Effects of sample preparation on stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in marine invertebrates: Implications for food web studies using stable isotopes

Oecologia

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-115

  Mateo, Miguel A ^a   Serrano, Oscar ^a   Serrano, Laura ^a   Michener, Robert H ^b  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid washing; Distilled water rinsing; Gut contents; Lipid extraction; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIPID; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; LIPID METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; LIPID METABOLISM; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAXILLOPODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 46949109827     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1052-8     Document Type: Article

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