Stable Isotopes in Ecological Research

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Stable Isotopes:History, Units, and Instrumentation....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-19
Carbon Isotope Fractionation and Plant Water-Use Efficiency....Pages 21-40
Carbon Isotope Ratios and Physiological Processes in Aridland Plants....Pages 41-54
Stable Carbon Isotope Ratio as an Index of Water-Use Efficiency in C 3 Halophytes—Possible Relationship to Strategies for Osmotic Adjustment....Pages 55-75
Stable Carbon Isotopes in Vernal Pool Aquatics of Differing Photosynthetic Pathways....Pages 76-81
Studies of Mechanisms Affecting the Fractionation of Carbon Isotopes in Photosynthesis....Pages 82-94
Intertree Variability of δ 13 C in Tree Rings....Pages 95-104
Hydrogen Isotope Fractionation in Plant Tissues....Pages 105-123
Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotope Ratios in Plant Cellulose: Mechanisms and Applications....Pages 124-141
Stable Hydrogen Isotope Ratios in Plants: A Review of Current Theory and Some Potential Applications....Pages 142-162
Front Matter....Pages 163-165
Stable Carbon Isotopes in Terrestrial Ecosystem Research....Pages 167-195
δ 13 C Measurements as Indicators of Carbon Flow in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems....Pages 196-229
Natural Carbon Isotope Tracers in Arctic Aquatic Food Webs....Pages 230-251
Some Problems and Potentials of Strontium Isotope Analysis for Human and Animal Ecology....Pages 252-259
Natural Isotope Abundances in Bowhead Whale ( Balaena mysticetus ) Baleen: Markers of Aging and Habitat Usage....Pages 260-269
Doubly-Labeled Water Studies of Vertebrate Physiological Ecology....Pages 270-287
A δ 13 C and δ 15 N Tracer Study of Nutrition in Aquaculture: Penaeus vannamei in a Pond Growout System....Pages 288-303
Front Matter....Pages 305-307
Stable Isotope Ratios and the Dynamics of Caliche in Desert Soils....Pages 309-317
The Use of Stable Isotopes in Assessing the Effect of Agriculture on Arid and Semi-Arid Soils....Pages 318-341
Estimates of N 2 Fixation in Ecosystems: The Need for and Basis of the 15 N Natural Abundance Method....Pages 342-374
Front Matter....Pages 305-307
The Use of Variation in the Natural Abundance of 15 N to Assess Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation by Woody Plants....Pages 375-394
 13 C/ 12 C Ratios in Atmospheric Methane and Some of Its Sources....Pages 395-409
Temperature-Dependent Hydrogen Isotope Fractionation in Cyanobacterial Sheaths: Applications to Studies of Modern and Precambrian Stromatolites....Pages 410-423
Sulfur Isotope Studies of the Pedosphere and Biosphere....Pages 424-444
Sulfate Fertilization and Changes in Stable Sulfur Isotopic Compositions of Lake Sediments....Pages 445-453
The Use of Stable Sulfur and Nitrogen Isotopes in Studies of Plant Responses to Air Pollution....Pages 454-470
The Use of Stable Sulfur Isotope Ratios in Air Pollution Studies: An Ecosystem Approach in South Florida....Pages 471-490
 87 Sr/ 86 Sr Ratios Measure the Sources and Flow of Strontium in Terrestrial Ecosystems....Pages 491-512
Back Matter....Pages 513-525