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Torres-Cobos B, Rosell M, Soler A, Rovira M, Romero A, Guardiola F, Vichi S, Tres A. Investigating isotopic markers for hazelnut geographical authentication: Promising variables and potential applications. Food Chem 2024; 449:139083. [PMID: 38581795 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.139083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
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Hazelnuts' features and price are influenced by their geographical origin, making them susceptible to fraud, especially counterfeit claims regarding their provenance. Stable isotope analysis is a recognised approach to establish the geographical origin of foods, yet its potential in hazelnut authentication remains unexplored. In this prospective study, we assessed multiple isotopic markers in hazelnuts from different origins and evaluated the most promising variables for geographical authentication by chemometric tools. Our findings indicate that bulk δ18O, along with δ2H and δ13C in the main fatty acid methyl esters, exhibit significant potential in discriminating geographical origins, and 87Sr/86Sr analysis could serve as a proficient confirmatory tool. Though no single marker alone can differentiate between all the studied origins, employing a multi-isotopic approach based on PLS-DA models achieved up to 92.5 % accuracy in leave-10 %-out cross-validation. These findings will probably lay the groundwork for developing robust models for hazelnut geographical authentication based on larger datasets.
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- B Torres-Cobos
- Departament de Nutrició, Ciències de l'Alimentació i Gastronomia, Universitat de Barcelona. Av Prat de La Riba, 171, 08921 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain; Institut de Recerca en Nutrició i Seguretat Alimentària (INSA-UB), Universitat de Barcelona. Av Prat de La Riba, 171, 08921 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain
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- Grup MAiMA, Mineralogia Aplicada, Geoquímica i Hidrogeologia, Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada, Institut de Recerca de l'Aigua (IdRA), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franqués s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Grup MAiMA, Mineralogia Aplicada, Geoquímica i Hidrogeologia, Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada, Institut de Recerca de l'Aigua (IdRA), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franqués s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Ctra. de Reus - El Morell Km 3.8, Constantí 43120, Spain
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- Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Ctra. de Reus - El Morell Km 3.8, Constantí 43120, Spain
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- Departament de Nutrició, Ciències de l'Alimentació i Gastronomia, Universitat de Barcelona. Av Prat de La Riba, 171, 08921 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain; Institut de Recerca en Nutrició i Seguretat Alimentària (INSA-UB), Universitat de Barcelona. Av Prat de La Riba, 171, 08921 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain
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- Departament de Nutrició, Ciències de l'Alimentació i Gastronomia, Universitat de Barcelona. Av Prat de La Riba, 171, 08921 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain; Institut de Recerca en Nutrició i Seguretat Alimentària (INSA-UB), Universitat de Barcelona. Av Prat de La Riba, 171, 08921 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain.
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- Departament de Nutrició, Ciències de l'Alimentació i Gastronomia, Universitat de Barcelona. Av Prat de La Riba, 171, 08921 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain; Institut de Recerca en Nutrició i Seguretat Alimentària (INSA-UB), Universitat de Barcelona. Av Prat de La Riba, 171, 08921 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain
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Byrd AJ, Talbott KM, Smiley TM, Verrett TB, Gross MS, Hladik ML, Ketterson ED, Becker DJ. Determinants of spring migration departure dates in a New World sparrow: Weather variables reign supreme. Ecol Evol 2024; 14:e10874. [PMID: 38390000 PMCID: PMC10883105 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 12/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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Numerous factors influence the timing of spring migration in birds, yet the relative importance of intrinsic and extrinsic variables on migration initiation remains unclear. To test for interactions among weather, migration distance, parasitism, and physiology in determining spring departure date, we used the Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) as a model migratory species known to harbor diverse and common haemosporidian parasites. Prior to spring migration departure from their wintering grounds in Indiana, USA, we quantified the intrinsic variables of fat, body condition (i.e., mass ~ tarsus residuals), physiological stress (i.e., ratio of heterophils to lymphocytes), cellular immunity (i.e., leukocyte composition and total count), migration distance (i.e., distance to the breeding grounds) using stable isotopes of hydrogen from feathers, and haemosporidian parasite intensity. We then attached nanotags to determine the timing of spring migration departure date using the Motus Wildlife Tracking System. We used additive Cox proportional hazard mixed models to test how risk of spring migratory departure was predicted by the combined intrinsic measures, along with meteorological predictors on the evening of departure (i.e., average wind speed and direction, relative humidity, and temperature). Model comparisons found that the best predictor of spring departure date was average nightly wind direction and a principal component combining relative humidity and temperature. Juncos were more likely to depart for spring migration on nights with largely southwestern winds and on warmer and drier evenings (relative to cooler and more humid evenings). Our results indicate that weather conditions at take-off are more critical to departure decisions than the measured physiological and parasitism variables.
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- Allison J Byrd
- Environmental Resilience Institute Indiana University Bloomington Indiana USA
- Department of Biology Indiana University Bloomington Indiana USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution Stony Brook University Stony Brook New York USA
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- School of Biological Sciences University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey California Water Science Center Sacramento California USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey California Water Science Center Sacramento California USA
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- Environmental Resilience Institute Indiana University Bloomington Indiana USA
- Department of Biology Indiana University Bloomington Indiana USA
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- School of Biological Sciences University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma USA
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Dunn PJH, Skrzypek G. Perspective: Hidden biases in isotope delta results and the need for comprehensive reporting. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2023; 37:e9623. [PMID: 37706430 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Measurements of stable-isotope composition on an isotope-delta scale can be subject to bias between laboratories or over time within a single laboratory. This bias can arise not just from differences in method protocol but also from changes in reporting guidelines, or even to the isotope-delta scales themselves. Without a clear description of method protocols, including all sample preparation steps, instrumental parameters and settings, data processing including calibration of results and estimation of measurement uncertainty, the traceability and comparability of isotope-delta values cannot be assured as bias(es) may remain hidden. To address this need, there are now clear guidelines published by IUPAC for reporting isotope-delta values for the "light" elements hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur.1 We recommend that authors and reviewers adhere to those guidelines when preparing and reviewing future publications.
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- Philip J H Dunn
- National Measurement Laboratory, LGC Limited, Teddington, UK
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- West Australian Biogeochemistry Centre, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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San-Emeterio L, Zavala LM, Jiménez-Morillo NT, Pérez-Ramos IM, González-Pérez JA. Effects of Climate Change on Soil Organic Matter C and H Isotope Composition in a Mediterranean Savannah ( Dehesa): An Assessment Using Py-CSIA. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:13851-13862. [PMID: 37682017 PMCID: PMC10515479 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c01816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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Dehesas are Mediterranean agro-sylvo-pastoral systems sensitive to climate change. Extreme climate conditions forecasted for Mediterranean areas may change soil C turnover, which is of relevance for soil biogeochemistry modeling. The effect of climate change on soil organic matter (SOM) is investigated in a field experiment mimicking environmental conditions of global change scenarios (soil temperature increase, +2-3 °C, W; rainfall exclusion, 30%, D; a combination of both, W+D). Pyrolysis-compound-specific isotope analysis (Py-CSIA) is used for C and H isotope characterization of SOM compounds and to forecast trends exerted by the induced climate shift. After 2.5 years, significant δ13C and δ2H isotopic enrichments were detected. Observed short- and mid-chain n-alkane δ13C shifts point to an increased microbial SOM reworking in the W treatment; a 2H enrichment of up to 40‰ of lignin methoxyphenols was found when combining W+D treatments under the tree canopy, probably related to H fractionation due to increased soil water evapotranspiration. Our findings indicate that the effect of the tree canopy drives SOM dynamics in dehesas and that, in the short term, foreseen climate change scenarios will exert changes in the SOM dynamics comprising the biogeochemical C and H cycles.
