from fluvial systems. Biogeosciences 120, 1912-1922.

2014

O'Farrell S., Bearhop S., McGill R.A.R, Dahlgren C.P., Brumbaugh D.R. and Mumby P.J. (2014) Habitat and body size effects on the isotopic niche space of invasive lionfish and endangered Nassau grouper. Ecosphere 5, Art. 123.
Fleming N.E.C., Harrod C., Griffin D.C., Newton J. and Houghton J.D.R. (2014) Scyphozoan jellyfish provide short-term reproductive habitat for hyperiid amphipods in a temperate near-shore environment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 510, 229-240.
Watts A.J.R., McGill R.A.R., Albalat A. and Neil D.M. (2014) Biophysical and biochemical changes in Nephrops norvegicus during starvation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 457, 81-89.
Morrissey C.A., Stanton D.W.G., Tyler C.R., Pereira M.G., Newton J., Durance I. and Ormerod S.J. (2014) Developmental impairment in Eurasian dipper nestlings exposed to urban stream pollutants. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 33, 1315-1323.
Cross A.D.P., Hentati-Sundberg J., Österblom H., McGill R.A.R. and Furness R.W. (2014) Isotopic analysis of island house martins Delichon urbica indicates marine provenance of nutrients. Ibis 156, 676-681.
Waggitt J.J., Briffa M., Grecian W.J., Newton J., Patrick S.C., Stauss C. and Votier S.C. (2014) Testing for sub-colony variation in seabird foraging behaviour: ecological and methodological consequences for understanding colonial living. Marine Ecology Progress Series 498, 275-285.
Bicknell A.W.J., Knight M.E., Bilton D.T., Campbell M., Reid J.B., Newton J. and Votier S.C. (2014) Intercolony movement of pre-breeding seabirds over oceanic scales: implications of cryptic age-classes for conservation and metapopulation dynamics. Diversity and Distributions 20, 160-168.
Knudsen R., Siwertsson A., Adams C., Newton J. and Amundsen P.A. (2014) Similar patterns of individual niche use are revealed by different time-integrated trophic tracers (stable isotopes and parasites). Ecology of Freshwater Fish 23, 259-268.
Bodey T.W., Ward E.J., Phillips R.A., McGill R.A.R. and Bearhop S. (2014) Species versus guild level differentiation revealed across the annual cycle by isotopic niche examination. Journal of Animal Ecology 83, 470-478.
Solovyeva D., Newton J., Hobson K., Fox J.W., Afanasyev V. and Fox A.D. (2014) Marine moult migration of the freshwater Scaly‐sided Merganser Mergus squamatus revealed by stable isotopes and geolocators. Ibis 156, 466-471.
Vihermaa L.E., Waldron S., Garnett M.H. and Newton J. (2014) Old carbon contributes to aquatic emissions of carbon dioxide in the Amazon. Biogeosciences 11, 3635-3645.
Waldron S., Scott E.M., Vihermaa L.E. and Newton J. (2014) Quantifying precision and accuracy of measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon stable isotopic composition using continuous‐flow isotope‐ratio mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 28, 1117-1126.

