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Estimating blue whale skin isotopic incorporation rates and baleen growth rates: Implications for assessing diet and movement patterns in mysticetes

Stable isotope analysis in mysticete skin and baleen plates has been repeatedly used to assess diet and movement patterns. Accurate interpretation of isotope data depends on understanding isotopic incorporation rates for metabolically active tissues and growth rates for metabolically inert tissues....

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Autores principales: Busquets-Vass, Geraldine, Newsome, Seth D., Calambokidis, John, Serra-Valente, Gabriela, Jacobsen, Jeff K., Aguíñiga-García, Sergio, Gendron, Diane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5451050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28562625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177880