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PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY
卷 89, 期 1, 页码 41-50出版社
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/684632
关键词
nutritive condition; reproductive state; fin whale; stable isotopes; fetus; milk; delta N-15; delta C-13
资金
- Fundacio Barcelona Zoo
In mammals, the influence of gestation and lactation on the tissue stable-isotope ratios of females, fetuses, and milk remains poorly understood. Here we investigate the incidence of these events on delta C-13 and delta N-15 values in fin whales sampled off northwestern Spain between 1983 and 1985. The effect of gestation on tissue stable-isotope ratios was examined in the muscle of pregnant females (n = 13) and their fetuses (n = 10) and that of lactation in the muscle of nursing females (n = 21) and their milk (n = 25). Results suggest that fetuses are enriched compared to their mothers in both (15)Delta (Delta N-15 = 1.5 parts per thousand) and C-13 (Delta C-13 = 1.1 parts per thousand), while, compared to muscle, milk is enriched in N-15 (Delta N-15 = 0.3 parts per thousand) but depleted in C-13 (Delta C-13 = -0.62 parts per thousand). This pattern is consistent with that previously observed for other species that, like the fin whale, rely on endogenous energy during reproduction, and it substantiates a general difference in the physiological processing of nitrogen and carbon balances between income and capital breeders. These findings are relevant to the understanding of the energetic balance of mammals during gestation and lactation and are central when inferences on trophic ecology are drawn from isotopic values of reproductive females.
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