2013

von Holstein I.C.C., Hamilton J., Craig O.E., Newton J. and Collins M.J. (2013) Comparison of isotopic variability in proteinaceous tissues of a domesticated herbivore: a baseline for zooarchaeological investigation. Rapid Communincations in Mass Spectrometry 27, 2601-2615.
Foote A.D., Newton J., Ávila-Arcos M.C., Kampmann M.-L., Samaniego J.A., Post K., Rosing-Asvid A., Sinding M.-H.S. and Gilbert M.T.P. (2013) Tracking niche variation over millenial timescales in sympatric killer whale lineages. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280, 1768, 20131481.
Morrissey C.A., Stanton D.W.G., Pereira M.G., Newton J., Durance I., Tyler C.R., and Ormerod S.J. (2013) Eurasian dipper eggs indicate elevated organohalogenated contaminants in urban rivers. Environmental Science and Technology, 47, 8931-8939.
Guerin A.J., Jensen A.C. and McGill R.A.R. (2013) Effects of distilled water rinsing on stable isotope ratios of acid-treated marine invertebrate (Paguridae) samples. Rapid Communincations in Mass Spectrometry 27, 2051-2056.
Reid W.D.K., Sweeting C.J., Wigham B.D., Zwirglmaier K., Hawkes J.A., McGill R.A.R., Linse K. and Polunin N.V.C. (2013) Spatial Differences in East Scotia Ridge Hydrothermal Vent Food Webs: Influences of Chemistry, Microbiology and Predation on Trophodynamics. Plos One 8(6) e65553.
Carvalho P.C., Bugoni L., McGill R.A.R. and Bianchini A. (2013) Metal and selenium concentrations in blood and feathers of petrels of the genus Procellaria. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 32, 1641-1648.
Reid W.D.K., Sweeting C.J., Wigham B.D., McGill R.A.R., and Polunin N.V.C. (2013) High variability in spatial and temporal size-based trophodynamics of deep-sea fishes from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge elucidated by stable isotopes. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 98 Part B, 412-420.
Morrisson C.A., Robinson R.A., Clark J.A., Marca A.D., Newton J. and Gill J.A. (2013) Using stable isotopes to link breeding population trends to winter ecology in Willow Warblers, Phylloscopus trochilus. Bird Study 60, 211-220.
Siwertsson A., Knudsen R., Praebel K., Adams C.E. and Newton J. (2013) Discrete foraging niches promote ecological, phenotypic and genetic divergence in sympatric whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus). Evolutionary Ecology 27, 547-564.
Kürten B., Frutos I., Struck U., Painting S.J., Polunin N.V.C. and Middelburg J.J. (2013) Trophodynamics and functional feeding groups of North Sea fauna: a combined stable isotope and fatty acid approach Biogeochemistry 113, 189-212.
Morrissey C.A., Boldt A., Mapstone A., Newton J. and Ormerod S.J. (2013) Stable isotopes as indicators of wastewater effects on the macroinvertebrates of urban rivers. Hydrobiologia 700, 231-244.
Michalik A., McGill R.A.R., van Noordwijk H.J., Masello J., Furness R.W., Eggers T. and Quillfeldt P. (2013) Stable isotopes reveal variable foraging behaviour in a colony of the Imperial Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps: Differences between ages sexes and years. Journal of Ornithology 154, 239-249.

2012

Jones J.R., Mulville J.A., McGill R.A.R., Evershed R.P. (2012) Palaeoenvironmental modelling of δ13C and δ15N values in the North Atlantic Islands: understanding past marine resource use. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 26, 2399-2406.
Reid W.D.K., Wigham B.D., McGill R.A.R. and Polunin N.V.C. (2012) Elucidating trophic pathways in benthic deep-sea assemblages of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north and south of the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone. Marine Ecology Progress Series 463, 89-103.
Quillfeldt P., McGill R., Furness R.W., Möstl E., Ludynia K. and Masello J.F. (2012) Impact of miniature geolocation loggers on a small petrel, the thin-billed prion Pachyptila belcheri. Marine Biology 159, 1809-1816.
Stauss C., Bearhop S., Bodey T.W., Garthe S., Gunn C., Grecian W.J., Inger R., Knight M.E., Newton J., Patrick S.C., Phillips R.A., Waggitt J.J. and Votier S.C. (2012) Sex-specific foraging behaviour in northern gannets Morus bassanus: incidence and implications. Marine Ecology Progress Series 457, 151-162.
Evans K.L., Newton J., Mallord J.W. and Markman S. (2012) Stable isotope analysis provides new information on winter habitat use of declining avian migrants that is relevant to their conservation. PLoS ONE 7(4): e34542.
Millett J., Svensson B., Newton J. and Rydin H. (2012) Reliance on prey derived nitrogen by the carnivorous plant Drosera rotundifolia decreases with increasing nitrogen deposition. New Phytologist 195, 182-188.
Foote A.D., Vester H., Víkingsson G.A. and Newton J. (2012) Dietary variation within and between populations of northeast Atlantic killer whales Orcinus orca inferred from δ13C and δ15N analyses. Marine Mammal Science, 28, E472-E485.
Kürten B., Frutos I., Struck U., Painting S.J., Polunin N.V.C. and Middelburg J.J. (2012) Trophodynamics and functional feeding groups of North Sea fauna: a combined stable isotope and fatty acid approach Biogeochemistry 113, 189-212.
Millett J., Leith I.D., Sheppard L.J. and Newton J. (2012) Response of Sphagnum papillosum and Drosera rotundifolia to reduced and oxidised wet N deposition. Folia Geobotanica 47, 179-191.
Lee Cruz L., McGill R.A.R., Goodman S.J. and Hamer K.C. (2012) Stable isotope ratios of a tropical marine predator: confounding effects of nutritional status during growth. Marine Biology 159, 873-880.
Letessier T.B., Pond D.W., McGill R.A.R., Reid W.D.K, and Brierley, A.S. (2012) Trophic interaction of invertebrate zooplankton on either side of the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone/Subpolar Front of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Journal of Marine Systems 94, 174-184.
Evans K.L., Newton J., Gaston K.J., Sharp S.P, McGowan A. and Hatchwell, B.J. (2012) Colonisation of urban environments is associated with reduced migratory behaviour, facilitating divergence from ancestral populations. Oikos 121, 634-640. See also Science NOW.
Stowasser G., Atkinson A., McGill R.A.R., Phillips R.A., Collins M.A. and Pond D.W. (2012) Food web dynamics in the Scotia Sea in summer: A stable isotope study. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 59-60, 208-221.
Tarling G.A., Stowasser G., Ward P., Poulton A.J., Zhou M., Venables H.J., McGill R.A.R. and Murphy E.J. (2012) Seasonal trophic structure of the Scotia Sea pelagic ecosystem considered through biomass spectra and stable isotope analysis. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 59-60, 222-236.

