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Table 2.

Model parameters ± standard error from one-compartment isotopic incorporation rate models predicted for the freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium borellii

Tissue Isotope n Model r2 for model fit Mean residence time τ (d) Elemental turnover rate λ (d-1) Equilibrium Value δ∞ Discrimi-nation factor Δ (‰)
H 13C 47 -15.47 -(6.7)e-0.038t 0.88*** 26.3 ± 4.3 0.038 ± 0.006 -15.47 ± 0.36 0.7 ± 0.36
H 15N 47 17.38 -(4.73)e-0.063t 0.70*** 16.6 ± 5.51 0.063 ± 0.020 17.38 ± 0.43 1.7±0.43
M 13C 48 -16.19 -(4.95)e-0.0132t 0.78*** 75.8 ± 25 0.0132 ± 0.004 -16.19 ± 0.83 -0.1 ± 0.83
M 15N 48 19.3 -(1.74)e-0.023t 0.59*** 40.0 ± 25 0.023 ± 0.013 19.3 ± 0.42 3.6±0.42

M = muscle tissue, H = hepatopancreas tissue, n = sample size. * = P < 0.001.