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Studies involving various aspects of the biology and ecology of sea turtles have successfully applied stable isotope analysis. In many of these studies, the chemical extraction of 13 C-depleted lipids of sea turtle tissues has been used as a standard protocol, often without testing whether the time-consuming lipid removal is required. Furthermore, this chemical procedure may unpredictably modify δ 15 N values, probably due to the loss of proteins associated with lipid struc- tures, thus reinforcing the need for testing the isotopic consequence of the chemical removal of lipids. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of lipid extraction on skin and muscle C and N iso- topic values of juvenile green turtles Chelonia mydas. We analyzed paired δ 13 C and δ 15 N values from lipid-extracted and non-lipid-extracted samples of skin and muscle of 15 juvenile green tur- tles. Lipid extraction was performed using a mixture of chloroform and methanol. A significant increase was found in δ 13 C values after lipid extraction for muscle (~0.5‰), but not for skin. C:N ratios were not correlated with the change in δ 13 C values in either tissue. δ 15 N values were not affected by lipid extraction in either tissue. The difference found in δ 13 C values between control and lipid-extracted muscle samples may be biologically significant. On the other hand, the lipid extraction of skin samples does not appear to be necessary in the case of juvenile green turtles. This procedure needs to be tested in green turtles in other life stages.

Lipid extraction in stable isotope analyses of juvenile sea turtle skin and muscle