2011

Eloranta A.P., Siwertsson A., Knudsen R., Amundsen P.-A. (2011) Dietary plasticity of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) facilitates coexistence with competitively superior European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus). Ecology of Freshwater Fish 20, 558-568.
Phillips R.A., McGill R.A.R., Dawson D.A. and Bearhop S. (2011) Sexual segregation in distribution, diet and trophic level of seabirds: insights from stable isotope analysis. Marine Biology 158, 2199-2208.
Campos A.R., Catry P., Teneiro P., Neto J.M., Pereira A.C., Brito R., Cardoso H., Ramos J.A., Bearhop S., and Newton J. (2011) How do Robins Erithacus rubecula resident in Iberia respond to seasonal flooding by conspecific migrants? Bird Study 58, 435-442.
Robb, G.N., McDonald R.A., Inger R., Reynolds S.J., Newton J., McGill R.A.R., Chamberlain D.E., Harrison T.J.E. and Bearhop, S. (2011) Using stable-isotope analysis as a technique for determining consumption of supplementary foods by individual birds. The Condor 113, 475-482.
Campos A.R., Catry P., de Rojas M., Bearhop S., Ramos J. and Newton J. (2011) Winter habitat influences the number of feather mites of two species living on European robins Erithacus rubecula. Ardeola 58, 103-111.
Bicknell A.W.J., Campbell M., Knight M.E., Bilton D.T., Newton J. and Votier S.C. (2011) Effects of formalin preservation on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope signatures in Calanoid copepods: implications for the use of Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey samples in stable isotope analyses. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 25, 1794-1800.
Quillfeldt P., Schroff S., van Noordwijk H.J., Michalik A., Ludynia K. and Masello J.F. (2011) Flexible foraging behaviour of a sexually dimorphic seabird: large males do not always dive deep. Marine Ecology Progress Series 428, 271-287.
Fernández R., García-Tiscar S., Begoña Santos M., López A., Martínez-Cedeira J.A., Newton J. and Pierce G.J. (2011) Stable isotope analysis in two sympatric populations of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus : evidence of resource partitioning? Marine Biology 158, 1043-1055.
Watts A.J.R., McCafferty D.J., Newton J. and Bailey D.M. (2011) Does seabird carrion contribute to the diet of the shore crab Carcinus maenas on the Isle of May, Scotland? An isotopic perspective. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 91, 1459-1464.
Alexandrou M.A., Oliveira C., Maillard M., McGill R.A.R., Newton J., Creer S. and Taylor M.I. (2011) Competition and phylogeny determine community structure in Müllerian co-mimics. Nature 469, 84-88. See also News and Views section.
Knudsen R., Siwertsson A., Adams C.E., Garduño-Paz, Newton J. and Amundsen P.-A. (2011) Temporal stability of niche use exposes sympatric Arctic charr to alternative selection pressures. Evolutionary Ecology 25, 589-604.
Votier S.C., Grecian W.J., Patrick S. and Newton J. (2011) Inter-colony movements, at-sea behaviour and foraging in an immature seabird: results from GPS-PPT tracking, radio-tracking and stable isotope analysis. Marine Biology 158, 355-362.
Schmidt O., Dautel H., Newton J. and Gray J.S. (2011) Natural isotope signatures of host blood are replicated in moulted ticks. Tick and Tick-Borne Diseases 2., 225-227.
Zbinden J.A., Bearhop S., Bradshaw P., Gill B., Margaritoulis D., Newton J. and Godley B.J. (2011) Migratory dichotomy and associated phenotypic variation in marine turtles revealed by satellite tracking and stable isotope analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 421, 291-302.

