Effects of sample treatment on the analysis of stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in zooplankton, micronekton and a filter-feeding shark

Marine Biology

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Marcus, Lara ^a   Virtue, Patti ^a,b,c   Nichols, Peter D ^a,b   Meekan, Mark G ^d   Pethybridge, Heidi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; FILTER FEEDING; INORGANIC CARBON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICRONEKTON; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION; SHARK; STABLE ISOTOPE; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; RHINCODON TYPUS; RHINCODONTIDAE;

EID: 85019013908     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-017-3153-6     Document Type: Article

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