Effect of lipid extraction on the interpretation of fish community trophic relationships determined by stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2167-2172

  Murry, Brent A ^a   Farrell, John M ^a   Teece, Mark A ^a   Smyntek, Peter M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; EXTRACTION METHOD; FISH; FOOD WEB; LIPID; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 33751361508     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-116     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Arrington, D.A., and Winemiller, K.O. 2002. Preservation effects on stable isotope analysis of fish muscle. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 131: 337-342.
2. 15N values of avian blood: implications for trophic studies. Auk, 117: 504-507.
3. Beaudoin, C.P., Tonn, W.M., Prepas, E.E., and Wassenaar, L.I. 1999. Individual specialization and trophic adaptability of northern pike (Esox lucius): an isotope and dietary analysis. Oecologia, 120: 386-396.
4. Bilkovic, D.M., and Lehman, J.T. 1997. Lipid concentration and size variation of Bythotrephes (Cladocera: Cergopagidae) from Lakes Erie, Huron, and Michigan. J. Gt. Lakes Res. 23: 149-159.
5. Bligh, E.G., and Dyer, W.J. 1959. A rapid method of total lipid extraction and purification. Can. J. Biochem. Physiol. 37: 911-917.
6. Bradford, R.G. 1993. Role of spawning condition in the determination of the reproductive traits of spring- and autumn-spawning Atlantic herring from the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Can. J. Zool. 71: 309-317.
7. Bunn, S.E., Loneragan, N.R., and Kempster, M.A. 1995. Effects of acid washing on stable isotope ratios of C and N in penaeid shrimp and seagrass: implications for food-web studies using multiple stable isotopes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 40: 622-625.
8. DeNiro, M.J., and Epstein, S. 1977. A mechanism of carbon isotope fractionation associated with lipid synthesis. Science (Washington, D.C.), 197: 261-263.
9. Edwards, P.A., Stewart, T.J., and Mathers, A. 2002. St. Lawrence River fish community. In Lake Ontario fish communities and fisheries 2001. Annual report of the Lake Ontario Management Unit. Lake Ontario Committee Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Picton, Ont., Canada.
10. 13C data. Oecologia, 115: 337-343.
11. France, R.L. 1995. Differentiation between littoral and pelagic food webs in lakes using stable carbon isotopes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 40: 1310-1313.
12. 13C in aquatic food webs. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 54: 1255-1258.
13. Fry, B., Mumford, P.L., Tam, F., Fox, D.D., Warren, G.L., Havens, K.E., and Steinman, A.D. 1999. Trophic position and individual feeding histories of fish from Lake Okeechobee, Florida. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 56: 590-600.
14. Gannes, L.Z., O'Brien, D.M., and Martinex del Rio, C. 1997. Stable isotopes in animal ecology: assumptions, caveats, and a call for more laboratory experiments. Ecology, 78: 1271-1276.
15. Gu, B., Schelske, C.L., and Hoyer, M.V. 1996. Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen as indicators of diet and trophic structure of the fish community in a shallow hypereutrophic lake. J. Fish Biol. 49: 1233-1243.
16. Johnson, B.M., Martinez, P.J., and Stockwell, J.D. 2002. Tracking trophic interactions in coldwater reservoirs using naturally occurring stable isotopes. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 131: 1-13.
17. 15N signatures of selected marine organisms. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 219: 299-304.
18. Kelly, J.F. 2000. Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in the study of avain and mammalian trophic ecology. Can. J. Zool. 78: 1-27.
19. Kling, G.W., Fry, B., and O'Brian, W.J. 1992. Stable isotopes and planktonic trophic structure in arctic lakes. Ecology, 73: 561-566.
20. Levene, H. 1960. Robust test for equality of variance. In Contributions to probability and statistics: essays in honor of Harold Hotelling. Edited by I. Olkin. Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif. pp. 278-292.
21. Malavesi, S., Florin, R., Franco, A., and Torricelli, P. 2004. Somatic energy storage and reproductive investment in the grass goby Zosterisessor ophiocephalus. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 84: 455-459.
22. McClelland, J.W., and Montoya, J.P. 2002. Trophic relationships and the nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids in plankton. Ecology, 83: 2173-2180.
23. Miranda, L.E. 1993. Length-dependent winter survival and lipid composition of age-0 largemouth bass in Bay Springs Reservior, Mississippi. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 123: 80-87.
24. Moyle, P.B., and Cech, J.J., Jr. 2004. Fishes: an introduction to ichthyology. 5th ed. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J.
25. Park, R., and Epstein, S. 1961. Metabolic fractionation of C13 and C12 in plants. Plant Physiol. 36: 133-138.
26. Peterson, B.J., and Fry, B. 1987. Stable isotopes in ecosystem studies. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 18: 293-320.
27. 15N among fish tissues: implications for the study of trophic interactions. Funct. Ecol. 13: 225-231.
28. Post, D.M. 2002. Using stable isotopes to estimate trophic position: models, methods, and assumptions. Ecology, 83: 703-718.
29. Radin, N.S. 1981. Extraction of tissue lipids with a solvent of low toxicity. Methods Enzymol. 72: 5-7.
30. Rau, G.H., Ainley, D.G., Bengtson, J.L., Torres, J.J., and Hopkins, T.L. 1992. 15N/14N and 13C/12C in Weddell sea birds, seals, and fish: implications for diet and trophic structure. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 84: 1-8.
31. Sarakinos, H.C., Johnson, M.L., and Vander Zanden, M.J. 2002. A synthesis of tissue-preservation effects on carbon and nitrogen stable isotope signatures. Can. J. Zool. 80: 381-387.
32. 15N values: implications of tissue-specific fractionation and amino acid composition. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 266: 43-58.
33. Sotiropoulos, M.A., Tonn, W.M., and Wassenaar, L.I. 2004. Effects of lipid extraction on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of fish tissues: potential consequences for food web studies. Ecol. Freshw. Fish, 13: 155-160.
34. Vadeboncoeur, Y., Vander Zanden, M.J., and Lodge, D.M. 2002. Putting the lake back together: reintegrating benthic pathways into lake food web models. Bioscience, 52: 44-54.
35. 15N and the trophic position of aquatic consumers. Ecology, 80: 1395-1404.
36. 13C trophic fractionation: implications for aquatic food web studies. Limnol. Oceanogr. 46: 2061-2066.
37. Vander Zanden, M.J., and Vadeboncoeur, Y. 2002. Fishes as integrators of benthic and pelagic food webs in lakes. Ecology, 83: 2152-2161.
38. 15N) and literature dietary data. Can. J. Fish Aquat. Sci. 54: 1142-1158.
39. Vander Zanden, M.J., Hulshof, M., Ridgway, M.S., and Rasmussen, J.B. 1998. Application of stable isotope techniques to trophic studies of age-0 smallmouth bass. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 127: 729-739.