2010

Newton, J. (2010) Continuous-flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry with an elemental analyzer: oxidative approaches for carbon and nitrogen isotopes. In: Beauchamin, D. and Matthews, D.E. (eds.) Elemental and Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry. Series: The Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry, 5. Elsevier, pp. 759-764. ISBN 0080438040
Newton, J. (2010) Continuous-flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry with an elemental analyzer: reductive approaches for hydrogen and oxygen isotopes. In: Beauchamin, D. and Matthews, D.E. (eds.) Elemental and Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry. Series: The Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry, 5. Elsevier. ISBN 0080438040
Rutz C., Bluff L.A., Reed N., Troscianko J., Newton J., Inger R., Kacelnik A. and Bearhop S. (2010) The ecological significance of tool use in New Caledonian crows. Science 329, 1523-1526.
Bugoni L., McGill R.A.R. and Furness R.W. (2010) The importance of pelagic longline fishery discards for a seabird community determined through stable isotope analysis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 391, 190-200.
Inger R., Harrison X.A., Ruxton G.D., Newton J., Colhoun K., Gudmundsson G.A., McElwaine G., Pickford M., Hodgson D. and Bearhop S. (2010) Carry-over effects reveal reproductive costs in a long-distance migrant. Journal of Animal Ecology, 79, 974-982.
Quillfeldt P., Masello J.F., McGill R.A.R., Adams M. and Furness R.W. (2010) Moving polewards in winter: a recent change in the migratory strategy of a pelagic seabird? Frontiers in Zoology 7:15.
Quillfeldt P., Voigt C.C. and Masello J.F. (2010) Plasticity versus repeatability in seabird migratory behaviour. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64, 1157-1164.
Michalik A., McGill R.A.R., Furness R.W., Eggers T., van Noordwijk H. and Quillfeldt P. (2010) Black and white - does melanin change the bulk carbon and nitrogen isotope values of feathers? Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry , 24, 875-878.
Votier S.C., Bearhop S., Witt M.J., Inger R., Thompson D. and Newton J. (2010) Individual responses of seabirds to commercial fisheries revealed using GPS tracking, stable isotopes and vessel monitoring systems. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47, 487-497.
Inger R., McDonald R.A., Rogowski D., Jackson A.L., Parnell A., Preston S.J., Harrod C., Goodwin C., Griffiths D., Dick J.T.A., Elwood R.W., Newton J. and Bearhop S. (2010) Do non-native invasive fish support elevated lamprey populations? Journal of Applied Ecology, 47, 121-129.
Bodey T.W., Bearhop S., Roy S.S., Newton J. and McDonald R.A. (2010) Behavioural responses of invasive American mink Neovison vison to an eradication campaign, revealed by stable isotope analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47, 114-120.
Anderson O.R.J., Phillips R.A., Shore R.F., McGill R.A.R., McDonald R.A. and Bearhop S. (2010) Element patterns in albatrosses and petrels: Influence of trophic position, foraging range, and prey type. Environmental Pollution 158, 98-107.
Kim M., Furness R.W. and Nager R.G. (2010) Hatching asynchrony is constrained by parental nest attendance during laying. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 64, 1087-1097.

2009

Foote A.D., Newton J. Piertney S.B., Willerslev E., Gilbert M. and Thomas P. (2009) Ecological, morphological and genetic divergence of sympatric North Atlantic killer whale populations. Molecular Ecology, 18, 5207-5217.
Coiffait L., Redfern C., Bevan R., Newton J. and Wolff K. (2009) The use of intrinsic markers to study bird migration. Ringing and Migration 24, 169-174.
Quillfeldt P., McGill R.A.R., Masello J.F., Poisbleau M., van Noordwijk H., Demongin L. and Furness R.W. (2009) Differences in the stable isotope signatures of seabird egg membrane and albumen - implications for non-invasive studies. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 23, 3632-3636.
Tavares P.C., McGill R., Newton J., Pereira E., Duarte A. and Furness R.W. (2009) Relationships between carbon sources, trophic level and mercury exposure in generalist shorebirds revealed by stable isotope ratios in chicks. Waterbirds 32, 311-321 .
Weiss F., Furness R.W., McGill R.A.R., Strange I.A., Masello J.F. and Quillfeldt P. (2009) Trophic segregation of Falkland Islands seabirds: insights from stable isotope analysis. Polar Biology, 32, 1753-1763.
Phillips R. A., Bearhop, McGill R. A. R. and Dawson D.A. (2009) Stable isotopes reveal individual variation in migration strategies and habitat preferences in a suite of seabirds during the nonbreeding period. Oecologia 160, 795-806.
Anderson O. R. J., Phillips R. A., McDonald R. A., Shore R. F., McGill R. A. R. and Bearhop S. (2009) Influence of trophic position and foraging range on mercury levels within a seabird community. Marine Ecol. Prog. Ser. 375, 277-288.
Anderson O. R. J., Phillips R. A., Shore R. F., McGill R. A. R., McDonald R. A. and Bearhop S. (2009) Diet, individual specialisation and breeding of brown skuas (Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi ): an investigation using stable isotopes. Polar Biol. 32, 27-33.
Votier S., Bowen G.J. and Newton J. (2009) Stable-hydrogen isotope analyses suggest natural vagrancy of Baikal Teal to Britain. British Birds 102, 697-699.

