Changes in stable isotope compositions during fasting in phocid seals

• Published in: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
• Main Authors: Habran, Sarah, Damseaux, France, Pomeroy, Paddy, Debier, Cathy, Crocker, Daniel, Lepoint, Gilles, Das, Krishna
• Other Authors: Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS, National Science Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Nes; Nes’; Elephant Seal
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8308; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Frcm.8308; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/rcm.8308; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/rcm.8308; https://analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/rcm.8308

Rationale The grey seal, Halichoerus grypus (GS), and the northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris (NES), come ashore for reproduction. This period involves intense physiological processes such as lactation in females and a developmental post‐weaning fast in juveniles. Previous studies have s...