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C and N isotope data for Ross, Weddell, and crabeater seal tissues from west Antarctica collected during multiple field seasons from 2008-2010
2018-03-22
publication
2018-03-22
revision
Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)
2022-08-22
publication
https://doi.org/10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.731407.1
Brenda Hall
University of Maine
principalInvestigator
Paul L. Koch
University of California-Santa Cruz
principalInvestigator
Daniel P. Costa
University of California-Santa Cruz
principalInvestigator
A. Rus Hoelzel
Durham University
principalInvestigator
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
Unavailable
508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
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USA
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Cite this dataset as: Hall, B., Koch, P. L., Costa, D. P., Hoelzel, A. R. (2022) C and N isotope data for Ross, Weddell, and crabeater seal tissues from west Antarctica collected during multiple field seasons from 2008-2010. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2018-03-22 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.731407.1 [access date]
C and N isotope data for seal tissues from west Antarctica Dataset Description: <p><strong>These data are published and discussed in:</strong><br />
Brault, E. (2017). An Examination of the Ecological and Oceanographic Effects of Mid-to-Late Holocene Climate Changes on the Ross Sea Ecosystem. UC Santa Cruz. ProQuest ID: Brault_ucsc_0036E_11435. Merritt ID: ark:/13030/m5dg1n5d. Retrieved from <a href="https://escholarship.org/uc/item/99s5j3fk" target="_blank">https://escholarship.org/uc/item/99s5j3fk</a></p> Methods and Sampling: <p><strong>Sampling Sites and Sample Collection:</strong><br />
Tissue samples from Ross, Weddell, and crabeater seals were collected along western Antarctica from the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) to the Ross Sea during multiple field seasons and, in most cases, body mass, age class (juvenile, subadult, and adult), gender, and location were recorded for each sampled seal. Seals were sampled during the austral summers of 2008/09 and 2010/11 on RV Oden cruises along the western Antarctic coast. Mostly whole blood samples were obtained. In some cases, clot (blood with serum removed), red blood cells (RBCs, whole blood exposed to an anticoagulant, heparin, before having plasma removed), and hair samples (body fur or whiskers) were also taken. The sampling protocol is described in Aubail et al. (2011); all animal captures were conducted in accordance with the regulations of the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat (Registration No. 2010-112).</p>
<p>All other samples were obtained from animal captures conducted under National Marine Fisheries Service permit No. 87-1851-00. Additionally, the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at the University of Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz) approved all protocols for the following samples. Whiskers were taken from crabeater seals during multiple cruises on the RV Lawrence M. Gould along the WAP.&nbsp; Plasma was also obtained from a few of the fall 2007 individuals (G105, G110, and G112). In addition, serum or plasma was obtained from two Weddell seals during the fall 2007 sampling in this region, and whiskers were taken from two WAP Weddell seals in the austral summer of 2009/10. Hückstädt et al. (2012b) describe the procedure for sampling the whiskers, and Goetz et al. (2017) describe the protocol used for collecting the seal serum and plasma.</p>
<p>Several blood samples were obtained from Weddell seals in the McMurdo Sound region, Ross Sea, Antarctica over multiple field seasons. Twelve whole blood samples were taken from juvenile Weddell seals near Inexpressible Island (74.9°S, 163.7°E) during the austral summer of 2010/11. Whole blood samples were taken from Weddell seals in the austral summer of 2010/11 and austral spring of 2012. RBCs were sampled in the austral summer of 2009/10, austral summer of 2011/12, and austral spring of 2012. Whole blood, plasma, and serum were obtained from five Weddell seals sampled in the austral spring of 2015, and whole blood from an additional seven Weddell seals was also acquired during this time. Goetz et al. (2017) describe the sampling protocol for these Weddell seals.</p>
<p>Lastly, a few samples were obtained from crabeater seals in McMurdo Sound. Hair samples were taken from three recently deceased juvenile crabeater seals that were found on the seasonal pack ice around Cape Royds in the austral summer of 2009/10. Whole blood was sampled, using the protocol of Goetz et al. (2017), from a male adult crabeater seal found in Erebus Bay during the austral summer of 2010/11.</p>
<p><strong>Taxonomic Groups:</strong><br />
Pinnipedia<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Phocidae<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>Lobodon carcinophaga</em> - crabeater seal<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>Ommatophoca rossii </em>- Ross seal<br />
<em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Leptonychotes weddellii </em>- Weddell seal</p>
<p><strong>Sample Preparation:</strong><br />
After sample collection, all samples were kept frozen at -20 °C. Blood samples were freeze-dried with a Labconco Freeze Dry System (Lyph Lock 4.5) and homogenized manually prior to analysis. Lipid extraction was not performed on the blood samples. Blood has a relatively low lipid content and a test set of blood samples with and without lipid extraction revealed no significant effect of lipid extraction on blood values. Hair samples, which have higher lipid contents, were lipid extracted. Hair samples were washed with Milli-Q water (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and then rinsed 3 times in an ultrasonic bath with petroleum ether for 15 minutes. Hückstädt et al. (2012a) used a similar protocol to lipid-extract the crabeater seal whisker samples.</p>
