Inherent variation in stable isotope values and discrimination factors in two life stages of green turtles

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 431-441

  Vander Zanden, Hannah B ^a   Bjorndal, Karen A ^a   Mustin, Walter ^b   Ponciano, José Miguel ^a   Bolten, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Cayman Turtle Farm   (Cayman Islands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CAPTIVE POPULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT TYPE; HERITABILITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHEMISTRY; DIET; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BAHAMAS; BAYES THEOREM; BODY COMPOSITION; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLES; WEST INDIES;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84865480030     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666902     Document Type: Article

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