Stable Isotopes in Ecological Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Stable Isotopes:History, Units, and Instrumentation

   1. Stable Isotopes:History, Units, and Instrumentation

      • J. R. Ehleringer, P. W. Rundel

      Pages 1-15

3. Ecophysiological Studies in Plants

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-19

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   2. Carbon Isotope Fractionation and Plant Water-Use Efficiency

      • G. D. Farquhar, K. T. Hubick, A. G. Condon, R. A. Richards

      Pages 21-40

   3. Carbon Isotope Ratios and Physiological Processes in Aridland Plants

      • J. R. Ehleringer

      Pages 41-54

   4. Stable Carbon Isotope Ratio as an Index of Water-Use Efficiency in C3 Halophytes—Possible Relationship to Strategies for Osmotic Adjustment

      • R. D. Guy, P. G. Warne, D. M. Reid

      Pages 55-75

   5. Stable Carbon Isotopes in Vernal Pool Aquatics of Differing Photosynthetic Pathways

      • J. E. Keeley

      Pages 76-81

   6. Studies of Mechanisms Affecting the Fractionation of Carbon Isotopes in Photosynthesis

      • J. A. Berry

      Pages 82-94

   7. Intertree Variability of δ13C in Tree Rings

      • S. W. Leavitt, A. Long

      Pages 95-104

   8. Hydrogen Isotope Fractionation in Plant Tissues

      • H. Ziegler

      Pages 105-123

   9. Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotope Ratios in Plant Cellulose: Mechanisms and Applications

      • L. da Silveira Lobo Sternberg

      Pages 124-141

   10. Stable Hydrogen Isotope Ratios in Plants: A Review of Current Theory and Some Potential Applications

       • J. W. C. White

       Pages 142-162

4. Animal Food Webs and Feeding Ecology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-165

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   2. Stable Carbon Isotopes in Terrestrial Ecosystem Research

      • L. L. Tieszen, T. W. Boutton

      Pages 167-195

   3. δ13C Measurements as Indicators of Carbon Flow in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

      • B. Fry, E. B. Sherr

      Pages 196-229

   4. Natural Carbon Isotope Tracers in Arctic Aquatic Food Webs

      • D. M. Schell, P. J. Ziemann

      Pages 230-251

   5. Some Problems and Potentials of Strontium Isotope Analysis for Human and Animal Ecology

      • J. E. Ericson

      Pages 252-259

   6. Natural Isotope Abundances in Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) Baleen: Markers of Aging and Habitat Usage

      • D. M. Schell, S. M. Saupe, N. Haubenstock

      Pages 260-269

   7. Doubly-Labeled Water Studies of Vertebrate Physiological Ecology

      • K. A. Nagy

      Pages 270-287

   8. A δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N Tracer Study of Nutrition in Aquaculture: Penaeus vannamei in a Pond Growout System

      • P. L. Parker, R. K. Anderson, A. Lawrence

      Pages 288-303

The analysis of stable isotope ratios represents one of the most exciting new technical advances in environmental sciences. In this book, leading experts offer the first survey of applications of stable isotope analysis to ecological research. Central topics are - plant physiology studies - food webs and animal metabolism - biogeochemical fluxes. Extensive coverage is given to natural isotopes of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and strontium in both terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Ecologists of diverse research interests, as well as agronomists, anthropologists, and geochemists will value this overview for its wealth of information on theoretical background, experimental approaches, and technical design of studies utilizing stable isotope ratios.

• Sediment
• aquaculture
• biosphere
• ecology
• ecosystem
• environment
• temperature
• terrestrial ecosystem
• terrestrial ecosystems

• Laboratory of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

  P. W. Rundel, K. A. Nagy

• Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

  J. R. Ehleringer

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