<p><strong>Isotopic Analysis:</strong><br />
For all blood and hair samples, ~1 mg was weighed into tin cups (Costech, 3x5 mm) for elemental analysis-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (EA-IRMS). After the follicle was removed, the entire hair sample was chopped up before being added to the tin cups. This analysis was performed at the Stable Isotope Lab (SIL) of UC Santa Cruz on a Carlo Erba EA 1108 elemental analyzer coupled to a Thermo-Finnigan Delta<sup>Plus</sup> XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer. The δ<sup>15</sup>N and δ<sup>13</sup>C values were referenced to AIR and V-PDB standards. On a day-to-day basis, we measured and calibrated analyses with a laboratory IU Acetanilide standard (δ<sup>15</sup>N = 1.18‰, δ<sup>13</sup>C = -29.52‰, %N = 10.36%, %C = 71.02%) and a laboratory gelatin standard (δ<sup>15</sup>N = 5.60‰, δ<sup>13</sup>C = -12.60‰, %N = 16.44‰, %C = 44.02‰). The isotopic and concentration value of these laboratory standards are known by calibration to international standards (IAEA601, IAEA-346, USGS24, USGS25, USGS26, USGS34, USGS35, USGS41). We applied mass and drift corrections during each instrument session using the gelatin standard. Standard deviations for standards were &lt; 0.1 ‰ for both δ<sup>15</sup>N and δ<sup>13</sup>C and &lt;0.05 for C/N (seven PUGel standards analyzed at the start of each session and a PUGel and an Acetanilide standard analyzed after every eight samples during the session).</p>
Funding provided by NSF Office of Polar Programs (formerly NSF PLR) (NSF OPP) Award Number: OPP-1141849 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award?AWD_ID=1141849
Funding provided by NSF Office of Polar Programs (formerly NSF PLR) (NSF OPP) Award Number: OPP-1142108 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award?AWD_ID=1142108
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Brenda Hall
University of Maine
207-581-2191
School of Earth and Climate Sciences 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center
Orono
ME
04469
US
brendah@maine.edu
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Paul L. Koch
University of California-Santa Cruz
831-234-9437
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz
CA
95064-1077
USA
plkoch@ucsc.edu
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Daniel P. Costa
University of California-Santa Cruz
831-459-2786
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ocean Health Building 100 Shaffer Road
Santa Cruz
CA
95060
USA
costa@ucsc.edu
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A. Rus Hoelzel
Durham University
44-0-191-3341325
Dept. of Biosciences, Durham University Stockton Road
Durham DH1 3LE
UK
a.r.hoelzel@durham.ac.uk
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Dataset Version: 1
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Common_name
Scientific_name
WoRMS_LSID
AphiaID
Sample_ID
Latitude
Longitude
Collection_year_and_season
Sampling_date
Age_class
Gender
Mass_kg
Sample_type
d13C
d15N
C_to_N_atomic_ratio
Carlo Erba EA 1108 elemental analyzer
Thermo-Finnigan DeltaPlus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer
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None, User defined
common_name
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Life Science Identifier (LSID)
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sample identification
latitude
longitude
season
date
ageclass
sex
mass
sample type
d13C measured in biota
d15N measured in biota
Carbon to Nitrogen ratio (C:N)
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Collaborative Research: Exploring the Vulnerability of Southern Ocean Pinnipeds to Climate Change - An Integrated Approach
https://osprey.bco-dmo.org/project/726874
Collaborative Research: Exploring the Vulnerability of Southern Ocean Pinnipeds to Climate Change - An Integrated Approach
<p><em>NSF abstract:</em><br />
Building on previously funded NSF research, the use of paleobiological and paleogenetic data from mummified elephant seal carcasses found along the Dry Valleys and Victoria Land Coast in areas that today are too cold to support seal colonies (Mirougina leonina; southern elephant seals; SES) supports the former existence of these seals in this region. The occurrence and then subsequent disappearance of these SES colonies is consistent with major shifts in the Holocene climate to much colder conditions at the last ~1000 years BCE).</p>
<p>Further analysis of the preserved remains of three other abundant pinnipeds ? crabeater (Lobodon carciophagus), Weddell (Leptonychotes weddelli) and leopard (Hydrurga leptonyx) will be studied to track changes in their population size (revealed by DNA analysis) and their diet (studied via stable isotope analysis). Combined with known differences in life history, preferred ice habitat and ecosystem sensitivity among these species, this paleoclimate proxy data will be used to assess their exposure and sensitivity to climate change in the Ross Sea region during the past ~1-2,000 years</p>
Southern Ocean Pinnipeds
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McMurdo Dry Valleys Region; Royal Society Range, Victoria Land Coast , Antarctic Peninsula, Amundsen Sea, Ross Sea
