Mother-offspring isotope fractionation in two species of placentatrophic sharks. Academic Article

abstract

• Stable-isotope values of a scalloped hammerhead Sphyrna lewini and blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus and their respective embryos were analysed. Embryos of both species were enriched in (15) N compared to their mothers (082 and 088, respectively), but fractionation of (13) C varied. Embryonic S. lewini were enriched (100) in (13) C while C. limbatus were depleted (027) relative to their mothers.

authors

• Matich, Philip

published proceedings

• J Fish Biol

author list (cited authors)

• Vaudo, J. J., Matich, P., & Heithaus, M. R.

citation count

• 45

publication date

• January 2010

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Fish Biology  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Carbon Isotopes
• Embryo, Nonmammalian
• Female
• Nitrogen Isotopes
• Sharks

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02813.x

start page

• 1724

end page

• 1727

volume

• 77

issue

• 7

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02813.x