General validation of formalin-preserved fish samples in food web studies using stable isotopes

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 307-314

  González Bergonzoni, Ivan ^a,b,c   Vidal, Nicolás ^a,b,c   Wang, Beixin ^d   Ning, Ding ^d   Liu, Zhengwen ^e   Jeppesen, Erik ^a,b   Meerhoff, Mariana ^a,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^d NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Formalin correction; Historical food webs; Layman's community wide metrics; Preservation effect; Stable isotopes; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925234594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12313     Document Type: Article

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