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- Layla
M. San-Emeterio
- Instituto
de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
(IRNAS-CSIC), Av. Reina
Mercedes 10, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
- Universidad
de Sevilla, MED Soil Res. Group,
Dpt. Cristalografía, Mineralogía y Química Agrícola,
Facultad de Química, C/Prof Garcia Gonzalez 1, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Universidad
de Sevilla, MED Soil Res. Group,
Dpt. Cristalografía, Mineralogía y Química Agrícola,
Facultad de Química, C/Prof Garcia Gonzalez 1, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto
de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
(IRNAS-CSIC), Av. Reina
Mercedes 10, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
- University
of Évora, Instituto Mediterrâneo
para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (MED), Núcleo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7006-554 Évora, Portugal
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- Instituto
de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
(IRNAS-CSIC), Av. Reina
Mercedes 10, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto
de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
(IRNAS-CSIC), Av. Reina
Mercedes 10, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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Merseburger S, Kessler A, Oelmann Y, Wilcke W. Equilibrium isotope fractionation factors of H exchange between steam and soil clay fractions. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2023; 37:e9499. [PMID: 36852507 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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RATIONALE Steam equilibration overcomes the problem of the traditional measurements of H isotope compositions, which leave an arbitrary amount of adsorbed water in the sample, by controlling for the entire exchangeable H pool, including adsorbed water and hydroxyl-H. However, the use of steam equilibration to determine nonexchangeable stable H isotope compositions in environmental media (expressed as δ2 Hn values) by mathematically eliminating the influence of exchangeable H after sample equilibration with waters of known H-isotopic composition requires the knowledge of the equilibrium isotope fractionation factor between steam-H and exchangeable H of the sample (αex-w ), which is frequently unknown. METHODS We developed a new method to determine the αex-w values for clay minerals, topsoil clay fractions, and mica by manipulating the contributions of exchangeable H to the total H pool via different degrees of post-equilibration sample drying. We measured the δ2 H values of steam-equilibrated mineral and soil samples using elemental analyzer-pyrolysis-isotope ratio mass spectrometry. RESULTS The αex-w values of seven clay minerals ranged from 1.071 to 1.140, and those of 19 topsoil clay fractions ranged from 0.885 to 1.216. The αex-w value of USGS57 biotite, USGS58 muscovite, and of cellulose was 0.965, 0.871, and 1.175, respectively. The method did not work for kaolinite, because its small exchangeable H pool did not respond to the selected drying conditions. Structurally different mineral groups such as two- and three-layer clay minerals or mica showed systematically different αex-w values. The αex-w value of the topsoil clay fractions correlated with the soil clay content (r = 0.63, P = 0.004), the local mean annual temperature (r = 0.68, P = 0.001), and the δ2 H values of local precipitation (r = 0.72, P < 0.001), likely to reflect the different clay mineralogy under different weathering regimes. CONCLUSIONS Our new αex-w determination method yielded realistic results in line with the few previously published values for cellulose. The determined αex-w values were similar to the widely assumed values of 1.00-1.08 in the literature, suggesting that the adoption of one of these values in steam equilibration approaches is appropriate.
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- Stefan Merseburger
- Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Geoecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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Mancuso CJ, Ehleringer JR, Newsome SD. Examination of amino acid hydrogen isotope measurements of scalp hair for region-of-origin studies. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2023; 37:e9442. [PMID: 36411248 PMCID: PMC10518903 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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RATIONALE Hydrogen isotope (δ2 H) analysis of keratinaceous bulk tissues has been used in forensic science to reconstruct an individual's travel history or determine their region-of-origin. Here, we use a compound-specific approach to examine patterns of individual amino acid δ2 H values in relation to those of local tap water, bulk scalp hair tissues, and region-of-origin. METHODS We measured δ2 H values of amino acids in anonymously collected scalp hair (n = 67) and tap water from 28 locations in the United States. Samples were hydrolyzed into their constituent amino acids, derivatized alongside in-house reference materials, and analyzed in triplicate using a GC-C-IRMS system. RESULTS Non-essential amino acid (AANESS ) δ2 H values and their corresponding tap water samples varied systematically across continental regions. Hydrogen isotope values of alanine, glutamic acid, and glycine were significantly correlated with tap water and an estimated 42%-51% of the hydrogen atoms in these AANESS were derived from tap water. We used linear discriminate analysis (LDA) to explore regional patterns in scalp hair bulk tissue and amino acid δ2 H values. For the model that included AANESS data, 87% of the variance was explained by the first linear discriminant axis (LD1), and was driven by bulk hair tissue, alanine, and proline. This model had an overall 72% successful reclassification with samples from the south and northwest regions reclassifying correctly 92% and 78% of the time, respectively. For the model that included AAESS data, LD1 explained 81% of the variation and was driven bulk hair, threonine, valine, phenylalanine, and isoleucine. The overall reclassification rate for the model that included AAESS was 70%. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that δ2 H analyses of AANESS and AAESS could help improve geolocation models for human and wildlife forensics by simultaneously providing information about both dietary and tap water inputs of hydrogen to tissue synthesis.
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- University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, Albuquerque, NM 87131
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Galápagos tortoise stable isotope ecology and the 1850s Floreana Island Chelonoidis niger niger extinction. Sci Rep 2022; 12:22187. [PMID: 36564467 PMCID: PMC9789057 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26631-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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A consequence of over 400 years of human exploitation of Galápagos tortoises (Chelonoidis niger ssp.) is the extinction of several subspecies and the decimation of others. As humans captured, killed, and/or removed tortoises for food, oil, museums, and zoos, they also colonized the archipelago resulting in the introduction of invasive plants, animals, and manipulated landscapes for farming, ranching, and infrastructure. Given current conservation and revitalization efforts for tortoises and their habitats, here we investigate nineteenth and twentieth century Galápagos tortoise dietary ecology using museum and archaeological specimens coupled with analysis of carbon (δ13Ccollagen and δ13Capatite), nitrogen (δ15N), hydrogen (δD) and oxygen (δ18Oapatite) stable isotopes and radiocarbon dating. We identify that Galápagos tortoise diets vary between and within islands over time, and that long-term anthropogenic impacts influenced change in tortoise stable isotope ecology by using 57 individual tortoises from 10 different subspecies collected between 1833 and 1967-a 134-year period. On lower elevation islands, which are often hotter and drier, tortoises tend to consume more C4 vegetation (cacti and grasses). Our research suggests human exploitation of tortoises and anthropogenic impacts on vegetation contributed to the extinction of the Floreana Island tortoise (C. n. niger) in the 1850s.
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Vitali V, Martínez-Sancho E, Treydte K, Andreu-Hayles L, Dorado-Liñán I, Gutierrez E, Helle G, Leuenberger M, Loader NJ, Rinne-Garmston KT, Schleser GH, Allen S, Waterhouse JS, Saurer M, Lehmann MM. The unknown third - Hydrogen isotopes in tree-ring cellulose across Europe. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 813:152281. [PMID: 34942249 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This is the first Europe-wide comprehensive assessment of the climatological and physiological information recorded by hydrogen isotope ratios in tree-ring cellulose (δ2Hc) based on a unique collection of annually resolved 100-year tree-ring records of two genera (Pinus and Quercus) from 17 sites (36°N to 68°N). We observed that the high-frequency climate signals in the δ2Hc chronologies were weaker than those recorded in carbon (δ13Cc) and oxygen isotope signals (δ18Oc) but similar to the tree-ring width ones (TRW). The δ2Hc climate signal strength varied across the continent and was stronger and more consistent for Pinus than for Quercus. For both genera, years with extremely dry summer conditions caused a significant 2H-enrichment in tree-ring cellulose. The δ2Hc inter-annual variability was strongly site-specific, as a result of the imprinting of climate and hydrology, but also physiological mechanisms and tree growth. To differentiate between environmental and physiological signals in δ2Hc, we investigated its relationships with δ18Oc and TRW. We found significant negative relationships between δ2Hc and TRW (7 sites), and positive ones between δ2Hc and δ18Oc (10 sites). The strength of these relationships was nonlinearly related to temperature and precipitation. Mechanistic δ2Hc models performed well for both genera at continental scale simulating average values, but they failed on capturing year-to-year δ2Hc variations. Our results suggest that the information recorded by δ2Hc is significantly different from that of δ18Oc, and has a stronger physiological component independent from climate, possibly related to the use of carbohydrate reserves for growth. Advancements in the understanding of 2H-fractionations and their relationships with climate, physiology, and species-specific traits are needed to improve the modelling and interpretation accuracy of δ2Hc. Such advancements could lead to new insights into trees' carbon allocation mechanisms, and responses to abiotic and biotic stress conditions.
