Reply to Hussey et al.: The requirement for accurate diet-tissue discrimination factors for interpreting stable isotopes in sharks

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 654, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-12

  Logan, John M ^a   Lutcavage, Molly E ^b  

^a Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Elasmobranchs; Nitrogen; Trophic; Urea

Indexed keywords

15N; DIET-TISSUE DISCRIMINATION; ELASMOBRANCHS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION; ISOTOPE VALUES; METABOLIC RATES; MIXING MODELS; MODELING ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES; TELEOST FISH; TIGER SHARKS; TISSUE TYPES; TROPHIC; TROPHIC POSITION; TURNOVER RATE;

ECOLOGY; ISOTOPES; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TISSUE; UREA;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DIET; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATION; SHARK; STABLE ISOTOPE; TELEOST; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; TURNOVER; UREA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; ODONTASPIDIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77955768927     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0376-7     Document Type: Article

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