2008

Inger R., Gudmundsson G.A., Ruxton G.D., Newton J., Colhoun K., Auhage S. and Bearhop S. (2008) Habitat utilisation during staging affects body condition in a long distance migrant, Branta bernicla hrota: Potential impacts on fitness? J. Avian Biol. 39, 704-708.
Quillfeldt P., McGill R.A.R., Masello J.F., Weiss F., Strange I.J., Brickle P. and Furness R.W. (2008) Stable isotope analysis reveals sexual and environmental variability and individual consistency in foraging of thin-billed prions. Marine Ecology Progress Series 373, 137-148.
Quillfeldt P., Bugoni L., McGill R.A.R., Masello J.F.and Furness R.W. (2008) Differences in stable isotopes in blood and feathers of seabirds are consistent across species, age and latitude: implications for food web studies. Marine Biology 155, 593-598 .
Bugoni L., McGill R.A.R. and Furness R.W. (2008) Effects of preservation methods on stable isotope signatures in bird tissues. Rapid Comm. Mass Spect. 22, 2457-2462.
Inger R. and Bearhop S. (2008) Application of stable istope analyses to avian ecology. Ibis 150, 447-461.
Edward D.A., Newton J. and Gilburn A.S. (2008) Investigating dietary preferences in two competing dipterans, Coelipa frigida and Coelipa pilipes, using stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen. Entom. Experim. Applic. 127, 169-175.
Holt B.G., Emerson B.C., Newton J., Gage M.J.G. and Côté I.M. (2008) Stable isotope analysis of the Hypoplectrus species complex reveals no evidence for dietary niche divergence. Marine Ecol. Prog. Ser. 357, 283-289.
Leakey C.D.B., Attrill M.J., Jennings S. and Fitzsimons M.F. (2008) Stable isotopes in juvenile marine fishes and their invertebrate prey from the Thames Estuary, UK, and adjacent coastal regions. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 77, 513-522.
Leakey C.D.B., Attrill M.J., Jennings S. and Fitzsimons M.F. (2008) Retrospective quantification of estuarine feeding activity by coastally caught marine fishes. Journal of Sea Research 60, 210-214.
Quillfeldt P., Schenk I., McGill R.A.R., Strange I.J., Masello J.F., Gladbach A., Roesch V. and Furness R.W. (2008) Introduced mammals coexist with seabirds at New Island, Falkland Islands: abundance, habitat preferences, and stable isotope analysis of diet. Polar Biol. 31, 333-349.
Mill A.C., Sweeting C.J., Barnes C., Al-Habsi S.H., and MacNeil M.A. (2008) Mass-spectrometer bias in stable isotope ecology. Limnol. Oceanogr.: Methods 6, 34–39.
Adams C.E., Bissett N., Newton J. and Maitland P.S. (2008) Alternative migration and host parasitism strategies and their long‐term stability in river lampreys from the River Endrick, Scotland. Journal of Fish Biology 72, 2456-2466.
Kelly A., Thompson R. and Newton J. (2008) Stable hydrogen isotope analysis as a method to identify illegally trapped songbirds. Science and Justice 2, 67-70.

