Comparisons of stable isotope composition among tissues of green turtles.

CONCLUSIONS: The patterns in slopes of regressions indicate that comparisons of measurements yielded by different tissues of wild animals are complicated by the fact that they are unlikely to be in isotopic equilibrium with their diet. Of the tissues used in this study, nail is simple to collect, requires minimal disturbance to the animal and no special preservation; these traits should make it attractive to turtle ecologists, but more information is needed on aspects such as growth rates. PMID: 32436593 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry : RCM - May 20, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Vanderklift MA, Pillans RD, Robson NA, Skrzypek G, Stubbs JL, Tucker AD Tags: Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom Source Type: research