Use of stable nitrogen isotope signatures of riparian macrophytes as an indicator of anthropogenic N inputs to river ecosystems

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7837-7841

  Kohzu, Ayato ^a,b   Miyajima, Toshihiro ^c   Tayasu, Ichiro ^b   Yoshimizu, Chikage ^a,b   Hyodo, Fujio ^d   Matsui, Kiyoshi ^e   Nakano, Takanori ^d   Wada, Eitaro ^d   Fujita, Noboru ^b   Nagata, Toshi ^b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^e NARA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; RIVERS; SEWAGE;

AGRICULTURAL USES; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; LAKE BIWA; MACROPHYTES; N VALUES; NATURAL AREAS; NATURAL SOILS; RIPARIAN PLANTS; RIVER ECOSYSTEMS; STABLE NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

NITRATES;

NITROGEN; RIVER WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOINDICATOR; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; FOREST; JAPAN; LAND USE; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIPARIAN SPECIES;

ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; JAPAN; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANTS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER;

ASIA; BIWA LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; SHIGA;

EID: 55349086166     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801113k     Document Type: Article

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