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Correct equation for calculating d13C for bird eggs

Posted by urialomvia on 29 Jan 2014 at 20:55 GMT

The equation for calculating d13C in non-extracted egg tissue as stated at the end of the Discussion is incorrect (it switches the d15N coefficients for the d13C coefficients). The correct equation is d13C(lipid-extracted) = d13C(non-extracted) – 4.46 +7.32*Log10(C:N ratio), as it appears in Table 2.

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