Table 1 Mean and standard deviation (SD) of δ13C and δ15N isotope values of (in‰) in aquatic mammal bone samples.

From: Resource partitioning among stranded aquatic mammals from Amazon and Northeastern coast of Brazil revealed through Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotopes

Species

δ13C

δ15N

N

 

Mean ± SD

Min

Max

 

Mean ± SD

Min

Max

Trichechus inunguis

11

− 19.6 ± 4.1

− 25.5

− 12.9

7.2 ± 0.6

6

8.1

Inia geoffrensis

7

− 18.7 ± 4.3

− 23.8

− 12.5

12.9 ± 1.4

11.6

15.3

Inia araguaiaensis

3

− 16.5 ± 3.6

− 20.6

− 13.8

12.9 ± 0.5

12.6

13.4

Delphinus sp.

2

− 12.5

12.1

− 11.4

12.4

Globicephala macrorhynchus

1

 − 13.1

11.8

Lagenodelphis hosei

1

 − 13

13.3

Grampus griseus

2

 − 11.9

11.5

 − 13.0

14.4

Peponocephala electra

2

 − 12.6

11.8

 − 12.9

12.1

Pseudorca crassidens

1

 − 11

13.3

Sotalia guianensis (AE)

188

 − 12.9 ± 1.1

 − 16.5

 − 11.1

11.6 ± 0.9

8.3

13.9

Sotalia guianensis (NC)

32

 − 12.2 ± 0.6

 − 13.7

 − 10.8

11.5 ± 1.0

9.9

13.1

Stenella attenuata

2

 − 13.1

10.7

 − 13.3

11.2

Steno bredanensis

9

 − 12.0 ± 0.8

 − 13.1

 − 10.8

12.2 ± 1.0

10.8

14

Tursiops truncatus

6

 − 11.3 ± 0.7

 − 12.6

 − 10.6

13.0 ± 1.3

10.5

14

Physeter macrocephalus

3

 − 14.4 ± 1.9

 − 16.6

 − 12.9

15.4 ± 0.6

14.7

16

  1. Specimens were collected from Northern, Amazon lowland (AL), Amazon Estuary and adjacent coastal zones (AE), and Northeastern Brazil (Maranhão and Piauí, NC).