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BCO-DMO catalogue of parameters from C and N isotope data for Ross, Weddell, and crabeater seal tissues from west Antarctica collected during multiple field seasons from 2008-2010
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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WHOI MS#36
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USA
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http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/731422.rdf
Name: Common_name
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Common name of the seal</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/731423.rdf
Name: Scientific_name
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Scientific name (genus and species) of the seal</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/731424.rdf
Name: WoRMS_LSID
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Life Science Identifier (LSID) assigned to the species by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS; <a href="http://www.marinespecies.org/">http://www.marinespecies.org/</a>)</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/731425.rdf
Name: AphiaID
Units: unitless
Description: <p>World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS; <a href="http://www.marinespecies.org/">http://www.marinespecies.org/</a>) species identifier</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/731426.rdf
Name: Sample_ID
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Sample identification code</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/731427.rdf
Name: Latitude
Units: decimal degress
Description: <p>Latitude of sample collection (negative values = south)</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/731428.rdf
Name: Longitude
Units: decimal degress
Description: <p>Longitude of sample collection (negative values = west; postivie values = east)</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/731429.rdf
Name: Collection_year_and_season
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Year and season of sample collection</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/731430.rdf
Name: Sampling_date
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Date of sample collection formatted as yyyy-mm-dd</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/731431.rdf
Name: Age_class
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Age class of the specimen (juvenile, subadult, adult)</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/731432.rdf
Name: Gender
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Sex of the specimen (male, female, unknown)</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/731433.rdf
Name: Mass_kg
Units: kilograms (kg)
Description: <p>Mass of the specimen</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/731434.rdf
Name: Sample_type
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Description of the type of tissue analyzed (clot, clotted blood, fur, heparin clotted blood, plasma, red blood cells, serum, whisker, whole blood)</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/731435.rdf
Name: d13C
Units: permil (‰), V-PDB
Description: <p>Stable carbon isotope value</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/731436.rdf
Name: d15N
Units: permil (‰), AIR
Description: <p>Stable nitrogen isotope value</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/731437.rdf
Name: C_to_N_atomic_ratio
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Atomic C to N ratio</p>
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<p><strong>Sampling Sites and Sample Collection:</strong><br />
Tissue samples from Ross, Weddell, and crabeater seals were collected along western Antarctica from the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) to the Ross Sea during multiple field seasons and, in most cases, body mass, age class (juvenile, subadult, and adult), gender, and location were recorded for each sampled seal. Seals were sampled during the austral summers of 2008/09 and 2010/11 on RV Oden cruises along the western Antarctic coast. Mostly whole blood samples were obtained. In some cases, clot (blood with serum removed), red blood cells (RBCs, whole blood exposed to an anticoagulant, heparin, before having plasma removed), and hair samples (body fur or whiskers) were also taken. The sampling protocol is described in Aubail et al. (2011); all animal captures were conducted in accordance with the regulations of the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat (Registration No. 2010-112).</p>
<p>All other samples were obtained from animal captures conducted under National Marine Fisheries Service permit No. 87-1851-00. Additionally, the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at the University of Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz) approved all protocols for the following samples. Whiskers were taken from crabeater seals during multiple cruises on the RV Lawrence M. Gould along the WAP.&nbsp; Plasma was also obtained from a few of the fall 2007 individuals (G105, G110, and G112). In addition, serum or plasma was obtained from two Weddell seals during the fall 2007 sampling in this region, and whiskers were taken from two WAP Weddell seals in the austral summer of 2009/10. Hückstädt et al. (2012b) describe the procedure for sampling the whiskers, and Goetz et al. (2017) describe the protocol used for collecting the seal serum and plasma.</p>
