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. 2018 Aug 1;8:11577. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29966-7

Table 3.

Stable isotope analysis of carbon and nitrogen in different tissues from the 3 stranded sperm whales under study.

N Mean Minimum Maximum Std.Dev.
Skin
δ13C ‰ 3 −18.79 −19.73 −17.67 1.04
δ13C lipid free‰ 3 −15.90 −16.66 −15.22 0.72
δ15N‰ 3 10.07 9.80 10.31 0.26
δ15N lipid estratti ‰ 3 10.30 10.03 10.59 0.28
C/N (mol/mol) 3 9.65 5.48 14.90 4.81
Blubber
δ13C ‰ 3 −19.37 −19.54 −19.07 0.26
δ13C lipid free‰ 3 −15.90 −16.66 −15.22 0.72
δ15N‰ 3 11.37 10.48 12.27 0.89
δ15N lipid free‰ 3 11.46 11.08 11.94 0.44
C/N (mol/mol) 3 14.97 9.28 23.87 7.80
Muscle
δ13C ‰ 3 −16.43 −16.78 −16.11 0.34
δ13C lipid estratti ‰ 3 −15.99 −16.48 −15.71 0.43
δ15N‰ 3 8.90 8.58 9.36 0.40
δ15N lipid estratti ‰ 3 9.59 9.08 10.05 0.49
C/N (mol/mol) 3 5.01 4.65 5.53 0.46
Liver
δ13C ‰ 3 −17.22 −17.89 −16.68 0.62
δ13C lipid free‰ 3 −16.24 −16.52 −16.06 0.24
δ15N‰ 3 8.89 8.76 8.97 0.11
δ15Nlipid free‰ 3 9.52 9.37 9.78 0.23
C/N (mol/mol) 3 4.65 4.40 4.86 0.23