Mass-spectrometer bias in stable isotope ecology

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 6, Issue JAN, 2008, Pages 34-39

  Mill, Aileen C ^a   Sweeting, Christopher J ^b   Barnes, Carolyn ^c   Al Habsi, Saoud H ^d   Aaron MacNeil, M ^e  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Oman   (Oman)

^e SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 44649107684     PISSN: 15415856     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2008.6.34     Document Type: Article

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