Stable isotopes and elasmobranchs: Tissue types, methods, applications and assumptions

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1449-1484

  Hussey, N E ^a   MacNeil, M A ^b   Olin, J A ^a   McMeans, B C ^a   Kinney, M J ^c   Chapman, D D ^d   Fisk, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Lipid extraction; Mixing models; Niche width; Specialization; Trophic position; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; DIET; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ELASMOBRANCH; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REVIEW;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DIET; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ELASMOBRANCHII; ISOTOPES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII;

EID: 84859748266     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03251.x     Document Type: Review

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