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- V Vitali
- Stable Isotope Research Center (SIRC), Ecosystem Ecology, Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Forest Dynamics, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
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- Dendrosciences, Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Forest Dynamics, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Dendrosciences, Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Forest Dynamics, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Tree-Ring Laboratory, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA; CREAF, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vall.s), Barcelona, Spain; ICREA, Pg. Llu.s Companys 23, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Systems and Natural Resources, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 4.3 Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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- Climate and Environmental Physics Division and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Geography, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- FZJ Research Center Jülich, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Agrosphere (IBG-3), 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N Virginia St., Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
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- Stable Isotope Research Center (SIRC), Ecosystem Ecology, Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Forest Dynamics, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Stable Isotope Research Center (SIRC), Ecosystem Ecology, Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Forest Dynamics, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Schuler P, Cormier M, Werner RA, Buchmann N, Gessler A, Vitali V, Saurer M, Lehmann MM. A high-temperature water vapor equilibration method to determine non-exchangeable hydrogen isotope ratios of sugar, starch and cellulose. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2022; 45:12-22. [PMID: 34564870 PMCID: PMC9291759 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The analysis of the non-exchangeable hydrogen isotope ratio (δ2 Hne ) in carbohydrates is mostly limited to the structural component cellulose, while simple high-throughput methods for δ2 Hne values of non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) such as sugar and starch do not yet exist. Here, we tested if the hot vapor equilibration method originally developed for cellulose is applicable for NSC, verified by comparison with the traditional nitration method. We set up a detailed analytical protocol and applied the method to plant extracts of leaves from species with different photosynthetic pathways (i.e., C3 , C4 and CAM). δ2 Hne of commercial sugars and starch from different classes and sources, ranging from -157.8 to +6.4‰, were reproducibly analysed with precision between 0.2‰ and 7.7‰. Mean δ2 Hne values of sugar are lowest in C3 (-92.0‰), intermediate in C4 (-32.5‰) and highest in CAM plants (6.0‰), with NSC being 2 H-depleted compared to cellulose and sugar being generally more 2 H-enriched than starch. Our results suggest that our method can be used in future studies to disentangle 2 H-fractionation processes, for improving mechanistic δ2 Hne models for leaf and tree-ring cellulose and for further development of δ2 Hne in plant carbohydrates as a potential proxy for climate, hydrology, plant metabolism and physiology.
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- Philipp Schuler
- Research Unit of Forest Dynamics, Research Group of Ecosystem EcologySwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Research Group of Ocean BiogeochemistryUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Group of Grassland SciencesETH ZurichZürichSwitzerland
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Group of Grassland SciencesETH ZurichZürichSwitzerland
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- Research Unit of Forest Dynamics, Research Group of Ecosystem EcologySwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial EcosystemsETH ZurichZürichSwitzerland
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- Research Unit of Forest Dynamics, Research Group of Ecosystem EcologySwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- Research Unit of Forest Dynamics, Research Group of Ecosystem EcologySwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- Research Unit of Forest Dynamics, Research Group of Ecosystem EcologySwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
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Magozzi S, Bataille CP, Hobson KA, Wunder MB, Howa JD, Contina A, Vander Zanden HB, Bowen GJ. Calibration chain transformation improves the comparability of organic hydrogen and oxygen stable isotope data. Methods Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Sarah Magozzi
- Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Utah Salt Lake City UT USA
- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology Stazione Zoologica Anton DohrnFano Marine Centre Fano (PU) Italy
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Ottawa Ottawa ON Canada
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- Department of Biology and Environment and Climate Change Canada Western University London ON Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology University of Colorado Denver Denver CO USA
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- Howa Analysis and Consulting LLC Salt Lake City UT USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology University of Colorado Denver Denver CO USA
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Utah Salt Lake City UT USA
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Schimmelmann A, Qi H, Dunn PJH, Camin F, Bontempo L, Potočnik D, Ogrinc N, Kelly S, Carter JF, Abrahim A, Reid LT, Coplen TB. Food Matrix Reference Materials for Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur Stable Isotope-Ratio Measurements: Collagens, Flours, Honeys, and Vegetable Oils. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:10852-10864. [PMID: 32893631 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c02610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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An international project developed, quality-tested, and measured isotope-delta values of 10 new food matrix reference materials (RMs) for hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur stable isotope-ratio measurements to support food authenticity testing and food provenance verification. These new RMs, USGS82 to USGS91, will enable users to normalize measurements of samples to isotope-delta scales. The RMs include (i) two honeys from Canada and tropical Vietnam, (ii) two flours from C3 (rice) and C4 (millet) plants, (iii) four vegetable oils from C3 (olive, peanut) and C4 (corn) plants, and (iv) two collagen powders from marine fish and terrestrial mammal origins. An errors-in-variables regression model included the uncertainty associated with the measured and assigned values of the RMs, and it was applied centrally to normalize results and obtain consensus values and measurement uncertainties. Utilization of these new RMs should facilitate mutual compatibility of stable isotope data if accepted normalization procedures are applied and documented.
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- Arndt Schimmelmann
- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47405-1405, United States
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia 20192, United States
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- National Measurement Laboratory, LGC Ltd., Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LY, United Kingdom
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- Food Quality and Nutrition Department, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, San Michele all'Adige (TN) 38010, Italy
- Center Agriculture Food Environment (C3A), University of Trento, via Mach 1, San Michele all'Adige (TN) 38010, Italy
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- Food Quality and Nutrition Department, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, San Michele all'Adige (TN) 38010, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
- Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Jamova 39, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
- Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Jamova 39, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
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- Food and Environmental Protection Laboratory, FAO/IAEA Joint Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1 Friedenstrasse, Seibersdorf, Vienna A-2440, Austria
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- Health Support Queensland, QH Forensic and Scientific Services, 39 Kessels Road, Coopers Plains, Brisbane QLD4108, Australia
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- Food and Environmental Protection Laboratory, FAO/IAEA Joint Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1 Friedenstrasse, Seibersdorf, Vienna A-2440, Austria
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia 20192, United States
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia 20192, United States
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Compound-specific δ 2H analysis highlights the relationship between direct assimilation and de novo synthesis of amino acids from food and water in a terrestrial mammalian omnivore. Oecologia 2020; 193:827-842. [PMID: 32857190 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04730-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Hydrogen isotope (δ2H) analysis has been routinely used as an ecological tracer for animal movement and migration, yet a biochemical understanding of how animals incorporate this element in the synthesis of tissues is poorly resolved. Here, we apply a new analytical tool, amino acid (AA) δ2H analysis, in a controlled setting to trace the influence of drinking water and dietary macromolecules on the hydrogen in muscle tissue. We varied the δ2H of drinking water and the proportions of dietary protein and carbohydrates with distinct hydrogen and carbon isotope compositions fed to house mice among nine treatments. Our results show that hydrogen in the non-essential (AANESS) and essential (AAESS) AAs of mouse muscle is not readily exchanged with body water, but rather patterns among these compounds can be described through consideration of the major biochemical pathway(s) used by organisms to synthesize or route them from available sources. Dietary carbohydrates contributed more hydrogen than drinking water to the synthesis of AANESS in muscle. While neither drinking water nor dietary carbohydrates directly contributed to muscle AAESS, we did find that a minor but measurable proportion (10-30%) of the AAESS in muscle was synthesized by the gut microbiome using hydrogen and carbon from dietary carbohydrates. δ2H patterns among individual AAs in mice muscle are similar to those we previously reported for bacteria, which provides additional support that this approach may allow for the simultaneous analysis of different AAs that are more influenced by drinking water (AANESS) versus dietary (AAESS) sources of hydrogen.
