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SUBMITTER: Chung MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6338665 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chung Ming-Tsung MT Trueman Clive N CN Godiksen Jane Aanestad JA Holmstrup Mathias Engell ME Grønkjær Peter P
Communications biology 20190118
Field metabolic rate (FMR) is key to understanding individual and population-level responses to environmental changes, but is challenging to measure in field conditions, particularly in aquatic environments. Here we show that FMR can be estimated directly from the isotopic composition of carbon in fish otoliths (δ<sup>13</sup>C<sub>oto</sub>). We describe the relationship between δ<sup>13</sup>C<sub>oto</sub> values and oxygen consumption rate, and report results from laboratory experiments rela ...[more]