Amino acid specific stable nitrogen isotope values in avian tissues: Insights from captive American kestrels and wild herring gulls

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 12928-12937

  Hebert, C E ^a   Popp, B N ^b   Fernie, K J ^a   Ka'apu Lyons C ^b   Rattner, B A ^c   Wallsgrove, N ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FATTY ACIDS; HISTOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MUSCLE; NITROGEN;

AMINO-ACIDS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HERRING GULLS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE VALUES; LABORATORY AND FIELD STUDIES; N VALUE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RED BLOOD CELL; STABLE NITROGEN ISOTOPE;

BLOOD;

AMINO ACID; NITROGEN; CARBON;

AMINO ACID; BIOACCUMULATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; NITROGEN; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIET; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERYTHROCYTE; FALCO SPARVERIUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; HERRING; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; TISSUE LEVEL; TROPHIC LEVEL; ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; UNITED STATES;

AVES; FALCO SPARVERIUS; INVERTEBRATA; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS SMITHSONIANUS; METAZOA;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHARADRIIFORMES; FOOD CHAIN; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85021857461     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b04407     Document Type: Article

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