2007

Mill A.C., Pinnegar J.K. and Polunin N.V.C. (2007) Explaining isotope trophic-step fractionation: why herbivorous fish are different. Funct. Ecol. 21, 1137-1145.
Atkinson P.A., Baker A.J., Bennett K.A., Clark N.A., Clark J.A., Cole K.B., Dekinga A., Dey A., Gillings S., Gonzalez P.M., Kalasz K., Minton C.D.T., Newton J., Niles L.J., Piersma T., Robinson R.A., and Sitters H. (2007) Rates of mass gain and energy deposition in red knot on their final spring staging site is both time- and condition-dependent. J. Appl. Ecol. 44, 885-895.
Phillips R.A., Catry P., Silk J.R.D., Bearhop S., McGill R., Afanasyev V. and Strange I.J. (2007) Movements, winter distribution and activity patterns of Falkland and brown skuas: insights from loggers and isotopes. Marine Ecol. Prog. Ser. 345, 281-291.
Gladbach A., Quillfeldt P. and McGill R. (2007) Foraging areas of Wilson's storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus in the breeding and inter-breeding period determined by stable isotope analysis. Polar Biology 30, 1005-1012.
Huxham M., Kimani E., Newton J. and Augley J. (2007) Stable isotope records from otoliths as tracers of fish migration in a mangrove system. J. Fish Biol. 70, 1554-1567.
Mendes S., Newton J., Reid R.J., Frantzis A.F. and Pierce G.J. (2007) Stable isotope profiles in sperm whale teeth: variations between areas and sexes. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 87, 621-627.
Mendes S., Newton J., Reid R.J., Zuur A.F. and Pierce G.J. (2007) d13C and d15N profiling of sperm whale teeth reveals ontogenetic movements and trophic ecology. Oecologia 151, 605-615.
Coiffait L., Bevan R., Redfern C., Newton J. and Wolff K. (2007) Elucidating the movements of migratory birds through the combined use of stable isotope "signatures" and DNA markers. Waterbirds around the world. Eds. G.C. Boere, C.A. Galbraith & D.A. Stroud. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh, UK. pp. 535-540.
Atkinson P.A., Baker A.J., Bennett K.A., Clark N.A., Clark J.A., Cole K.B., Dey A., Duiven A.G., Gillings S., Gonzalez P.M., Harrington B.A., Kalasz K., Minton C.D.T., Newton J., Niles L.J., Robinson R.A., deLima Serrano I. and Sitters H. (2007) Using stable isotope ratios to unravel shorebird migration and population mixing: a case study with Red Knot Calidris canutus. Waterbirds around the world. Eds. G.C. Boere, C.A. Galbraith & D.A. Stroud. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh, UK. pp. 535-540.
Fox A.D., Christensen T.K., Bearhop S. and Newton J. (2007) Using stable isotope analysis of multiple feather tracts to identify moulting provenance of vagrant birds: a case study of Baikal Teal Anas formosa in Denmark. Ibis 149, 622-625.

2006

Inger R., Ruxton G., Newton J., Colhoun K., Mackie K., Robinson J.A., and Bearhop S. (2006) Using daily ration models and stable isotope analysis to predict biomass depletion by herbivores. J. Appl. Ecol. 43, 1022-1030.
Humphreys E.M., Wanless S. and Bryant D.M. (2006) Stage-dependent foraging in breeding black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla : distinguishing behavioural responses to intrinsic and extrinsic factors. J. Avian Biol. 37, 436-446.
Inger R., Ruxton G., Newton J., Colhoun K., Robinson J.A., Jackson A. and Bearhop S. (2006) Temporal and intrapopulation variation in prey choice of wintering geese determined by stable isotope analysis. J. Anim. Ecol. 75, 1190-1200.
Cherel Y., Phillips R.A., Hobson K.A. and McGill R. (2006) Stable isotope evidence of diverse species-specific and individual wintering strategies in seabirds. Biol. Lett. 2, 301-303.
Bearhop S., Phillips R.A., McGill R., Cherel Y., Dawson D.A., and Croxall J.P. (2006) Stable isotopes indicate sex-specific and long-term individual foraging specialisation in diving seabirds. Marine Ecol. Prog. Ser. 311, 157-164.
Adams C.E., Hamilton D.J., McCarthy I., Wilson A.J., Grant A., Alexander G., Waldron S., Snorasson S.S., Ferguson M.M. and Skúlason S. (2006) Does breeding site fidelity drive phenotypic and genetic sub-structuring of a population of Arctic charr? Evol. Ecol. 20, 11-26.
Neto J.M., Newton J., Gosler A.G. and Perrins C.M. (2006) Using stable isotope analysis to determine the winter moult extent in migratory birds: the complex moult of Savi's warblers Locustella luscinioides . J. Avian Biol. 37, 117-124.
Atkinson P. W., Baker A.J., Bennet K.A., Clark N.A., Clark J.A., Cole K.B., Dey A., Duiven A.G., Gillings S., González P.M., Harrington B.A., Kalasz K., Minton C.D.T., Newton J., Niles L.J., Robinson R.A., de Lima Serrano I., and Sitters H.P.. (2006). Using stable isotope ratios to unravel shorebird migration and population mixing: a case study with red knots Calidris canutus. Pages 535–540 in G.C. Boere, C.A. Galbraith, and D.A. Stroud, editors. Waterbirds around the world. The Stationary Office, Edinburgh, UK.
Coiffait L., Bevan R., redfern C., Newton J. and Wolff K. (2006) Elucidating the movements of migratory birds through the combined use of stable isotope 'signatures' and DNA markers. Pages 506–507 in G.C. Boere, C.A. Galbraith, and D.A. Stroud, editors. Waterbirds around the world. The Stationary Office, Edinburgh, UK.

