Tracing Anthropogenic Inputs of Nitrogen to Ecosystems

Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 375-449

  Kendall, Carol ^a   Elliott, Emily M ^b   Wankel, Scott D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic inputs; Ecosystems; Environmental settings; Isotopic compositions; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84889473153     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470691854.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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