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However, with substantial knowledge gaps surrounding spatial habitat use and trophic ecology of estuary\u2010associated species in Australia, we cannot reliably assess the functional importance of these areas or identify relevant drivers of resource partitioning in estuarine food webs. Here, we compared the diets and trophic niches of two sympatric dasyatid species, the Australian whipray\n                    <jats:italic>Himantura australis<\/jats:italic>\n                    and brown whipray\n                    <jats:italic>Maculabatis toshi,<\/jats:italic>\n                    in a tropical estuary in North Queensland. Stomach contents were collected from juvenile specimens in 2022\u20132025 using gastric lavage, muscle tissue samples were analysed for stable isotopes (\u03b4\n                    <jats:sup>13<\/jats:sup>\n                    C, \u03b4\n                    <jats:sup>15<\/jats:sup>\n                    N) and invertebrate communities were surveyed to contextualise prey availability in the intertidal zone. Dietary composition differed significantly between species, with\n                    <jats:italic>H.\u2009australis<\/jats:italic>\n                    showing a stronger reliance on burrowing crustaceans (e.g., Callianassidae and Mictyridae), while\n                    <jats:italic>M.\u2009toshi<\/jats:italic>\n                    consumed more epibenthic crustaceans (e.g., Ogyrididae, Penaeidae, Portunidae).\n                    <jats:italic>Himantura australis<\/jats:italic>\n                    occupied a larger isotopic niche space than\n                    <jats:italic>M.\u2009toshi<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and there was no trophic overlap of larger size classes of\n                    <jats:italic>H.\u2009australis<\/jats:italic>\n                    (&gt;50\u2009cm disc width) with\n                    <jats:italic>M.\u2009toshi<\/jats:italic>\n                    or with smaller conspecifics (&lt;50\u2009cm disc width). Prey availability was spatially variable and indicated that while both species target locally abundant crustacean taxa, resources may be partitioned across different sediment layers. 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