2005

Bearhop S., Fiedler W., Furness R.W., Votier S.C., Waldron S., Newton J., Bowen G.J., Berthold P. and Farnsworth K. (2005) Assortative mating as a mechanism for rapid evolution of a migratory divide. Science, 310, 502-504. (Editorial p419).
Trueman C.N., McGill R. and Guyard P.H. (2005) The effect of growth rate on tissue-diet isotopic spacing in rapidly growing animals. An experimental study with Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ). Rapid Comm. Mass Spec. 19, 3239-3247.
Gunnarsson T.G., Gill J.A., Newton J., Potts P.M. and Sutherland W.J. (2005) Seasonal matching of habitat quality and fitness in migratory birds. Royal Soc. Proc. B, 272, 2319-2323.
Lancaster J., Bradley D.C., Hogan A. and Waldron S. (2005) Intraguild omnivory in predatory stream insects. J. Anim. Ecol. 74, 619-629.
Atkinson P.A., Baker A.J., Bevan R.M. Clark N.A., Cole K.B., Gonzalez P.M., Newton J., Niles L.J. and Robinson R.A. (2005) Unravelling the migration and moult strategies of a long-distance migrant using stable isotopes: Red Knot Calidris canutus movements in the Americas. Ibis 147, 738-749.
Quillfeldt P., McGill R. and Furness R..W (2005) Diet and foraging areas of Southern Ocean seabirds and their prey inferred from stable isotopes : review and case study of Wilson's storm-petrel. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 295, 295-304.
Stephens W.E., Calder A. and Newton J. (2005) Source and health implications of high toxic metal concentrations in illicit tobacco products. Environmental Science and Technology 39, 479-488.

2004

McCarthy I.D., Fraser D, Waldron S and Adams C.E., (2004) A stable isotope analysis of trophic polymorphism among Arctic charr from Loch Ericht, Scotland. Journal of Fish Biology 65, 1435-1440.
Bearhop S., Adams C.E., Waldron S., Fuller R.A. and Macleod H. (2004) Determining trophic niche width: a novel approach using stable isotope analysis. J. Animal Ecol. 73 (5): 1007-1012.
Bearhop S., Hilton G.M., Votier S.C. and Waldron S.(2004) Stable isotope ratios indicate that body condition in migrating passerines is influenced by winter habitat. Biol. Lett. (S4): 271, S215-S218.
Grey J., Waldron S. and Hutchinson R. (2004) The utility of carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses to trace contributions from fish farms to the receiving communities of freshwater lakes: a pilot study in Esthwaite Water, UK. Hydrobiologia 524 (1): 253-262.
Gillson L., Waldron S. and Willis K.J.(2004) An interpretation of soil d 13 C as an indicator of vegetation change in African savannahs. J. Vegetation Sci. 15 (3): 339-350.
Cresswell W., Holt S., Reid J.M., Whitfield D. P., Mellanby R. J., Norton, D. and Waldron S. (2004) The energetic costs of egg heating constrain incubation attendance but do not determine daily energy expenditure in the pectoral sandpiper. Behavioral Ecology 15 (3): 498-507.

2003

Millett J., Jones R.I. and Waldron S. (2003) The contribution of insect prey to the total nitrogen content of sundews (Drosera spp.) determined in situ by stable isotope analysis. New Phytologist 158 (3): 527-534.
Jones J.I. and Waldron S. (2003) Combined stable isotope and gut contents analysis of food webs in plant-dominated, shallow lakes. Freshwater Biology 48, 1396-1407.
Godfrey J.D., Bryant D.M. and Williams M.J. (2003) Radio-telemetry increases free-living energy costs in the endangered Takahe Porphyrio mantelli . Biol. Conserv. 114 (1), 35-38.
Bearhop S., Furness R.W, Hilton H.G., Votier S.C. and Waldron S. (2003) A forensic approach to understanding diet and habitat use from stable isotope analysis of (avian) claw material. Functional Ecology 17, 270-275.
Evans K.L., Waldron S. and Bradbury R. (2003) Segregation in the African wintering ranges of English and Swiss Swallow Hirundo rustica populations: a stable isotope study. Bird Study 50, 294-299.
Adams C, Fraser D, McCarthy I., Shields S., Waldron S and Alexander G. (2003) Stable isotope analysis reveals ecological segregation in a bimodal size polymorphism in Arctic charr from Loch Tay, Scotland. Journal of Fish Biology 62, 474-481.

2002

Bearhop S., Waldron S., Votier S.C., and Furness R.W. (2002) Factors that influence assimilation rates and fractionation of nitrogen and carbon stable isotopes in avian blood and feathers. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 75, 451-458.