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McCarter CPR, Rezanezhad F, Gharedaghloo B, Price JS, Van Cappellen P. [Not Available]. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 2019; 225:103497. [PMID: 31102982 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2019.103497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Revised: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The dual-porosity structure of peat and the extremely high organic matter content give rise to a complex medium that typically generates prolonged tailing and early 50% concentration breakthrough in the breakthrough curves (BTCs) of chloride (Cl-) and other anions. Untangling whether these observations are due to rate-limited (physical) diffusion into inactive pores, (chemical) adsorption or anion exclusion remains a critical question in peat hydrogeochemistry. This study aimed to elucidate whether Cl- is truly conservative in peat, as usually assumed, and whether the prolonged tailing and early 50% concentration breakthrough of Cl- observed is due to diffusion, adsorption, anion exclusion or a combination of all three. The mobile-immobile (MiM) dual-porosity model was fit to BTCs of Cl- and deuterated water measured on undisturbed cores of the same peat soils, and equilibrium Cl- adsorption batch experiments were conducted. Adsorption of Cl- to undecomposed and decomposed peat samples in batch experiments followed Freundlich isotherms but did not exhibit any trends with the degree of peat decomposition and sorption became negligible below aqueous Cl- concentrations of ~310 mg L-1. The dispersivity determined by fitting the Cl- BTCs whether assuming adsorption or no adsorption were significantly different than determined by the deuterated water (p < .0001). However, no statistical differences in dispersivity (p = .27) or immobile water content (p = .97) was observed between deuterated water and Cl- when accounting for anion exclusion. A higher degree of decomposition significantly increased anion exclusion (p < .0001) but did not influence the diffusion of either tracer into the immobile porosity. Contrary to previous assumptions, Cl- is not truly conservative in peat due to anion exclusion, and adsorption at higher aqueous concentrations, but the overall effect of anion exclusion on transport is likely minimal.
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- C P R McCarter
- Ecohydrology Research Group, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
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- Ecohydrology Research Group, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Ecohydrology Research Group, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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Topalov K, Schimmelmann A, Polly PD, Sauer PE, Viswanathan S. Stable isotopes of H, C and N in mice bone collagen as a reflection of isotopically controlled food and water intake . ISOTOPES IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH STUDIES 2019; 55:129-149. [PMID: 30793970 DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2019.1580279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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2H/1H ratios in animal biomass reflect isotopic input from food and water. A 10-week controlled laboratory study raised 48 mice divided in two generations (8 mothers Mus musculus and their offspring). The mice were divided into four groups based on the combination of 2H, 13C, 15N-enriched and non-enriched food and water. Glycine, the most common amino acid in bone collagen, carried the 2H, 13C, 15N-isotopic spike in food. ANOVA data analysis indicated that hydrogen in food accounted for ∼81 % of the hydrogen isotope inventory in collagen whereas drinking water hydrogen contributed ∼17 %. Air humidity contributed an unspecified amount. Additionally, we monitored 13C and 15N-enrichment in bone collagen and found strong linear correlations with the 2H-enrichment. The experiments with food and water indicate two biosynthetic pathways, namely (i) de novo creation of non-essential amino acids using hydrogen from water, and (ii) the integration of essential and non-essential amino acids from food. The lower rate of isotope uptake in mothers' collagen relative to their offspring indicates incomplete bone collagen turnover after ten weeks. The variance of hydrogen stable isotope ratios within the same cohort may limit its usefulness as a single sample proxy for archaeological or palaeoenvironmental research.
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- Katarina Topalov
- a Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences , Indiana University , Bloomington , IN , USA
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- a Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences , Indiana University , Bloomington , IN , USA
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- a Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences , Indiana University , Bloomington , IN , USA
- b Environmental Resilience Institute , Indiana University , Bloomington , IN , USA
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- a Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences , Indiana University , Bloomington , IN , USA
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Assimilation and discrimination of hydrogen isotopes in a terrestrial mammal. Oecologia 2018; 188:381-393. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4221-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Stable hydrogen isotope variability within and among plumage tracts (δ2HF) of a migratory wood warbler. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0193486. [PMID: 29614120 PMCID: PMC5882105 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Hydrogen isotope analysis of feather keratin (δ2HF) has become an essential tool for tracking movements between breeding and wintering populations of migratory birds. In particular, δ2HF has been used to create δ2HF isoscapes that can be used to assign the geographic origins of molt. The majority of past studies have sampled a portion of a single feather as an isotopic proxy for the entire plumage although surprisingly little is known about variation of stable isotopes within and between feather tracts of individuals in local populations. Here we examine δ2HF variation in 24 pterylographic variables (9 primaries, 6 secondaries, 6 rectrices, and 3 patches of ventral contour feathers) in individual specimens of black-throated blue warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) breeding in the Big Santeetlah Creek watershed (5350 ha), southern Appalachian Mountains. By restricting our study to territorial ASY males (after second year) inhabiting a small watershed, we could focus on δ2HF variation generated during the complete prebasic annual molt in a circumscribed population while factoring out age and sexual differences in foraging behavior, isotopic incorporation, and post-breeding dispersal. Summed within-individual variation (δ2HF) across 24 pterylographic variables ranged from 12 to 60‰ (= 21.8 ± 9.4‰), with 81% of the individuals exhibiting variation ≥ 16‰ (reproducibility of analyses was ≤ 4 ‰). Adjacent feathers in feather tracts tend to have more similar δ2HF values than feathers grown weeks apart, consistent with the stepwise replacement of flight feathers. The pooled population sample exhibited significant δ2HF variation in primaries (-78 to -21‰), secondaries (-80 to -17‰), rectrices (-78 to -23‰), and ventral contour feathers (-92 to -32‰). Strong year effects in δ2HF variation were observed in each of the 24 pterylographic variables. Altitudinal effects were observed only in ventral contour feathers. The current findings demonstrate that within-individual variation (δ2HF) may be much greater than previously thought in migratory species that molt on or near breeding territories. Our study also highlights the need for greater pterylographic precision in research design of isotope-based studies of avian movement. Within-individual and within-population δ2HF variation should be incorporated in geographic assignment models. In a broader context, the staggered Staffelmauser pattern of molt in wood warblers provides an exceptional view of the seasonal variation of hydrogen isotopes circulating in blood plasma during the six-week period of annual molt.
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Péron O, Fourré E, Pastor L, Gégout C, Reeves B, Lethi HH, Rousseau G, Baglan N, Landesman C, Siclet F, Montavon G. Towards speciation of organically bound tritium and deuterium: Quantification of non-exchangeable forms in carbohydrate molecules. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 196:120-128. [PMID: 29294425 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.12.136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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An original methodology to quantitatively explore exchangeability of hydrogen isotopes in carbohydrate molecules is proposed. To access the speciation of organically bound hydrogen isotopes, isotopic exchanges were carried out under a soft path regime in the vapor phase at 20 °C with set (D,T/H) vapor pressure ratios. When steady states were reached, the fraction of exchangeable hydrogen of microcrystalline cellulose, alpha-cellulose and wheat grains were obtained and ranged from 13 to 31% (versus a theoretical value of 30%). In cellulose, and more specifically in microcrystalline cellulose, the molecular hydrogen bonds as well as the different conformations of the network seemed to decrease the hydroxyl groups of glucose units available for isotopic exchange. On the contrary, the assumed enzymatic hydrolysis of the constitutive molecules of wheat starch into low-molecular weight carbohydrate molecules enhanced the exchangeable pool. An average value of the activity between non-exchangeable organically bound tritium (NE-OBT) and non-exchangeable organically bound hydrogen was calculated for wheat grains, (TH)NE = 0.55 ± 0.03 Bq.g-1 of hydrogen atoms.
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- O Péron
- SUBATECH, UMR 6457, 4 Rue Alfred Kastler, 44307 Nantes, France.
