Call number:
AWI G6-95-0241
;
PIK N 076-97-0134
In:
Methods in Ecology
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: List of contributors. - The methods in ecology science. - Introduction. - 1. Sources of variation in the stable isotopic composition of plants. - 2. Nitrogen isotope studies in forest ecosystems. - 3. Pollution studies using stable isotopes. - 4. Tracing the diets of fossil animals using stable isotopes. - 5. Carbon diovide, carbon monoxide and methane in the atmosphere: abundance and isotopic composition. - 6. The use of stable isotopes for the study of gaseous nitrogen species in marine environments. - 7. Stable isotope ratios as tracers in marine aquatic food webs. - 8. Stable isotopes in the study of marine chemosynthetic-based ecosystems. - 9. Physiology of isotopic fractionation in algae and cyanobacteria. - 10. The use of stable carbon isotopes to study microbial processes in estuaries. - 11. Compound-specific approaches using stable isotopes. - References. - Index
Description / Table of Contents:
The past decade has seen an explosion in the development of techniques for the use of natural abundance isotopes in ecological research; indeed isotope analysis is rapidly becoming a standard tool for physiologists, ecologists and all scientists studying element or material cycles in the environment. Natural abundance isotopes can be used to find patterns and mechanisms at the single organism plant and algal level as well as to trace food webs, understand palaeodiets and follow whole ecosystem cycling in both terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The book reviews and assesses the theory and practice of stable isotope analysis in a variety of ecological disciplines, with suggestions for both general ecologists who might be considering including such analyses in their studies, as well as for the more experienced isotope ecologist who is pioneering new uses. There are chapters on terrestrial, atmospheric, marine and estuarine systems, as well as a chapter on stable isotopes at the molecular level. In keeping with the aims of the Methods of the Ecology Series, background to methodology is explained; each chapter taking a critical look at the approaches to the solution of a problem. The book features innovative and non-standard techniques, complementing other existing volumes on stable isotopes in ecology, and highlighting some of the fastest growing uses of stable isotopes.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XIX, 316 S. : graph. Darst.
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
0632031549
Series Statement:
Methods in Ecology
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
AWI Library
Branch Library:
PIK Library
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