Effects of formalin preservation on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope signatures in Calanoid copepods: Implications for the use of Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey samples in stable isotope analyses

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1794-1800

  Bicknell, Anthony W J ^a   Campbell, Maria ^a,b   Knight, Mairi E ^a   Bilton, David T ^a   Newton, Jason ^c   Votier, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORMALDEHYDE; NITROGEN; PLANKTON;

CALANOID COPEPODS; CONTINUOUS PLANKTON RECORDERS; FORMALIN PRESERVATION; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; ISOTOPIC EXCHANGE; LONG TERM MONITORING; MONITORING PROGRAMMES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; STABLE CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 79958114159     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.5049     Document Type: Article

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