Using stable isotopes to monitor anthropogenic nitrogen inputs to estuaries

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-30

  Bannon, Rebecca O ^a,b   Roman, Charles T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Fundulus heteroclitus; Geukensia demissa; Salt marsh monitoring; Spartina alterniflora; Stable isotopes; Ulva lactuca

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; NITROGEN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GREEN ALGA; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAGRASS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN;

CAPE COD; GREAT SOUTH BAY; JAMAICA BAY; LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; GEUKENSIA DEMISSA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; ULVA; ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 42149154857     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-2006.1     Document Type: Article

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