Stable Isotope Chemistry and Measurement: A Primer

Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-21

  Sulzman, Elizabeth W ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological use of isotope; Fractionation mechanism; Heterotrophic nitrification; Isotope chemistry; Molecular flow

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION MECHANISM; HETEROTROPHIC NITRIFICATION; MOLECULAR FLOW; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 84889404928     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470691854.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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