Effect of lipid extraction on analyses of stable carbon and stable nitrogen isotopes in coastal organisms of the Aleutian archipelago

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-48

  Ricca, M A ^a   Miles, A K ^a   Anthony, R G ^b   Deng, X ^a,c   Hung, S S O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; ISOTOPES; LIPIDS; MUSCLE;

BALD EAGLE; COASTAL ORGANISMS; LIPID EXTRACTION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

BIRDS;

BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; LIPID; MUSCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAPTOR; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 34248584594     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-187     Document Type: Article

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