The importance of quantifying inherent variability when interpreting stable isotope field data

Oecologia

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-235

  Barnes, Carolyn ^a   Jennings, Simon ^b   Polunin, Nicholas V C ^a   Lancaster, John E ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; Feeding; Food chain; Food web; Nitrogen; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CARBON; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; LIFE HISTORY; NICHE; NITROGEN; OMNIVORY; PERCIFORM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BASS; BODY SIZE; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; AQUACULTURE; BASS; BODY SIZE; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX;

EID: 39249083263     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0904-y     Document Type: Article

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