Stable isotope dynamics of nitrogen sewage effluent uptake in a semi-arid wetland

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 500-505

  Fair, Jeanne M ^a   Heikoop, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Effluent; Nitrogen; PCBs; Stable isotope; Wetland

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC MINERALS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIRDS; PCBS; STABLE ISOTOPE; WETLAND;

EFFLUENTS;

NITROGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EFFLUENT; FOOD WEB; SEWAGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONSUMER; FOOD CHAIN; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN UPTAKE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CHAIN; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

AVES;

EID: 33344476625     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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