Short-term tissue decomposition alters stable isotope values and C:N ratio, but does not change relationships between lipid content, C:N ratio, and Δδ13C in marine animals

Matthew J. Perkins; Yanny K. Y. Mak; Lily S. R. Tao; Archer T. L. Wong; Jason K. C. Yau; David M. Baker; Kenneth M. Y. Leung

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0199680

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Short-term tissue decomposition alters stable isotope values and C:N ratio, but does not change relationships between lipid content, C:N ratio, and Δδ¹³C in marine animals

Matthew J. Perkins ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: matthewjperkins@outlook.com (MJP); kmyleung@hku.hk (KMYL)

Affiliation The Swire Institute of Marine Science & School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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Yanny K. Y. Mak,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Swire Institute of Marine Science & School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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Lily S. R. Tao,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation The Swire Institute of Marine Science & School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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Archer T. L. Wong,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation The Swire Institute of Marine Science & School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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Jason K. C. Yau,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation The Swire Institute of Marine Science & School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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David M. Baker,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Swire Institute of Marine Science & School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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Kenneth M. Y. Leung

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: matthewjperkins@outlook.com (MJP); kmyleung@hku.hk (KMYL)

Affiliation The Swire Institute of Marine Science & School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2164-4281

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Short-term tissue decomposition alters stable isotope values and C:N ratio, but does not change relationships between lipid content, C:N ratio, and Δδ¹³C in marine animals

Matthew J. Perkins,
Yanny K. Y. Mak,
Lily S. R. Tao,
Archer T. L. Wong,
Jason K. C. Yau,
David M. Baker,
Kenneth M. Y. Leung

Published: July 18, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199680

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