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- LSCE, CEN Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- EDF, LNHE, 6 Quai Watier, 78400 Chatou, France
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- SUBATECH, UMR 6457, 4 Rue Alfred Kastler, 44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, UMR 6457, 4 Rue Alfred Kastler, 44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, UMR 6457, 4 Rue Alfred Kastler, 44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, UMR 6457, 4 Rue Alfred Kastler, 44307 Nantes, France
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- CEA/DAM/DIF, 91297 Arpajon, France
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- SUBATECH, UMR 6457, 4 Rue Alfred Kastler, 44307 Nantes, France
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- EDF, LNHE, 6 Quai Watier, 78400 Chatou, France
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- SUBATECH, UMR 6457, 4 Rue Alfred Kastler, 44307 Nantes, France
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Cormier MA, Werner RA, Sauer PE, Gröcke DR, Leuenberger MC, Wieloch T, Schleucher J, Kahmen A. 2 H-fractionations during the biosynthesis of carbohydrates and lipids imprint a metabolic signal on the δ 2 H values of plant organic compounds. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2018; 218:479-491. [PMID: 29460486 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Accepted: 12/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Hydrogen (H) isotope ratio (δ2 H) analyses of plant organic compounds have been applied to assess ecohydrological processes in the environment despite a large part of the δ2 H variability observed in plant compounds not being fully elucidated. We present a conceptual biochemical model based on empirical H isotope data that we generated in two complementary experiments that clarifies a large part of the unexplained variability in the δ2 H values of plant organic compounds. The experiments demonstrate that information recorded in the δ2 H values of plant organic compounds goes beyond hydrological signals and can also contain important information on the carbon and energy metabolism of plants. Our model explains where 2 H-fractionations occur in the biosynthesis of plant organic compounds and how these 2 H-fractionations are tightly coupled to a plant's carbon and energy metabolism. Our model also provides a mechanistic basis to introduce H isotopes in plant organic compounds as a new metabolic proxy for the carbon and energy metabolism of plants and ecosystems. Such a new metabolic proxy has the potential to be applied in a broad range of disciplines, including plant and ecosystem physiology, biogeochemistry and palaeoecology.
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- Marc-André Cormier
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Sciences - Botany, University of Basel, Schönbeinstrasse 6, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405-1405, USA
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- Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Laboratory, Science Laboratories, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Sciences - Botany, University of Basel, Schönbeinstrasse 6, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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Soto DX, Koehler G, Wassenaar LI, Hobson KA. Re-evaluation of the hydrogen stable isotopic composition of keratin calibration standards for wildlife and forensic science applications. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2017; 31:1193-1203. [PMID: 28475227 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Revised: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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RATIONALE Determination of non-exchangeable hydrogen isotopic compositions (δ2 H values) of bulk complex organic materials is difficult due to uncontrolled H isotope exchange between the organic material and ambient water vapor. A number of calibration keratinous materials with carefully measured hydrogen isotopic compositions of the non-exchangeable fraction were proposed to enable stable isotope laboratories to normalize their 2 H measurements. However, it was recently reported that high-temperature carbon-reactor methods for measuring the hydrogen isotopic composition of nitrogenous organic materials is biased by the production of HCN in the reactor. As a result, the reported values of these calibration materials needed to be re-evaluated. METHODS We evaluated the non-exchangeable δ2 HVSMOW values of keratins EC1 (CBS) and EC2 (KHS), USGS hair standards, and a range of other nitrogenous widely used organic laboratory calibration materials (collagen and chitin) using pre-treatment with a preparation device designed to eliminate residual moisture and quantify exchangeable H. RESULTS The revised non-exchangeable δ2 HVSMOW values of EC-1 (CBS) and EC-2 (KHS) keratin standard materials were -157.0 ± 0.9 and -35.3 ± 1.1 ‰, respectively. The revised values of USGS42 and USGS43 were -72.2 ± 0.9 and -44.2 ± 1.0 ‰, respectively, in excellent agreement with previous results. CONCLUSIONS For routine H isotope analyses, with proper sample pre-treatment, we show that the Comparative Equilibration approach can provide accurate and reproducible non-exchangeable δ2 H values among laboratories regardless of the reactor type used. © 2017 Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Reproduced with the permission of the Environment and Climate Change Canada.
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- David X Soto
- Environment and Climate Change Canada, 11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, 11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, 11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, 11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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Chen T, Chen G, Yang S, Zhao Y, Ha Y, Ye Z. Recent developments in the application of nuclear technology in agro-food quality and safety control in China. Food Control 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.08.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Newsome SD, Wolf N, Bradley CJ, Fogel ML. Assimilation and isotopic discrimination of hydrogen in tilapia: implications for studying animal diet with δ
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- Seth D. Newsome
- Department of Biology University of New Mexico Albuquerque New Mexico 87131 USA
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- Fisheries, Aquatic Science and Technology Laboratory Alaska Pacific University Anchorage Alaska 99508 USA
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- Life and Environmental Sciences School of Natural Science University of California Merced Merced California 95343 USA
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- Life and Environmental Sciences School of Natural Science University of California Merced Merced California 95343 USA
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Soto DX, Hobson KA, Wassenaar LI. Using hydrogen isotopes of freshwater fish tissue as a tracer of provenance. Ecol Evol 2016; 6:7776-7782. [PMID: 30128127 PMCID: PMC6093159 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Revised: 08/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Hydrogen isotope (δ2H) measurements of consumer tissues in aquatic food webs are useful tracers of diet and provenance and may be combined with δ13C and δ15N analyses to evaluate complex trophic relationships in aquatic systems. However, δ2H measurements of organic tissues are complicated by analytical issues (e.g., H exchangeability, lack of matrix-equivalent calibration standards, and lipid effects) and physiological mechanisms, such as H isotopic exchange with ambient water during protein synthesis and the influence of metabolic water. In this study, δ2H (and δ15N) values were obtained from fish muscle samples from Lake Winnipeg, Canada, 2007-2010, and were assessed for the effects of species, feeding habits, and ambient water δ2H values. After lipid removal, we used comparative equilibration to calibrate muscle δ2H values to nonexchangeable δ2H equivalents and controlled for H isotopic exchange between sample and laboratory ambient water vapor. We then examined the data for evidence of trophic δ2H enrichment by comparing δ2H values with δ15N values. Our results showed a significant logarithmic correlation between fork length and δ2H values, and no strong relationships between δ15N and δ2H. This suggests the so-called apparent trophic compounding effect and the influence of metabolic water into tissue H were the potential mechanisms for δ2H enrichment. We evaluated the importance of water in controlling δ2H values of fish tissues and, consequently, the potential of H isotopes as a tracer of provenance by taking account of confounding variables such as body size and trophic effects. The δ2H values of fish appear to be a good tracer for tracking provenance, and we present a protocol for the use of H isotopes in aquatic ecosystems, which should be applicable to a broad range of marine and freshwater fish species. We advise assessing size effects or working with fish of relatively similar mass when inferring fish movements using δ2H measurements.
