Evaluating the need for acid treatment prior to δ13C and δ15N analysis of freshwater fish scales: Effects of varying scale mineral content, lake productivity and CO2 concentration

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 644, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 245-259

  Ventura, M ^a,b,c   Jeppesen, E ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidification; Carbon isotope; De calcification; Fish scales; Nitrogen isotope; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

ACID TREATMENTS; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBONATE CONTENT; DE-CALCIFICATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DRY WEIGHT; DUAL ANALYSIS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; FISH SCALE; FRESHWATER FISHES; MINERAL CONTENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TOTAL CARBON; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CARBONATES; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); DISSOLUTION; FISH; ISOTOPES; MEATS; MINERALS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PHOSPHORUS; SILICATE MINERALS; STOICHIOMETRY;

SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS);

ACIDIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CYPRINID; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PERCIFORM; STOICHIOMETRY;

HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; TINCA;

EID: 77950022213     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0121-2     Document Type: Article

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