Effect of sample preparation techniques for carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of hydroxyapatite structures in the form of elasmobranch vertebral centra

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 448-456

  Christiansen, Heather M ^a   Hussey, Nigel E ^a   Wintner, Sabine P ^b,c   Cliff, Geremy ^b,c   Dudley, Sheldon F J ^b,c,d   Fisk, Aaron T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b Natal Sharks Board   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d Forestry and Fisheries   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ECOLOGY; HYDROXYAPATITE; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NITROGEN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACID TREATMENTS; INORGANICS; ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETER; ISOTOPIC VALUES; N VALUE; SAMPLE PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; SAMPLES WEIGHT; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TIGER SHARKS; UNCERTAINTY;

CARBON;

CARBON; EDETIC ACID; HYDROXYAPATITE; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELASMOBRANCH; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; SPINE;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DURAPATITE; EDETIC ACID; ELASMOBRANCHII; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SPINE;

EID: 84893439922     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6801     Document Type: Article

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