Tissue Turnover Rates and Isotopic Trophic Discrimination Factors in the Endothermic Teleost, Pacific Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus orientalis)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Madigan, Daniel J ^a   Litvin, Steven Y ^a   Popp, Brian N ^b   Carlisle, Aaron B ^a   Farwell, Charles J ^c   Block, Barbara A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; FAST MUSCLE; HALF LIFE TIME; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; KINETICS; LIVER; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC BLUEFIN TUNA; RELIABILITY; STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TROPHIC DISCRIMINATION FACTOR; TUNA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; HALF-LIFE; LIVER; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; TUNA;

ANIMALIA; SCOMBRIDAE; TELEOSTEI; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 84868706923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049220     Document Type: Article

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