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  • Lipid corrections in carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses: Comparison of chemical extraction and modelling methods

    Author(s)
    Logan, John M.
    Jardine, Timothy D.
    Miller, Timothy J.
    Bunn, Stuart E.
    Cunjak, Richard A.
    Lutcavage, Molly E.
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Bunn, Stuart E.
    Year published
    2008
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    Abstract
    1. Lipids have more negative δ13C values relative to other major biochemical compounds in plant and animal tissues. Although variable lipid content in biological tissues alters results and conclusions of δ13C analyses in aquatic food web and migration studies, no standard correction protocol exists. 2. We compared chemical extraction and mathematical correction methods for freshwater and marine fishes and aquatic invertebrates to better understand impacts of correction approaches on carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotope data. 3. Fish and aquatic invertebrate tissue δ13C values increased significantly following ...
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    1. Lipids have more negative δ13C values relative to other major biochemical compounds in plant and animal tissues. Although variable lipid content in biological tissues alters results and conclusions of δ13C analyses in aquatic food web and migration studies, no standard correction protocol exists. 2. We compared chemical extraction and mathematical correction methods for freshwater and marine fishes and aquatic invertebrates to better understand impacts of correction approaches on carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotope data. 3. Fish and aquatic invertebrate tissue δ13C values increased significantly following extraction for almost all species and tissue types relative to nonextracted samples. In contrast, δ15N was affected for muscle and whole body samples from only a few freshwater and marine species and had a limited effect for the entire data set. 4. Lipid normalization models, using C : N as a proxy for lipid content, predicted lipid‐corrected δ13C for paired data sets more closely with parameters specific to the tissue type and species to which they were applied. 5. We present species‐ and tissue‐specific models based on bulk C : N as a reliable alternative to chemical extraction corrections. By analysing a subset of samples before and after lipid extraction, models can be applied to the species and tissues of interest that will improve estimates of dietary sources using stable isotopes.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Animal Ecology
    Volume
    77
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01394.x
    Subject
    Environmental sciences
    Biological sciences
    Ecology not elsewhere classified
    Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/23681
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