Getting to the fat of the matter: Models, methods and assumptions for dealing with lipids in stable isotope analyses

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 179-189

  Post, David M ^a   Layman, Craig A ^b   Arrington, D Albrey ^c   Takimoto, Gaku ^a   Quattrochi, John ^b   Montaña, Carman G ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Loxahatchee River District   (United States)

^d Universidad Nacional Experimental de los Llanos Ezequiel Zamora   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Animals; C:N; Lipid concentration; Lipid extraction; Mathematical normalization; Plants; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LIPID; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FAT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIPID; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; PLANT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34247365380     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0630-x     Document Type: Article

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