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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 30.
Published in final edited form as: Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2018 Aug 30;32(16):1425–1438. doi: 10.1002/rcm.8168

Table 1.

Existing experiments addressing turnover rates of cetacean skin

Species Method Estimated turnover rate (days, x̄ ± sd) Type of turnover Source
Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) Free-ranging with known migratory diet shift 163 ± 91 (δ15N) Full isotopic incorporation Busquets-Vass et al 41
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Labeled cells sub-epidermally 73 Full epidermal turnover Hicks et al 58
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Controlled feeding 17 ± 1.3 (δ15N) 22 ± 0.5 (δ13C) Half life Browning et al 22
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Controlled feeding 180 ± 71 (δ15N)104 ± 35 (δ13C) Full isotopic incorporation Giménez et al 42
Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) Labeled cells sub-epidermally 70–75 Full epidermal turnover St. Aubin et al 59