Lipid corrections in carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses: Comparison of chemical extraction and modelling methods

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 838-846

  Logan, John M ^a   Jardine, Timothy D ^b   Miller, Timothy J ^a   Bunn, Stuart E ^c   Cunjak, Richard A ^b   Lutcavage, Molly E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical tracer; Energy transfer; Movement; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LIPID; NITROGEN;

CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ENERGY FLOW; EXTRACTION METHOD; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIPID; MOVEMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUMERICAL METHOD; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 44849137423     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01394.x     Document Type: Article

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