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. 2012 Mar 7;279(1738):2681–2690. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0199

Table 2.

Summary statistics for carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of southern elephant seal pup blood on îles Kerguelen. The mean, standard deviation (s.d.) and coefficient of variation (CV) are reported.

δ13C
δ15N
year n mean (‰) s.d. (‰) CV (%) mean (‰) s.d. (‰) CV (%)
2006 193 −21.2 0.9 4.2 11.4 0.4 3.6
2007 57 −20.9 0.9 4.3 11.1 0.4 3.9
2008 202 −20.7 0.8 3.8 11.4 0.5 4.1
2009 234 −21.3 0.9 4.1 11.4 0.5 4.0
2006–2009 686 −21.1 0.9 4.2 11.4 0.5 4.0