Use of Blood-soaked Cellulose Filter Paper for Measuring Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotopes. Academic Article

abstract

• We explored the use of filter paper soaked in whole blood for measuring carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stable isotopes, often used in feeding ecology or diet studies, to better understand drivers of exposure to contaminants. Our results showed no statistically or biologically relevant differences in C and N stable isotope measures between our gold standard (whole blood with anticoagulant) and eluates from processed, blood-soaked filter paper. Our data supported the effectiveness of using filter paper for assessing C and N stable isotopes in blood to address feeding ecology and other uses. The ease of sampling and processing should allow blood-soaked filter paper to be used in sampling of live (e.g., captured, stranded) and lethally taken (e.g., hunter-killed) wild vertebrates.

authors

• O'hara, Todd

published proceedings

• J Wildl Dis

altmetric score

• 0.5

author list (cited authors)

• O'Hara, T. M., Templeton, M., Castellini, J. M., Wells, R., Beckmen, K., & Berner, J.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• O'Hara, Todd M||Templeton, Megan||Castellini, J Margaret||Wells, Randall||Beckmen, Kimberlee||Berner, James

publication date

• April 2018

publisher

• Wildlife Disease Association  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Wildlife Diseases  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Animals, Wild
• Blood
• Bottle-nosed Dolphin
• Carbon
• Carbon Isotopes
• Cellulose
• Deer
• Ethylamines
• Feeding Ecology
• Filter Paper
• Nitrogen
• Nitrogen Isotopes
• Paper
• Ruminants
• Stable Isotopes
• Sulfides

PubMed Central ID

• 29369725

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.7589/2017-08-202

start page

• 375

end page

• 379

volume

• 54

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.7589/2017-08-202