Examination of trophic discrimination factors and lipid corrections in muscle, ovary and mucus tissues of ayu (<i>Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis</i>) using carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses
Examination of trophic discrimination factors and lipid corrections in muscle, ovary and mucus tissues of ayu (<i>Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis</i>) using carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses
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使用碳和氮稳定同位素分析检查香鱼(<i>Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis</i>)肌肉、卵巢和粘液组织的营养辨别因子和脂质校正
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10.11369/jji.17-017
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2018
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丸山 敦
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沢田 隼;米倉 竜次;丸山 敦
Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios (δ 13 C and δ 15 N, respectively) have been widely used to estimate food habits of animals, based on constant differences in isotope ratios between such animals and their diets, namely, trophic (diet–tissue) discrimination factors (TDF). However, recent studies have found the latter to vary more between different tissues or species than recognized previously. An aquarium experiment, in which ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis), a representative Japanese freshwater fishery resource, were cultivated with isotopically identical food (well-mixed commercial fish food), thereby obtaining TDF specific to muscle tissue, ovarian tissue and epidermal mucus, enabled estimation of the effect of lipid content on δ 13 C values. That in muscle tissue was 0.8‰–5.6‰ higher in lipid-eliminated samples than in untreated ones and was dependent on bulk C: N ratios, whereas the lipid content and its effect were constant in ovarian tissue. Lipid correction equations specific to muscle tissue of ayu were obtained by regressions on bulk C: N ratio, according to previously reported models. Lipid-free TDF in δ 13 C values differed between muscle tissue (2.4‰), ovarian tissue (1.9‰) and epidermal mucus (1.0‰). TDF in δ 15 N values also differed between muscle tissue (2.5‰), ovarian tissue (1.6‰) and epidermal mucus (1.5‰). The TDF and lipid correction equations for ayu demonstrated in this study enable accurate estimation of food habits and migration ecology of the species.