Tracing the biosynthetic source of essential amino acids in marine turtles using δ13C fingerprints

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1285-1293

  Arthur, Karen E ^a   Kelez, Shaleyla ^b,c   Larsen, Thomas ^d,e   Choy, C Anela ^a   Popp, Brian N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EcOceanica   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biological tracer; Caretta caretta; Central and southeastern Pacific Ocean; Chelonia myolis; Compound specific stable isotope analysis; Digestion; Gas chromatography combustion IRMS; Green turtle; Hawaiian neritic habitats; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS); Lepidochelys olivacea; Loggerhead turtle; Olive ridley turtle; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIGESTION; FUNGUS; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SYMBIOSIS; TRACER; TURTLE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

AMINO ACID; CARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PACIFIC OCEAN; TURTLES;

EID: 84898543722     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0263.1     Document Type: Article

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