Experimental evaluation of stable isotope fractionation in fish muscle and otoliths

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 408, Issue , 2010, Pages 195-205

  Elsdon, T S ^a,b   Ayvazian, S ^c   McMahon, K W ^b   Thorrold, S R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Calcified structures; Carbonate; Diet; Food web; Isotope enrichment

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; JUVENILE; LIPID; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OTOLITH; RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TELEOST; TROPHIC LEVEL;

FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 77954100037     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08518     Document Type: Article

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