Advances in the application of amino acid nitrogen isotopic analysis in ecological and biogeochemical studies

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 113, Issue , 2017, Pages 150-174

  Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^a   Chikaraishi, Yoshito ^a,m   Close, Hilary G ^b   Fry, Brian ^c   Larsen, Thomas ^d   Madigan, Daniel J ^e   McCarthy, Matthew D ^f   McMahon, Kelton W ^g   Nagata, Toshi ^h   Naito, Yuichi I ^a,n   Ogawa, Nanako O ^a   Popp, Brian N ⁱ   Steffan, Shawn ^j,k   Takano, Yoshinori ^a   Tayasu, Ichiro ^l   Wyatt, Alex S J ^h   Yamaguchi, Yasuhiko T ^h,o   Yokoyama, Yusuke ^h  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^j AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^l Research Institute of Humanity and Nature   (Japan)

^m HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^o LAKE BIWA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Amino acid; Biogeochemistry; Ecology; Nitrogen isotopic composition; Trophic discrimination factor; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN;

AMINO-ACIDS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL STUDIES; ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPIC; NITROGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; TROPHIC DISCRIMINATION FACTOR; TROPHIC POSITION; TROPHIC TRANSFER;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; RECONSTRUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 85031923795     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.07.009     Document Type: Review

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