The fat that matters: Soil food web analysis using fatty acids and their carbon stable isotope signature

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1898-1910

  Ruess, Liliane ^a   Chamberlain, Paul M ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biochemical markers; Compound specific analysis; Food web; Lipids; Methods

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS; CARBON FLUXES; CARBON STABLE ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL TAXONOMY; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; FOOD WEBS; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; METHODS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; SOIL ECOLOGY; SOIL FOOD WEB; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; FATTY ACIDS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; LIPIDS; SOILS;

ECOLOGY;

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIPID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 77956739561     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.07.020     Document Type: Review

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