Stable isotope turnover and half-life in animal tissues: A literature synthesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Vander Zanden, M Jake ^a   Clayton, Murray K ^b   Moody, Eric K ^a,c   Solomon, Christopher T ^d   Weidel, Brian C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HALF LIFE TIME; MAMMAL; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; TURNOVER TIME; ANIMAL; DIET; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; HALF-LIFE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFUR ISOTOPES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84922152835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116182     Document Type: Article

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