δ15N value does not reflect fasting in mysticetes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Aguilar, Alex ^a   Giménez, Joan ^a,b   Gómez Campos, Encarna ^a   Cardona, Luís ^a   Borrell, Asunción ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EXCRETION; FEEDING; FIN WHALE; FOOD INTAKE; MAMMAL; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MUSCLE; MYSTICETES; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STARVATION; WHALE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; FASTING; ISOTOPE LABELING; MUSCLES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; WHALES;

EID: 84924342436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092288     Document Type: Article

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