Stable isotopes challenge the perception of ocean sunfish Mola mola as obligate jellyfish predators.
Evidence is provided from stable isotope analysis that aggregations of small ocean sunfish Mola mola (total length <1 m) feed broadly within coastal food webs and their classification as obligate predators of gelatinous zooplankton requires revision.
Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
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D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D020387:Food Chain; D007553:Isotope Labeling; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D010473:Perciformes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D011235:Predatory Behavior; D037401:Scyphozoa / Q000502:physiology