Dietary back-calculation using stable isotopes: Can activities of enzymes involved in amino acid metabolism be used to improve estimates of trophic shifts in fish?

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-141

  Gaye Siessegger, Julia ^a   Focken, Ulfert ^a   Abel, Hansjörg ^b   Becker, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Dietary back calculation; Fish; Hepatic enzyme activity; Natural isotope variations; Nitrogen 15; Trophic shifts

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID; ENZYME; FISH; METABOLISM; PROTEIN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CICHLID; FISH; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CICHLIDS; FISHES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 34250684918     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010701360405     Document Type: Article

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