Wild Rabbit Host and Some Parasites Show Trophic-Level Relationships for δ13C and δ15N: A First Report
作者:
B. Boag,
R. Neilson,
D. Robinson,
C.M. Scrimgeour,
L.L. Handley,
期刊:
Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies
(Taylor Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 34,
issue 1-2
页码: 81-85
ISSN:1025-6016
年代: 1998
DOI:10.1080/10256019708036335
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Carbon 13;cestode;natural abundances;nematode;nitrogen 15;Oryctolagus cuniculus;parasite;rabbit;trophic relationships
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
We report the first isotopic study of an animal host-parasite system. Parasitic, intestinal nematodes,Graphidium strigosumandPassalurus ambiguus, were15N-enriched relative to their host, the European rabbitOryctolagus cuniculus, while parasitic cestodes,Cittataenia denticulataandMosgovoyia pectinata, were15N-depleted, suggesting different trophic relationships. Host embryos were more similar in their δ13C and δ15N values to maternal muscle than were any of the parasites. Coprophagy, the direct recycling of food by the rabbit eating its own faeces, did not lead to isotopic differences between stomach contents and faeces, suggesting that the major point for isotopic discrimination in lagomorph nitrogen metabolism is in the animal rather than in the gut. We conclude that bulk δ13C and δ15N can reveal valuable new information about host-parasite relationships, and these could be explored further at the biochemical level using compound-specific isotopic analyses.
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