TRACING NUTRIENT ALLOCATION TO REPRODUCTION WITH STABLE ISOTOPES: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION USING COLONIAL WATERBIRDS OF GREAT SLAVE LAKE
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Abstract
We investigated the use of stable-isotope analysis as a direct means of tracing allocation of endogenous protein and lipid reserves to reproduction in five gulls (Larus canus, L. delawarensis, L. californicus, L. argentatus, L. philadelphia), four terns (Sterna caspia, S. hirundo, S. paradisaea, Chlidonias niger), and one jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) breeding on Great Slave Lake (GSL) in the Northwest Territories. Our approach was based on assumptions that (1) body tissues of birds just arriving at GSL from their assumed marine-associated wintering habitats would have stable-isotope ratios more enriched than those of birds in equilibrium with the local GSL foodweb, and (2) mobilization of these reserves to reproduction could be traced by the isotopic measurement of egg macronutrients. As predicted, the pectoral muscle of six species of arriving birds was more enriched in 13C (x̄ = −21.5‰) and 15N (x̄ = 12.7‰) than was that of postbreeding birds (13C, x̄ = −23.5‰; 15N, x̄ = 9.9‰) or hatching-year birds raised at GSL (13C, x̄ = −24.3‰; 15N, x̄ = 9.0‰). Abdominal fat of arriving Herring Gulls and Mew Gulls was more enriched in 13C (x̄ = −19.7‰) than the fat of other species (x̄ = −23.4‰), indicating lipids of marine origin. We compared isotope values of the local GSL foodweb with dietary values predicted from isotope measurements of egg macronutrients if diets were entirely derived at GSL. Isotopic analysis of lipid-free egg yolk, yolk lipid, and shell carbonate suggested that for most species, little if any endogenous protein reserves were used for reproduction, with the possible exception of Caspian Terns, whose egg protein and egg lipid values, and Common Terns, whose egg protein values, were more enriched in 13C than those of the other species. Although endogenous nutrient reserves likely were important to birds during migration and the initial settling period at GSL, local food supplies were adequate to provide nutrients for reproduction.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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