Tissue‐specific turnover and diet‐tissue discrimination factors of carbon and nitrogen isotopes of a common forage fish held at two temperatures

• Published in: Rapid communications in mass spectrometry Vol. 31; no. 17; pp. 1405 - 1414
• Main Authors: Colborne, S.F., Fisk, A.T., Johnson, T.B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 15.09.2017
• Subjects: Animals; Artemia; Beryl; Carbon Isotopes - analysis; Carbon Isotopes - metabolism; Continuous flow; Diet; Discrimination; Feeding Behavior - physiology; Fish; Fishes - metabolism; Fishes - physiology; Forage; Isotopes; Liver; Liver - metabolism; Mass Spectrometry; Measurement methods; Nitrogen isotopes; Nitrogen Isotopes - analysis; Nitrogen Isotopes - metabolism; Organ Specificity; Temperature; Temperature effects

Rationale The application of stable isotopes to foraging ecology is dependent on understanding life‐history and environmental factors unrelated to diet that may influence isotopic composition. Diet‐tissue discrimination factors (DTDFs) and turnover rates will increase the accuracy of isotope‐based s...