Stable Isotope Ecology

• Main Author: Fry, Brian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Geobiology.; Ecology.; Molecular ecology.; Climate change.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Life Sciences.; Climate Change.; Molecular Ecology.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Biogeosciences.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

Stable isotopes are frequently used as tracers in biological systems, and their ability to track changes and processes over time has made them increasingly important to ecological research. For ecologists, stable isotopes provide a natural way to directly trace details of element cycling in the envi...

Table of Contents:

• Isotope Notation and Measurement
• Using Stable Isotope Tracers
• Isotope Chi
• Mixing
• Isotope Additions
• Fractionation
• Scanning the Future.