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Interactive effects of urea and lipid content confound stable isotope analysis in elasmobranch fishe...

Interactive effects of urea and lipid content confound stable isotope analysis in elasmobranch fishe...

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Interactive effects of urea and lipid content confound stable isotope analysis in elasmobranch fishes

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Full title

Interactive effects of urea and lipid content confound stable isotope analysis in elasmobranch fishes

Publisher

Ottawa: NRC Research Press

Journal title

Canadian journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences, 2017-03, Vol.74 (3), p.419-428

Language

English

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Ottawa: NRC Research Press

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Contents

Stable isotope analysis (SIA) is becoming a commonly used tool to study the ecology of elasmobranchs. However, the retention of urea by elasmobranchs for osmoregulatory purposes may bias the analysis and interpretation of SIA data. We examined the effects of removing urea and lipid on the stable isotope composition of 14 species of sharks, skates,...

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Interactive effects of urea and lipid content confound stable isotope analysis in elasmobranch fishes

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1877837755

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1877837755

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ISSN

0706-652X

E-ISSN

1205-7533

DOI

10.1139/cjfas-2015-0584

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