Influence of Drinking Water and Diet on The Stable-Hydrogen Isotope Ratios of Animal Tissues
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[edit] Author(s)
- Hobson, K. A.
- Atwell, L.
- Wassenaar, L. I.
[edit] Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 96.14 (1999): 8003-06.
[edit] Keywords
chitin biogeochemistry cellulose carbon bone d/h
[edit] Abstract
Despite considerable interest in using stable hydrogen isotope ratio (delta D) measurements in ecological research, it was previously unknown whether hydrogen derived from drinking water, in addition to that derived from diet, contributed to the nonexchangeable hydrogen in animal tissues, We raised four experimental groups of quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) from hatch on two isotopically distinct diets (mean nonexchangeable delta D: -146 and -60 parts per thousand, Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water Standard) and drinking waters (mean delta D: -130 and +196 parts per thousand, Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water Standard), Here we show that both dietary and drinking water hydrogen are incorporated into nonexchangeable hydrogen in both metabolically active (i.e., muscle, liver, blood, fat) and inactive (i.e,, feather, nail) tissues. Approximately 20% of hydrogen in metabolically active quail tissues and 26-32% of feathers and nail was derived from drinking water. Our findings suggest environmental interpretations of delta D values from modern and fossil animal tissues may need to account for potentially large isotopic differences between drinking water and food and require a good understanding of the physiological ecology of study organisms.
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