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- Environment Canada Saskatoon SK Canada.,Present address: International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna Austria
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Reynard LM, Tuross N. Hydrogen isotopic analysis with a chromium-packed reactor of organic compounds of relevance to ecological, archaeological, and forensic applications. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2016; 30:1857-1864. [PMID: 27476660 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2016] [Revised: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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RATIONALE The δ(2) H values of some nitrogen-containing organic compounds measured by High-Temperature Conversion (HTC) with a glassy carbon reactor have been shown to be inaccurate. A probable explanation for these analytical inaccuracies is the formation of HCN, allowing some hydrogen atoms to escape isotope ratio measurement. We assess this isotopic effect in sample types commonly used for (paleo)ecological, environmental, archaeological, and forensic investigations. METHODS The δ(2) HVSMOW-SLAP values and mass fraction H using a factory-recommended glassy carbon HTC reactor packing were compared with those obtained from using two Cr-containing reactor packings for a variety of N-containing substances, including amino acids, collagen, hair, and silk. RESULTS δ(2) HVSMOW-SLAP values and mass fraction H differed by reactor packing for most, but not all, N-containing samples. The δ(2) HVSMOW-SLAP difference was 10-11 ‰ for modern collagen and 12-14 ‰ for hair, demonstrating that reactor configuration is important for these proteins, and that the use of a chromium-packed reactor may be desirable. In contrast, Bombyx mori cocoon (silk) δ(2) HVSMOW-SLAP values did not differ with reactor type. In general, δ(2) HVSMOW-SLAP and mass fraction H differences by reactor packing increased with mass fraction nitrogen in the sample. With the Cr-packed reactor hydrogen mass fractions were at theoretically expected values, while the glassy carbon reactor produced lower yields of hydrogen. CONCLUSIONS The protein and amino acid δ(2) HVSMOW-SLAP values measured by factory-recommended online HTC methods differ from those from Cr-containing reactor packing. The magnitude of the differences is variable with sample type; the molecular structure and diagenetic history of each sample may be important. Careful attention to this effect is therefore recommended for the δ(2) H measurement for all nitrogen-containing analytes. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Linda M Reynard
- Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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Stable isotope physiology of stem succulents across a broad range of volume-to-surface area ratio. Oecologia 2016; 182:679-90. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3690-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Wassenaar LI, Hobson KA, Sisti L. An online temperature-controlled vacuum-equilibration preparation system for the measurement of δ2H values of non-exchangeable-H and of δ18O values in organic materials by isotope-ratio mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2015; 29:397-407. [PMID: 26349461 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2014] [Revised: 12/05/2014] [Accepted: 12/06/2014] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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RATIONALE Measurement of δ(2) H values in non-exchangeable-H (δ(2) H(n)) and δ(18)O values in organic environmental samples are inconsistent among laboratories worldwide due to varied and lengthy approaches in controlling for H isotope exchange (for δ(2)H(n) values) and removal of trace moisture (δ(2)H(n) and δ(18)O values), which undermines the comparability of organic δ(2)H and δ(18)O data produced among different laboratories. METHODS An online preparation system was developed for the measurement of the δ(2)H(n) and δ(18)O values of organic samples, coupled to isotope-ratio mass spectrometers. The system features a 50-position autosampler and isolation valve where (1) the samples are held isothermal between ambient to 40-120 ± 0.1 °C for H isotopic exchange experiments (δ(2) H(n)) and drying of hygroscopic samples (δ(2) H(n) and δ(18)O), (2) the samples are evacuated to <5 mbar and flushed with helium for moisture and N(2) removal, and (3) injection of up to 500 μL of H(2)O is possible for controlled vapour exchangeable-H experiments. RESULTS The system provides highly reproducible and precise δ(2)H(n) isotope estimates for a range of organic keratinous standard powders over a wide range of experimental temperatures. A reproducible sample processing regimen can now be applied to a wider range of organics and hygroscopic samples that are currently hampered by poorly controlled preparative methods amongst laboratories. CONCLUSIONS Rapid and reproducible online vacuum equilibration of samples and standards for the routine measurement of δ(2)H(n) and δ(18)O values is now possible using the online equilibration system, with the added benefit that sample processing times for organic δ(2)H values are reduced from weeks to hours.
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- Environment Canada, 11 Innovation Blvd., Saskatoon, SK, Canada, S7N 3H5
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Fan M, Dettman DL. Hydrogen isotope measurement of bird feather keratin, one laboratory's response to evolving methodologies. ISOTOPES IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH STUDIES 2014; 51:214-230. [PMID: 25358407 DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2015.969256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Hydrogen in organic tissue resides in a complex mixture of molecular contexts. Some hydrogen, called non-exchangeable (H(non)), is strongly bound, and its isotopic ratio is fixed when the tissue is synthesized. Other pools of hydrogen, called exchangeable hydrogen (H(ex)), constantly exchange with ambient water vapor. The measurement of the δ(2)H(non) in organic tissues such as hair or feather therefore requires an analytical process that accounts for exchangeable hydrogen. In this study, swan feather and sheep wool keratin were used to test the effects of sample drying and capsule closure on the measurement of δ(2)H(non) values, and the rate of back-reaction with ambient water vapor. Homogenous feather or wool keratins were also calibrated at room temperature for use as control standards to correct for the effects of exchangeable hydrogen on feathers. Total δ(2)H values of both feather and wool samples showed large changes throughout the first ∼6 h of drying. Desiccant plus low vacuum seems to be more effective than room temperature vacuum pumping for drying samples. The degree of capsule closure affects exchangeable hydrogen equilibration and drying, with closed capsules responding more slowly. Using one control keratin standard to correct for the δ(2)H(ex) value for a batch of samples leads to internally consistent δ(2)H(non) values for other calibrated keratins run as unknowns. When placed in the context of other recent improvements in the measurement of keratin δ(2)H(non) values, we make recommendations for sample handing, data calibration and the reporting of results.
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- Majie Fan
- a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences , University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington , TX , USA
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von Holstein ICC, Penkman KEH, Peacock EE, Collins MJ. Wet degradation of keratin proteins: linking amino acid, elemental and isotopic composition. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2014; 28:2121-2133. [PMID: 25156602 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Revised: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/24/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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RATIONALE Archaeological keratin samples are increasingly the subject of palaeodietary, provenancing and dating studies. Keratin samples from wet archaeological contexts are microbiologically and chemically degraded, causing differential diagenesis of protein structures in hair fibres. The effects of these processes on the analytical parameters of interest are currently unknown. METHODS This study examined the impact of degradation of wool fibres on isotopic (δ(13)C, δ(15)N, un-exchangeable δ(2)H and δ(18)O values) composition. It compared two models of archaeological protein degradation in wet burial environments: (1) short term (up to 8 years) experimental burial in three contrasting soil environments; and (2) laboratory wet conditions, in which elevated temperature (80 °C, 110 °C, and 140 °C) and pressure simulated longer exposure. Elemental and amino acid (AA) composition were also measured. RESULTS In experimentally soil-buried samples, AA, elemental and isotopic composition changes were small, despite extensive macroscopic alteration. Isothermally heated samples showed preferential loss of hydrophilic AAs (Asx, Glx, Ser, Gly) from wool residues, with depletion in (2)H and (18)O at higher temperatures (up to -73‰ change in δ(2)H and -2.6‰ in δ(18)O values). The δ(13)C and δ(15)N values showed little change except in densely pigmented samples at low temperatures only. Samples dyed with madder/alum were better preserved than undyed samples. CONCLUSIONS Diagenesis in experimentally soil-buried wool textiles was consistent with microbiological, non-protein-selective activity, in contrast to highly AA-selective hydrolytic behaviour under laboratory wet conditions. Changes in δ(2)H and δ(18)O values were correlated with degree of AA change, but the δ(13)C and δ(15)N values were not. The results contribute to a baseline for interpreting analytical data from archaeological hair samples preserved by burial in wet environments.
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- I C C von Holstein
- BioArCh, Departments of Archaeology and Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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Ostrom PH, Wiley AE, Rossman S, Stricker CA, James HF. Unexpected hydrogen isotope variation in oceanic pelagic seabirds. Oecologia 2014; 175:1227-35. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-2985-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Accepted: 05/27/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Le Goff P, Fromm M, Vichot L, Badot PM, Guétat P. Isotopic fractionation of tritium in biological systems. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2014; 65:116-126. [PMID: 24486969 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Revised: 12/31/2013] [Accepted: 12/31/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Isotopic fractionation of tritium is a highly relevant issue in radiation protection and requires certain radioecological considerations. Sound evaluation of this factor is indeed necessary to determine whether environmental compartments are enriched/depleted in tritium or if tritium is, on the contrary, isotopically well-distributed in a given system. The ubiquity of tritium and the standard analytical methods used to assay it may induce biases in both the measurement and the signification that is accorded to the so-called fractionation: based on an exhaustive review of the literature, we show how, sometimes large deviations may appear. It is shown that when comparing the non-exchangeable fraction of organically bound tritium (neOBT) to another fraction of tritium (e.g. tritiated water) the preparation of samples and the measurement of neOBT reported frequently led to underestimation of the ratio of tritium to hydrogen (T/H) in the non-exchangeable compartment by a factor of 5% to 50%. In the present study, corrections are proposed for most of the biological matrices studied so far. Nevertheless, the values of isotopic fractionation reported in the literature remain difficult to compare with each other, especially since the physical quantities and units often vary between authors. Some improvements are proposed to better define what should encompass the concepts of exchangeable and non-exchangeable fractions.
