Response to the comment by B. Schöne et al. (2006) on "Stable carbon isotopes in freshwater mussel shells: Environmental record or marker for metabolic activity?"

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2662-2664

  Geist, Juergen ^a   Auerswald, Karl ^a   Boom, Arnoud ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; MUSSEL CULTURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 33646077678     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.02.025     Document Type: Note

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