Carbon isotope fractionation of amino acids in fish muscle reflects biosynthesis and isotopic routing from dietary protein

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1132-1141

  McMahon, Kelton W ^a   Fogel, Marilyn L ^b   Elsdon, Travis S ^c   Thorrold, Simon R ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compound specific stable isotope analysis; Feeding experiment; Food web; Metabolic processing; Trophic dynamics

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON ISOTOPE; CYPRINID; DIETARY SHIFT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRACTIONATION; HABITAT USE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE;

AMINO ACID; CARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIETARY PROTEINS; FUNDULIDAE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 79951680666     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01722.x     Document Type: Article

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