Inferring phytoplankton, terrestrial plant and bacteria bulk δ13C values from compound specific analyses of lipids and fatty acids

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Taipale, Sami J ^a   Peltomaa, Elina ^a   Hiltunen, Minna ^b   Jones, Roger I ^c   Hahn, Martin W ^d   Biasi, Christina ^b   Brett, Michael T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^e University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; DELTA CARBON 13; FATTY ACID; LIPID; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHOLIPID; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHRYSOPHYTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIUM; DETRITUS; DIATOMOPHYCEAE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; METABOLOMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 84941710726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133974     Document Type: Article

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