2001

Bearhop S., Thompson D.R., Phillips, R.A., S. Waldron, Hamer K.C., Gray C.M., Votier S.C., Ross B.P. and Furness R.W. (2001) Annual variation in Great Skua diets: The importance of commercial fisheries and predation on seabirds revealed by combining dietary analyses. The Condor, 103, 4.
Donnelly T., Waldron S., Tait A., Dougans J. and Bearhop S. (2001) Hydrogen isotope analysis of natural abundance and deuterium-enriched waters by reduction over chromium on-line to a dynamic dual inlet isotope-ratio mass spectrometer. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 15, 1297-1303.
Lancaster J. and Waldron S. (2001) Stable isotope signatures of lotic invertebrates: Sources of variation, experimental design, and statistical interpretation. Limnology and Oceanography 46, 3, 723-730.
Waldron S. and Preston T. (2001) Compound specific stable isotope characterisation of volatile fatty acids (C2-C6). Abstract papers of the American Chemical Society, 221:92-GEOC, Part 1.
Nagel O.W., Waldron S. and Jones H.G. (2001) An off-line implementation of the stable isotope technique for measurements of the alternative respiratory pathway activities. Plant Physiology, 127, 1279-1286.
Waldron S., Tatner P., Jack I. and Arnott C. (2001) The impact of sewage discharge into a marine embayment: a stable isotope reconniassance. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 52, 111-115.

2000

Bearhop S., Waldron S., Thompson D.R., Furness R.A (2000) Bioamplification of mercury in great skua Catharacta skua chicks: the influence of trophic status as determined by stable isotope signatures of blood and feathers. Marine Pollution Bulletin 40, 2, 181-185.
Bearhop S., Phillips R.A., Thompson D.R., Waldron S. and Furness R.W. (2000) Mercury dynamics in great skuas in relation to colony, diet and trophic status inferred from stable isotope signatures. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 195, 261-268.
Bearhop S., Teece M., Waldron S. and Furness R.W. (2000) The influence of lipid and uric acid upon d13C and d1 5N values of avian blood. Implications for trophic studies. Auk, 117, 2, 504-507.
McCarthy I.D. and Waldron S. (2000) Identifying migratory Salmo trutta using carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry., 14, 1325-1331.
Thompson D.R., Phillips R.A., Stewart F.M. and Waldron S. (2000) Low d 13 C signatures of pelagic seabirds: lipid ingestion as a potential source of d 13 C-depleted carbon in Procellarifromes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 208, 265-271.

1999

Waldron S., Lansdown J.M., Scott E.M., Fallick A.E. and Hall A.J. (1999) The global influence on the hydrogen isotope composition of water on that of bacteriogenic methane from shallow freshwater environments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 63, 2237-2245.
Waldron S., Hall A.J. and Fallick A.E. (1999) Enigmatic stable isotope dynamics of deep peat methane. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 13, 1, 93-100.
Reynolds S.J. and Waldron S. (1999) Body water dynamics at the onset of egg-laying in the Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttatta . Journal of Avian Biology, 30, 1-6.
Bearhop S., Thompson D.R., Waldron S., Russell I.C., Alexander G. and Furness R.W. (1999) Stable isotopes indicate the extent of freshwater feeding by Phalcrocorax carbon shot at inland fisheries in England. Journal of Applied Ecology, 36, 1, 75-84.
Thompson D.R., Lilliendahl K., Solmundsson J., Furness R.W., Waldron S. and Phillips R.A. (1999) Trophic relationships among six species of Icelandic seabirds as determined through stable isotope analysis. The Condor, 101, 898-903.

1998

Waldron S., Fallick A.E. and Hall A.J. (1998) Comment on "Spatial distribution of microbial methane production pathways in temperate zone wetlands: Stable carbon and hydrogen evidence" by E.R.C. Hornibrook, F.J. Longstaffe and W.S. Fyfe. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 62,369-372.
Waldron S., Watson-Craik, I.A., Hall A.J. and Fallick A.E. (1998) The carbon and hydrogen stable isotope composition of bacteriogenic methane: a laboratory study using a landfill inoculum. Geomicrobiology,15, 157-169
Godley B.J., Thompson D.R., Waldron S. and Furness R.W. (1998) The trophic status of marine turtles as determined by stable isotope analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 166, 277-284.
Biopolymers, 41, 313-321.

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Jones K.A., Baylis A.M.M., Orben R.A., Ratcliffe N., Votier S.C., Newton J. and Staniland I.J. (2020) Stable isotope values in South American Fur Seal pup whiskers as proxies of year-round maternal foraging ecology. Marine Biology 167, 148.