Extreme Fieldwork: Flame-sealed Capillaries versus Frozen Serums to Estimate Body Composition of Southern Elephant Seals ( Mirounga leonina ) using Isotopic Dilution. ...
Body composition is an important parameter in diving animals intermittently fasting on land, such as southern elephant seals, as it is known to impact their time of departure at sea, swimming effort, foraging success, and survival. Deuterium labeled water is commonly used to assess total body water,...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Dataset |
Language: | unknown |
Published: |
figshare
2024
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26809102.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Extreme_Fieldwork_Flame-sealed_Capillaries_versus_Frozen_Serums_to_Estimate_Body_Composition_of_Southern_Elephant_Seals_i_Mirounga_leonina_i_using_Isotopic_Dilution_/26809102/1 |
id |
ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.26809102.v1 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.26809102.v1 2024-09-15T18:04:38+00:00 Extreme Fieldwork: Flame-sealed Capillaries versus Frozen Serums to Estimate Body Composition of Southern Elephant Seals ( Mirounga leonina ) using Isotopic Dilution. ... Charlanne, Laura 2024 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26809102.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Extreme_Fieldwork_Flame-sealed_Capillaries_versus_Frozen_Serums_to_Estimate_Body_Composition_of_Southern_Elephant_Seals_i_Mirounga_leonina_i_using_Isotopic_Dilution_/26809102/1 unknown figshare https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26809102 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 Animal physiological ecology Dataset dataset 2024 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26809102.v110.6084/m9.figshare.26809102 2024-09-02T09:13:20Z Body composition is an important parameter in diving animals intermittently fasting on land, such as southern elephant seals, as it is known to impact their time of departure at sea, swimming effort, foraging success, and survival. Deuterium labeled water is commonly used to assess total body water, but a precise indication of equilibration time in this species and reliable sample storage are lacking. We injected newly weaned southern elephant seal female pups with deuterium labelled water. We thereafter blood sampled the seals several times to assess the equilibration time and body composition. We implemented two storage methods, flame-sealed capillaries and frozen serums. The frozen serums method was reliable as capillaries and safer to bring undamaged samples from the field. This method of determining body composition in wild animals is reliable and easily applicable for isolated and difficult-to-access fieldwork. ... Dataset Elephant Seal Elephant Seals Mirounga leonina Southern Elephant Seal Southern Elephant Seals DataCite |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
DataCite |
op_collection_id |
ftdatacite |
language |
unknown |
topic |
Animal physiological ecology |
spellingShingle |
Animal physiological ecology Charlanne, Laura Extreme Fieldwork: Flame-sealed Capillaries versus Frozen Serums to Estimate Body Composition of Southern Elephant Seals ( Mirounga leonina ) using Isotopic Dilution. ... |
topic_facet |
Animal physiological ecology |
description |
Body composition is an important parameter in diving animals intermittently fasting on land, such as southern elephant seals, as it is known to impact their time of departure at sea, swimming effort, foraging success, and survival. Deuterium labeled water is commonly used to assess total body water, but a precise indication of equilibration time in this species and reliable sample storage are lacking. We injected newly weaned southern elephant seal female pups with deuterium labelled water. We thereafter blood sampled the seals several times to assess the equilibration time and body composition. We implemented two storage methods, flame-sealed capillaries and frozen serums. The frozen serums method was reliable as capillaries and safer to bring undamaged samples from the field. This method of determining body composition in wild animals is reliable and easily applicable for isolated and difficult-to-access fieldwork. ... |
format |
Dataset |
author |
Charlanne, Laura |
author_facet |
Charlanne, Laura |
author_sort |
Charlanne, Laura |
title |
Extreme Fieldwork: Flame-sealed Capillaries versus Frozen Serums to Estimate Body Composition of Southern Elephant Seals ( Mirounga leonina ) using Isotopic Dilution. ... |
title_short |
Extreme Fieldwork: Flame-sealed Capillaries versus Frozen Serums to Estimate Body Composition of Southern Elephant Seals ( Mirounga leonina ) using Isotopic Dilution. ... |
title_full |
Extreme Fieldwork: Flame-sealed Capillaries versus Frozen Serums to Estimate Body Composition of Southern Elephant Seals ( Mirounga leonina ) using Isotopic Dilution. ... |
title_fullStr |
Extreme Fieldwork: Flame-sealed Capillaries versus Frozen Serums to Estimate Body Composition of Southern Elephant Seals ( Mirounga leonina ) using Isotopic Dilution. ... |
title_full_unstemmed |
Extreme Fieldwork: Flame-sealed Capillaries versus Frozen Serums to Estimate Body Composition of Southern Elephant Seals ( Mirounga leonina ) using Isotopic Dilution. ... |
title_sort |
extreme fieldwork: flame-sealed capillaries versus frozen serums to estimate body composition of southern elephant seals ( mirounga leonina ) using isotopic dilution. ... |
publisher |
figshare |
publishDate |
2024 |
url |
https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26809102.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Extreme_Fieldwork_Flame-sealed_Capillaries_versus_Frozen_Serums_to_Estimate_Body_Composition_of_Southern_Elephant_Seals_i_Mirounga_leonina_i_using_Isotopic_Dilution_/26809102/1 |
genre |
Elephant Seal Elephant Seals Mirounga leonina Southern Elephant Seal Southern Elephant Seals |
genre_facet |
Elephant Seal Elephant Seals Mirounga leonina Southern Elephant Seal Southern Elephant Seals |
op_relation |
https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26809102 |
op_rights |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26809102.v110.6084/m9.figshare.26809102 |
_version_ |
1810442253755219968 |