Call number:
20/M 07.0074
;
AWI G6-22-820
In:
Environmental Science
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XII, 308 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
1 CD-ROM (12 cm)
ISBN:
0-387-30513-0
Series Statement:
Environmental Science
URL:
https://www.gbv.de/dms/goettingen/502988940.pdf
Language:
English
Note:
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Discovery
1.2 General Introduction
1.3 Just for Fun — An Isotope Biography of Mr. Polychaete
Chapter 2. Isotope Notation and Measurement
Overview
2.1 The Necessary Minimum for Ecologists
2.2 Why Use the 5 Notation?
2.3 Why Is 8 a Good Substitute for % Heavy Isotope?
2.4 8 and the Ratio-of-Ratios
2.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 3. Using Stable Isotope Tracers
Overview
3.1 Isotope Circulation in the Biosphere
3.2 Landscape Ecology and Isotope Maps
3.3 Community Ecology and Invasive Species in Food Webs
3.4 Life History Ecology and Animal Migrations
3.5 Plants, Microbes, and Scaling Up
3.6 Chapter Summary
Chapter 4. Isotope Chi ("I Chi")
Overview
4.1 Chocolate Isotopes
4.2 Oxygen in the Sea
4.3 Equations for Isotope Chi ("I Chi")
4.4 Building an I Chi Gain-Loss Model, Step by Step
4.5 Errors in I Chi Models
4.6 Exact Equations for I Chi Models
4.7 Cows in a Pasture
4.8 Chapter Summary
Chapter 5. Mixing
Overview
5.1 Isotope Mixing in Food Webs
5.2 Isotope Sourcery
5.3 Mixing Mechanics
5.4 Advanced Mixing Mechanics
5.5 Mixing Assumptions and Errors or the Art and Wisdom of Using Isotope Mixing Models
5.6 River Sulfate and Mass-Weighted Mixing
5.7 A Special Muddy Case and Mixing Through Time
5.8 The Qualquan Chronicles and Mixing Across Landscapes
5.9 Dietary Mixing, Turnover, and a Stable Isotope Clock
5.10 Chapter Summary
Chapter 6. Isotope Additions
Overview
6.1 Addition Addiction
6.2 The Golden Spike Award for Isotopes
6.3 Chapter Summary
Chapter 7. Fractionation
Overview
7.1 Fractionation Fundamentals
7.2 Isotopium and Fractionation in Closed Systems
7.3 A Strange and Routine Case
7.4 A Genuine Puzzle — Fractionation or Mixing?
7.5 Cracking the Closed Systems
7.6 Equilibrium Fractionation, Subtle Drama in the Cold
7.7 A Supply/Demand Model for Open System Fractionation
7.8 Open System Fractionation and Evolution of the Earth's Sulfur Cycle
7.9 Open System Legacies
7.10 Conducting Fractionation Experiments
7.11 Chapter Summary
Chapter 8. Scanning the Future
Overview
8.1 The Isotope Scanner
8.2 Mangrove Maude
8.3 The Beginner's Advantage—Imagine!
8.4 Chapter Summary
Appendix. Important Isotope Equations and Useful Conversions
Index
Supplemental Electronic Materials on the Accompanying CD
A. Chapter 1
Color Figures and Cartoon
Problems
B. Chapter 2
Color Figures and Cartoon
Problems
Technical Supplement 2A: Measuring Spiked Samples
Technical Supplement 2B: Ion Corrections
Technical Supplement 2C: The Ratio Notation and The Power of 1
C. Chapter 3
Color Figures and Cartoons
Problems
D. Chapter 4
Color Figures and Cartoons
Problems
I Chi Spreadsheets
E. Chapters 5
Color Figures and Cartoons
Problems
I Chi Spreadsheets
F. Chapter 6
Color Figure and Cartoon
Problems
I Chi Spreadsheet
Technical Supplement 6A: How Much Isotope Should I Add?
Technical Supplement 6B: Noisy Data and Data Analysis with Enriched Samples
G. Chapter 7
Color Figures and Cartoons
Problems
I Chi Spreadsheets
Technical Supplement 7A: A Chemist's View of Isotope Effects
Technical Supplement 7B: Derivations of Closed System Isotope Equations
H. Chapter 8
Color Figures and Cartoons
Problems
I. All Problems for Chapters 1-8
J. All Answers to Problems for Chapters 1-8
K. All Figures and Cartoons
L. All I Chi Spreadsheets
M. A Reading List
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