APPLICATIONS: OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN IN ANIMALS
Kohn MJ, Cerling TE (2002) Stable isotope compositions of biological
apatite. In Phosphates: Geochemical, Geobiological, and Materials
Importance (Kohn MJ, Rakovan J, Hughes JM, eds.). Reviews in
Mineralogy & Geochemistry 48: 455-488
Back to this old thing. Read the section on Dinosaur thermoregulation.
McKechnie AE, Wolf BO, Martínez del Rio CM (2004) Deuterium
stable isotope ratios as tracers of water resource use: an
experimental test with rock doves. Oecologia 140: 191-200
A nice study on water balance and water resources in animals. It will set the
stage for later cool papers on doves and cacti.
Clementz MT, Goswami A, Gingerich PD, Koch PL (2006) Isotopic
records from early whales and sea cows: contrasting patterns of
ecological transition. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26: 355370
Here’s how we use oxygen to separate the land, freshwater, and marine
mammals from the way back.
Solomon CT, Cole JJ, Doucett RR, et al. (2009) The influence of
environmental water on the hydrogen stable isotope ratio in aquatic
consumers. Oecologia 161: 313-324
Experiment and application to examine H isotopes in invertebrates and
aquatic vertebrates.
Supplemental:
Clementz M, Koch PL (2001) Monitoring habitat and foraging ecology
in aquatic mammal with stable isotopes in the tooth enamel.
Oecologia 129: 461-472
This paper is the modern study that sets the stage for our work on ancient
aquatic habitat use.
Hobson KA, Bowen GJ, Wassenaar LK, Ferrand Y, Lormee H (2004)
Using stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope measurements of
feathers to infer geographical origins of migrating European birds.
Oecologia 141: 477-488
Here is a paper using both H and O to do the migration thing on birds. There
are gillions of papers on this stuff at this point.
Chesson LA, Podlesak DW, Erkkila BR, et al. (2010) Isotopic
consequences of consumer food choice: Hydrogen and oxygen stable
isotope ratios in foods from fast food restaurants versus
supermarkets. Food Chemistry 119: 1250-1256
Do you want that super-sized? Forensics of folks.