Table 2. Proportions of Dunlin diet from terrestrial and estuarine sources as calculated with the two-isotope and single-isotope mixing models.


Year and
capture site
Sample size
Mean δ13C value (‰)
Mean δ15N value (‰)
Terrestrial % of diet†
95% Confidence intervals†
Terrestrial % of diet‡
Standard deviation‡
Minimum terrestrial % of diet‡
Maximum terrestrial % of diet‡
2000-2001
BP shore
31
-15.32
12.32
0.28
0.17–0.40
0.30
2.38
0.01
0.69
1999-2000
BP shore
181
-16.30
11.85
0.36
0.26–0.46
0.37
0.23
0.06
0.95
1998-1999
BB shore
8
-19.02
12.56
0.59
0.42–0.77
0.54
0.20
0.28
0.89
1998-1999
BB field
25
-16.94
13.70
0.41
0.32–0.50
0.38
0.10
0.23
0.68
1998-1999
BP field
11
-18.05
11.78
0.51
0.42–0.60
0.50
0.16
0.10
0.78
1997-1998
BB field
12
-19.67§
12.62
0.64
0.51–0.77
0.58
0.17
0.35
0.87
Average
1997-2000
268
-16.54
12.13
0.38
0.29–0.47
0.38
0.22
0.01
0.95

Single-isotope (δ13C) model.
Dual-isotope model.
§Significantly different (P < 0.05) from all other year-location groups.