Changes in stable isotope compositions during fasting in phocid seals

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...

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Published in:Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
Main Authors: Habran, Sarah, Damseaux, France, Pomeroy, Patrick, Debier, Cathy, Crocker, Daniel, Lepoint, Gilles, Das, Krishna
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Stable isotopes
Seal
Lactation
Post-weaning fast
Reproduction
Nes
Nes’
Elephant Seal
Online Access:https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/changes-in-stable-isotope-compositions-during-fasting-in-phocid-seals(863fe73b-4887-44a1-81da-df935699fa3e).html
https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8308
https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/19164/1/Habran_2018_RCMS_Fasting_AAM.pdf

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