The effects of preservation on fish tissue stable isotope signatures

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1595-1611

  Kelly, B ^a   Dempson, J B ^b   Power, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic charr; Food webs; Lipid extraction; Lipids; Preservation effects; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CARBON ISOTOPE; ETHANOL; FOOD WEB; FORMALDEHYDE; LIPID; META-ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PRESERVATION; SALMONID; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC;

PISCES; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 33845656506     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01226.x     Document Type: Article

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