Source partitioning using stable isotopes: Coping with too many sources

Oecologia

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 261-269

  Phillips, Donald L ^a   Gregg, Jillian W ^a,b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixing model; Source partitioning; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DIET; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MIXING; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0043212095     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1218-3     Document Type: Article

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