You are what you eat: can tissues of top predators which show sequential dietary change identify long-term trends in ecosystems? This project uses stable isotope signatures in the whiskers of top predators to determine foraging ecology. We aim to validate current stable isotopic models so this cost-effective tool can be used to examine large scale changes in food web dynamics in one of the world's climate hotspots in the Antarctic. Changes in the Antarctic directly impact the Australian communit ....You are what you eat: can tissues of top predators which show sequential dietary change identify long-term trends in ecosystems? This project uses stable isotope signatures in the whiskers of top predators to determine foraging ecology. We aim to validate current stable isotopic models so this cost-effective tool can be used to examine large scale changes in food web dynamics in one of the world's climate hotspots in the Antarctic. Changes in the Antarctic directly impact the Australian community as our climate is affected by changes in Antarctica. As this project is part of an International Polar Year Program, Impact of CLImate induced glacial melting on marine and terrestric COastal communities on a gradient along the Western Antarctic PENinsula (ClicOPEN), it strengthens Australia's international scientific links and exposes Australia's future scientists to internationally collaborative research which is of global significance.Read moreRead less