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Correlation between δ13C and δ15N in flying fish (Exocoetus volitans) muscle and scales from the South China Sea Cover

Correlation between δ13C and δ15N in flying fish (Exocoetus volitans) muscle and scales from the South China Sea

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies
Volume 46 (2017): Issue 3 (September 2017)
By: Libin Wu,  Liqiang Xu,  Jing Sun,  Xueying Wang,  Yangyang Wei,  Yeling Li and  Xiaodong Liu  
Open Access
|Sep 2017

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Relationship between mass and body length (standard length) of flying fish samples (n = 82)
Relationship between mass and body length (standard length) of flying fish samples (n = 82)

Figure 2

Correlations between flying fish scale and muscle δ13C (A) and δ15N (B)
Correlations between flying fish scale and muscle δ13C (A) and δ15N (B)

Figure 3

Correlations between flying fish scales (triangle) and muscle (rhombus) δ15N (A) or δ13C (B) with fish mass
Correlations between flying fish scales (triangle) and muscle (rhombus) δ15N (A) or δ13C (B) with fish mass

Figure 4

Correlations between nitrogen (solid circle) and carbon (empty circle) isotopic offset between flying fish muscle and scales (Δ15N = δ15Nmuscle − δ15Nscale and Δ13C = δ13Cmuscle − δ13Cscale) with mass
Correlations between nitrogen (solid circle) and carbon (empty circle) isotopic offset between flying fish muscle and scales (Δ15N = δ15Nmuscle − δ15Nscale and Δ13C = δ13Cmuscle − δ13Cscale) with mass

Figure 5

Correlations between δ13C and δ15N in the flying fish muscle (rhombus) and scales (triangle)
Correlations between δ13C and δ15N in the flying fish muscle (rhombus) and scales (triangle)

Statistics of δ13C and δ15N in flying fish muscle and scales (n = 82)

isotopemusclescale
δ13C(‰)min−18.3−17.5
max−16.9−14.2
mean±SD−17.7±0.4−15.6±0.8
δ15N(‰)min6.33.8
max11.49.2
mean ± SD8.6 ± 1.06.3 ± 0.8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2017-0032 | Journal eISSN: 1897-3191 | Journal ISSN: 1730-413X
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Language: English
Page range: 307 - 313
Submitted on: Jan 16, 2017
Accepted on: Mar 16, 2017
Published on: Sep 27, 2017
Published by: University of Gdańsk
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
flying fish,
muscle,
scales,
stable isotope analysis,
South China Sea
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