Normalisation models for accounting for fat content in stable isotope measurements in salmonid muscle tissue

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-64

  Abrantes, Kátya G ^a,c   Semmens, Jayson M ^a   Lyle, Jeremy M ^a   Nichols, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FAT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MUSCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALMONID; STABLE ISOTOPE;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84855204351     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1789-1     Document Type: Article

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