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- Pierre Le Goff
- CEA Valduc, 21120 Is-sur-Tille, France; UMR CNRS 6249 Chrono-Environnement, Université de Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France.
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- UMR CNRS 6249 Chrono-Environnement, Université de Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France
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- UMR CNRS 6249 Chrono-Environnement, Université de Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France
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Holder PW, Armstrong K, Van Hale R, Millet MA, Frew R, Clough TJ, Baker JA. Isotopes and trace elements as natal origin markers of Helicoverpa armigera--an experimental model for biosecurity pests. PLoS One 2014; 9:e92384. [PMID: 24664236 PMCID: PMC3963883 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2013] [Accepted: 02/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Protecting a nation's primary production sector and natural estate is heavily dependent on the ability to determine the risk presented by incursions of exotic insect species. Identifying the geographic origin of such biosecurity breaches can be crucial in determining this risk and directing the appropriate operational responses and eradication campaigns, as well as ascertaining incursion pathways. Reading natural abundance biogeochemical markers using mass spectrometry is a powerful tool for tracing ecological pathways as well as provenance determination of commercial products and items of forensic interest. However, application of these methods to trace insects has been underutilised to date and our understanding in this field is still in a phase of basic development. In addition, biogeochemical markers have never been considered in the atypical situation of a biosecurity incursion, where sample sizes are often small, and of unknown geographic origin and plant host. These constraints effectively confound the interpretation of the one or two isotope geo-location markers systems that are currently used, which are therefore unlikely to achieve the level of provenance resolution required in biosecurity interceptions. Here, a novel approach is taken to evaluate the potential for provenance resolution of insect samples through multiple biogeochemical markers. The international pest, Helicoverpa armigera, has been used as a model species to assess the validity of using naturally occurring δ2H, 87Sr/86Sr, 207Pb/206Pb and 208Pb/206Pb isotope ratios and trace element concentration signatures from single moth specimens for regional assignment to natal origin. None of the biogeochemical markers selected were individually able to separate moths from the different experimental regions (150–3000 km apart). Conversely, using multivariate analysis, the region of origin was correctly identified for approximately 75% of individual H. armigera samples. The geographic resolution demonstrated with this approach has considerable potential for biosecurity as well as other disciplines including forensics, ecology and pest management.
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- Peter W. Holder
- Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- School of Geography Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Soil and Physical Sciences, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
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- School of Geography Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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von Holstein ICC, Hamilton J, Craig OE, Newton J, Collins MJ. Comparison of isotopic variability in proteinaceous tissues of a domesticated herbivore: a baseline for zooarchaeological investigation. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2013; 27:2601-15. [PMID: 24591021 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Revised: 08/27/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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RATIONALE A variety of metabolic, dietary and climatic influences on isotopic variation have been established in mammalian hair. The relevance of these factors to collagen isotopic composition is unknown, but would be of great interest to zooarchaeological analyses of faunal skeletal tissue. METHODS The relationships between carbon (δ(13)C), nitrogen (δ(15)N), non-exchangeable hydrogen (δ(2)H) and oxygen (δ(18)O) values of defatted, demineralised and gelatinised bone collagen and defatted wool keratin from two sheep flocks (n = 20, 5) in the UK were investigated, including testing for the effects of nutritional plane, sex, pregnancy and season of sample collection. The sulfur composition (δ(34)S values) was also investigated for tissues from the smaller flock. RESULTS Bulk collagen was enriched in (13)C over bulk keratin by 2.0 - 2.7‰ and in (2)H by 29 - 40‰ but depleted in (18)O relative to keratin by 1.8‰. Differences in δ(15)N values were within experimental error. The collagen samples were generally more enriched in (34)S than keratin, but this was very variable. Pregnancy, sex and season, but not nutritional plane, significantly affected isotope values but did not change overall keratin-collagen relationships. CONCLUSIONS This dataset provides a baseline measure of variability and comparability for isotopic investigations into origin and husbandry conditions in archaeological sheep tissues, both collagen and keratin.
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- I C C von Holstein
- BioArCh, Departments of Archaeology and Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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Ruppenthal M, Oelmann Y, Wilcke W. Optimized demineralization technique for the measurement of stable isotope ratios of nonexchangeable H in soil organic matter. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2013; 47:949-957. [PMID: 23249286 DOI: 10.1021/es303448g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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To make use of the isotope ratio of nonexchangeable hydrogen (δ(2)H(n (nonexchangeable))) of bulk soil organic matter (SOM), the mineral matrix (containing structural water of clay minerals) must be separated from SOM and samples need to be analyzed after H isotope equilibration. We present a novel technique for demineralization of soil samples with HF and dilute HCl and recovery of the SOM fraction solubilized in the HF demineralization solution via solid-phase extraction. Compared with existing techniques, organic C (C(org)) and organic N (N(org)) recovery of demineralized SOM concentrates was significantly increased (C(org) recovery using existing techniques vs new demineralization method: 58% vs 78%; N(org) recovery: 60% vs 78%). Chemicals used for the demineralization treatment did not affect δ(2)H(n) values as revealed by spiking with deuterated water. The new demineralization method minimized organic matter losses and thus artificial H isotope fractionation, opening up the opportunity to use δ(2)H(n) analyses of SOM as a new tool in paleoclimatology or geospatial forensics.
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- Marc Ruppenthal
- Geoecology, University of Tübingen, Rümelinstrasse 19-23, 72070 Tübingen, Germany.
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Meier-Augenstein W, Chartrand MMG, Kemp HF, St-Jean G. An inter-laboratory comparative study into sample preparation for both reproducible and repeatable forensic 2H isotope analysis of human hair by continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2011; 25:3331-3338. [PMID: 22006397 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.5235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Stable isotope analysis of organic materials for their hydrogen ((2)H), carbon ((13)C), nitrogen ((15)N) or oxygen ((18)O) isotopic composition using continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry (CF-IRMS) is an increasingly used tool in forensic chemical analysis. (2)H isotopic analysis can present a huge challenge, especially when dealing with exhibits comprising exchangeable hydrogen such as human scalp hair. However, to yield forensic data that are fit for purpose, analysis of the (2)H isotopic composition of the same homogeneous human hair sample by any laboratory worldwide must yield the same isotopic composition within analytical uncertainty. This paper presents longitudinal (2)H isotope data for four human hair samples of different provenance, measured by three different laboratories whose sample preparation was based on a two-stage H exchange equilibration method. Although each laboratory employed varying means to comply with the generic features of the sample preparation protocol such as the (2)H isotopic composition of exchange waters or drying down of samples prior to analysis, within each laboratory the Principle of Identical Treatment (P.I.T.) was applied for each individual experiment. Despite the variation in materials and procedures employed by the three laboratories, repeatable and reproducible 'true' (2)H isotope values (δ(2)H(hair,true)) were determined by each laboratory for each of the four stock samples of human scalp hair. The between-laboratory differences for obtained δ(2)H(hair,true) values ranged from 0.1 to 2.5 ‰. With an overall 95% confidence interval of ±2.8 ‰, these differences were not significantly different, which suggests that the general method of two-stage exchange equilibration carried out at ambient temperature is suitable for accurately and reproducibly determining 'true' δ(2)H-values for hair and other proteins provided that certain key conditions are met.
