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: UCL - SST/LIBST - Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Organic Chemistry; Analytical Chemistry; Spectroscopy; Nes; Nes’; Elephant Seal
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/213076; https://doi.org/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...