Best practices for use of stable isotope mixing models in food-web studies

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Connected macroalgal‐sediment systems: blue carbon and food webs in the deep coastal ocean (2019, methodology): “The analysis of bulk stable isotopes requires detailed understanding of the studied system (Phillips et al. 2014), so we took great care in the interpretation of our findings.”
How important are terrestrial organic carbon inputs for secondary production in freshwater ecosystems (2017, methodology): “To avoid these problems, scientists are encouraged to plot their data and make sure samples fall within the mixing polygons (Phillips et al., 2014), in addition to solely considering the numerical outputs from SIMMs.”
Unravelling the ecological role and trophic relationships of uncommon and threatened elasmobranchs in the western Mediterranean Sea (2015, methodology): “To use mixing models, previous knowledge of the potential prey of the predator is needed (Phillips et al. 2014).”
Diet tracing in ecology: Method comparison and selection (2017, background): “Best practices for stable isotope mixing models are reviewed in more detail elsewhere (Phillips et al., 2014).”