Oxygen exchange with water alters the oxygen isotopic signature of nitrate in soil ecosystems

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1180-1185

  Kool, Dorien M ^a   Wrage, Nicole ^b   Oenema, Oene ^a   Van Kessel, Chris ^c   Van Groenigen, Jan Willem ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrate source determination; Nitrogen stable isotopes; Oxygen exchange; Oxygen stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC EFFECTS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MICROBIAL PRODUCTION; NITRATE SOURCES; NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPES; OXYGEN EXCHANGE; OXYGEN ISOTOPIC; OXYGEN STABLE ISOTOPES; SOURCE DETERMINATIONS; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS;

DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SOILS;

ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; TRANSFORMATION;

EID: 79954581803     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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