<p>Several blood samples were obtained from Weddell seals in the McMurdo Sound region, Ross Sea, Antarctica over multiple field seasons. Twelve whole blood samples were taken from juvenile Weddell seals near Inexpressible Island (74.9°S, 163.7°E) during the austral summer of 2010/11. Whole blood samples were taken from Weddell seals in the austral summer of 2010/11 and austral spring of 2012. RBCs were sampled in the austral summer of 2009/10, austral summer of 2011/12, and austral spring of 2012. Whole blood, plasma, and serum were obtained from five Weddell seals sampled in the austral spring of 2015, and whole blood from an additional seven Weddell seals was also acquired during this time. Goetz et al. (2017) describe the sampling protocol for these Weddell seals.</p>
<p>Lastly, a few samples were obtained from crabeater seals in McMurdo Sound. Hair samples were taken from three recently deceased juvenile crabeater seals that were found on the seasonal pack ice around Cape Royds in the austral summer of 2009/10. Whole blood was sampled, using the protocol of Goetz et al. (2017), from a male adult crabeater seal found in Erebus Bay during the austral summer of 2010/11.</p>
<p><strong>Taxonomic Groups:</strong><br />
Pinnipedia<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Phocidae<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>Lobodon carcinophaga</em> - crabeater seal<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>Ommatophoca rossii </em>- Ross seal<br />
<em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Leptonychotes weddellii </em>- Weddell seal</p>
<p><strong>Sample Preparation:</strong><br />
After sample collection, all samples were kept frozen at -20 °C. Blood samples were freeze-dried with a Labconco Freeze Dry System (Lyph Lock 4.5) and homogenized manually prior to analysis. Lipid extraction was not performed on the blood samples. Blood has a relatively low lipid content and a test set of blood samples with and without lipid extraction revealed no significant effect of lipid extraction on blood values. Hair samples, which have higher lipid contents, were lipid extracted. Hair samples were washed with Milli-Q water (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and then rinsed 3 times in an ultrasonic bath with petroleum ether for 15 minutes. Hückstädt et al. (2012a) used a similar protocol to lipid-extract the crabeater seal whisker samples.</p>
<p><strong>Isotopic Analysis:</strong><br />
For all blood and hair samples, ~1 mg was weighed into tin cups (Costech, 3x5 mm) for elemental analysis-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (EA-IRMS). After the follicle was removed, the entire hair sample was chopped up before being added to the tin cups. This analysis was performed at the Stable Isotope Lab (SIL) of UC Santa Cruz on a Carlo Erba EA 1108 elemental analyzer coupled to a Thermo-Finnigan Delta<sup>Plus</sup> XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer. The δ<sup>15</sup>N and δ<sup>13</sup>C values were referenced to AIR and V-PDB standards. On a day-to-day basis, we measured and calibrated analyses with a laboratory IU Acetanilide standard (δ<sup>15</sup>N = 1.18‰, δ<sup>13</sup>C = -29.52‰, %N = 10.36%, %C = 71.02%) and a laboratory gelatin standard (δ<sup>15</sup>N = 5.60‰, δ<sup>13</sup>C = -12.60‰, %N = 16.44‰, %C = 44.02‰). The isotopic and concentration value of these laboratory standards are known by calibration to international standards (IAEA601, IAEA-346, USGS24, USGS25, USGS26, USGS34, USGS35, USGS41). We applied mass and drift corrections during each instrument session using the gelatin standard. Standard deviations for standards were &lt; 0.1 ‰ for both δ<sup>15</sup>N and δ<sup>13</sup>C and &lt;0.05 for C/N (seven PUGel standards analyzed at the start of each session and a PUGel and an Acetanilide standard analyzed after every eight samples during the session).</p>
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<p><strong>BCO-DMO Processing:</strong><br />
-modified parameter names (replaced spaces with underscores);<br />
-added the LSID and AphiaID from WoRMS;<br />
-replaced spaces with underscores in: Common_name, Scientific_name;<br />
-changed date format from mm/dd/yyyy to yyyy-mm-dd.</p>
Specified by the Principal Investigator(s)
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Carlo Erba EA 1108 elemental analyzer
Carlo Erba EA 1108 elemental analyzer
PI Supplied Instrument Name: Carlo Erba EA 1108 elemental analyzer PI Supplied Instrument Description:This analysis was performed at the Stable Isotope Lab (SIL) of UC Santa Cruz on a Carlo Erba EA 1108 elemental analyzer coupled to a Thermo-Finnigan DeltaPlus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer. Instrument Name: Elemental Analyzer Instrument Short Name: Instrument Description: Instruments that quantify carbon, nitrogen and sometimes other elements by combusting the sample at very high temperature and assaying the resulting gaseous oxides. Usually used for samples including organic material. Community Standard Description: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB01/
Thermo-Finnigan DeltaPlus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer
Thermo-Finnigan DeltaPlus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer
PI Supplied Instrument Name: Thermo-Finnigan DeltaPlus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer PI Supplied Instrument Description:This analysis was performed at the Stable Isotope Lab (SIL) of UC Santa Cruz on a Carlo Erba EA 1108 elemental analyzer coupled to a Thermo-Finnigan DeltaPlus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer. Instrument Name: Isotope-ratio Mass Spectrometer Instrument Short Name:IR Mass Spec; IRMS Instrument Description: The Isotope-ratio Mass Spectrometer is a particular type of mass spectrometer used to measure the relative abundance of isotopes in a given sample (e.g. VG Prism II Isotope Ratio Mass-Spectrometer). Community Standard Description: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB16/