Riparian plant isotopes reflect anthropogenic Nitrogen perturbations: Robust patterns across land use gradients

Ecosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Hall, Steven J ^a,c   Hale, Rebecca L ^a   Baker, Michelle A ^b   Bowling, David R ^a   Ehleringer, James R ^a   Peters, D P C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Agriculture; Grazing; Isoscape; Leaf nitrogen isotope; Pet waste; Plant species; Riparian; Septic; Sewage; Urban; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946900937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES15-00319.1     Document Type: Article

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