A fatty acid based bayesian approach for inferring diet in aquatic consumers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Galloway, Aaron W E ^a   Brett, Michael T ^b   Holtgrieve, Gordon W ^c   Ward, Eric J ^d   Ballantyne, Ashley P ^e   Burns, Carolyn W ^f   Kainz, Martin J ^g   Müller Navarra, Doerthe C ^h   Persson, Jonas ⁱ   Ravet, Joseph L ^b   Strandberg, Ursula ^j   Taipale, Sami J ^k   Alhgren, Gunnel ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^g Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^l UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA C 13; DELTA N 15; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOPHYTA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIA PULEX; DIATOM; DIET; FRACTIONATION; GREEN ALGA; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CHAIN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DIET; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD CHAIN;

EID: 84938379020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129723     Document Type: Article

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