Using mussel isotope ratios to assess anthropogenic nitrogeninputs to freshwater ecosystems

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-192

  McKinney, R A ^a   Lake, J L ^a   Charpentier, M A ^b   Ryba, S ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b O A O Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Isotopes; Nitrogen; Nitrogen source; Unionid mussels

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; WASTEWATER;

FRESHWATER;

ECOSYSTEMS;

FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; RUNOFF;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MOLLUSC; NITROGEN ISOTOPE;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPE LABELING; LAKE; LAND USE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; POND; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0036166486     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013824220299     Document Type: Article

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