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Qi H, Coplen TB. Investigation of preparation techniques for δ2H analysis of keratin materials and a proposed analytical protocol. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2011; 25:2209-2222. [PMID: 21735504 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.5095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Accurate hydrogen isotopic measurements of keratin materials have been a challenge due to exchangeable hydrogen in the sample matrix and the paucity of appropriate isotopic reference materials for calibration. We found that the most reproducible δ(2)H(VSMOW-SLAP) and mole fraction of exchangeable hydrogen, x(H)(ex), of keratin materials were measured with equilibration at ambient temperature using two desiccators and two different equilibration waters with two sets of the keratin materials for 6 days. Following equilibration, drying the keratin materials in a vacuum oven for 4 days at 60 °C was most critical. The δ(2)H analysis protocol also includes interspersing isotopic reference waters in silver tubes among samples in the carousel of a thermal conversion elemental analyzer (TC/EA) reduction unit. Using this analytical protocol, δ(2)H(VSMOW-SLAP) values of the non-exchangeable fractions of USGS42 and USGS43 human-hair isotopic reference materials were determined to be -78.5 ± 2.3 ‰ and -50.3 ± 2.8 ‰, respectively. The measured x(H)(ex) values of keratin materials analyzed with steam equilibration and N(2) drying were substantially higher than those previously published, and dry N(2) purging was unable to remove absorbed moisture completely, even with overnight purging. The δ(2)H values of keratin materials measured with steam equilibration were about 10 ‰ lower than values determined with equilibration in desiccators at ambient temperatures when on-line evacuation was used to dry samples. With steam equilibrations the x(H)(ex) of commercial keratin powder was as high as 28%. Using human-hair isotopic reference materials to calibrate other keratin materials, such as hoof or horn, can introduce bias in δ(2)H measurements because the amount of absorbed water and the x(H)(ex) values may differ from those of unknown samples. Correct δ(2)H(VSMOW-SLAP) values of the non-exchangeable fractions of unknown human-hair samples can be determined with atmospheric moisture equilibration by normalizing with USGS42 and USGS43 human-hair reference materials when all materials have the same powder size.
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- Haiping Qi
- US Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, USA.
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Sieper HP, Kupka HJ, Lange L, Rossmann A, Tanz N, Schmidt HL. Essential methodological improvements in the oxygen isotope ratio analysis of N-containing organic compounds. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2010; 24:2849-2858. [PMID: 20857445 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The quantitative conversion of organically bound oxygen into CO, a prerequisite for the (18)O/(16)O analysis of organic compounds, is generally performed by high-temperature conversion in the presence of carbon at ∼1450°C. Since this high-temperature procedure demands complicated and expensive equipment, a lower temperature method that could be utilized on standard elemental analyzers was evaluated. By substituting glassy carbon with carbon black, the conversion temperature could be reduced to 1170°C. However, regardless of the temperature, N-containing compounds yielded incorrect results, despite quantitative conversion of the bound oxygen into CO. We believe that the problems were partially caused by interfering gases produced by a secondary decomposition of N- and C-containing polymers formed during the decomposition of the analyte. In order to overcome the interference, we replaced the gas chromatographic (GC) separation of CO and N(2) by reversible CO adsorption, yielding the possibility of collecting and purifying the CO more efficiently. After CO collection, the interfering gases were vented by means of a specific stream diverter, thus preventing them from entering the trap and the mass spectrometer. Simultaneously, a make-up He flow was used to purge the gas-specific trap before the desorption of the CO and its subsequent mass spectrometric analysis. Furthermore, the formation of interfering gases was reduced by the use of polyethylene as an additive for analytes with a N:O ratio greater than 1. These methodological modifications to the thermal conversion of N-containing analytes, depending on their structure or O:N ratio, led to satisfactory results and showed that it was possible to optimize the conditions for their individual oxygen isotope ratio analysis, even at 1170°C. With these methodological modifications, correct and precise δ(18)O results were obtained on N-containing analytes even at 1170°C. Differences from the expected standard values were below ±1‰ with standard deviations of the analysis <0.2‰.
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Schimmelmann A, Albertino A, Sauer PE, Qi H, Molinie R, Mesnard F. Nicotine, acetanilide and urea multi-level 2H-, 13C- and 15N-abundance reference materials for continuous-flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2009; 23:3513-3521. [PMID: 19844968 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Accurate determinations of stable isotope ratios require a calibration using at least two reference materials with different isotopic compositions to anchor the isotopic scale and compensate for differences in machine slope. Ideally, the delta values of these reference materials should bracket the isotopic range of samples with unknown delta values. While the practice of analyzing two isotopically distinct reference materials is common for water (VSMOW-SLAP) and carbonates (NBS 19 and L-SVEC), the lack of widely available organic reference materials with distinct isotopic composition has hindered the practice when analyzing organic materials by elemental analysis/isotope ratio mass spectrometry (EA-IRMS). At present only L-glutamic acids USGS40 and USGS41 satisfy these requirements for delta13C and delta15N, with the limitation that L-glutamic acid is not suitable for analysis by gas chromatography (GC). We describe the development and quality testing of (i) four nicotine laboratory reference materials for on-line (i.e. continuous flow) hydrogen reductive gas chromatography-isotope ratio mass-spectrometry (GC-IRMS), (ii) five nicotines for oxidative C, N gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass-spectrometry (GC-C-IRMS, or GC-IRMS), and (iii) also three acetanilide and three urea reference materials for on-line oxidative EA-IRMS for C and N. Isotopic off-line calibration against international stable isotope measurement standards at Indiana University adhered to the 'principle of identical treatment'. The new reference materials cover the following isotopic ranges: delta2H(nicotine) -162 to -45 per thousand, delta13C(nicotine) -30.05 to +7.72 per thousand, delta15N(nicotine) -6.03 to +33.62 per thousand; delta15N(acetanilide) +1.18 to +40.57 per thousand; delta13C(urea) -34.13 to +11.71 per thousand, delta15N(urea) +0.26 to +40.61 per thousand (recommended delta values refer to calibration with NBS 19, L-SVEC, IAEA-N-1, and IAEA-N-2). Nicotines fill a gap as the first organic nitrogen stable isotope reference materials for GC-IRMS that are available with different delta15N values. Comparative delta13C and delta15N on-line EA-IRMS data from 14 volunteering laboratories document the usefulness and reliability of acetanilides and ureas as EA-IRMS reference materials.
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- Arndt Schimmelmann
- Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, USA.
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Kelly JF, Bridge ES, Fudickar AM, Wassenaar LI. A test of comparative equilibration for determining non-exchangeable stable hydrogen isotope values in complex organic materials. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2009; 23:2316-2320. [PMID: 19575406 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Comparative equilibration has been proposed as a methodological approach for determining the hydrogen isotopic composition (deltaD) of non-exchangeable hydrogen in complex organic materials, from feathers to blood and soils. This method depends on using homogenized standards that have been previously calibrated for their deltaD values of non-exchangeable H, that are compositionally similar to unknown samples, and that span an appropriate isotopic range. Currently no certified organic reference materials with exchangeable H exist, and so isotope laboratories have been required to develop provisional internal calibration standards, such as the keratin standards currently used in animal migration studies. Unfortunately, the isotope ratios of some samples fall outside the range of keratin standards currently used for comparative equilibration. Here we tested a set of five homogenized keratin powders as well as feathers from Painted Buntings and Dark-eyed Juncos to determine the effects of extrapolating comparative equilibration normalization equations outside the isotopic range of keratin standards. We found that (1) comparative equilibration gave precise results within the range of the calibration standards; (2) linear extrapolation of normalization equations produced accurate deltaD results to approximately 40 per thousand outside the range of the keratins standards used (-187 to -108); and (3) for both homogenized keratin powders and heterogeneous unknown samples there was no difference in variance between samples within and outside the range of keratin standards. This suggested that comparative equilibration is a robust and practical method for determining the deltaD of complex organic matrices, although caution is required for samples that fall far outside the calibration range.
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- Jeffrey F Kelly
- Oklahoma Biological Survey and Department of Zoology, 111 East Chesapeake St., University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.
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