Carbon Isotope Techniques is a hands-on introduction to using carbon isotope tracers in experimental biology and ecology. It provides an easy bench-top reference with many simple-to-follow protocols for studying plants, animals, and soils. The 11C, 12C, 13C, and 14C carbon isotopes are considered and standard techniques are described by established authors. This is a synthetic compilation of well-established techniques.
Researchers and students in a wide range of disciplines spanning plant and soil science, agricultural chemistry, forestry, ecology, oceanography, limnology, biogeochemistry, anthropology, and archaeology will find Carbon Isotope Techniques a valuable resource.
Key Features
- Features isotopes in ecological research
- Highlights specific user-oriented techniques
- Considers carbon cycle in plants, soils, animals, air, and water
- Provides examples and sample calculations for radioisotopes in plant, soil, and aquatic biology
Author(s): D.C. Coleman, B. Fry (ed.)
Publisher: Academic Press
Year: 1991
Language: English
Pages: 267
Title
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Contributors
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Preface
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1. Introduction and Ordinary Counting as Currently Used
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2. Photosynthesis/Translocation Studies in Terrestrial Ecosystems
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3. Techniques for Examining the Carbon Relationships of Plant-Microbial Symbioses
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4. Photosynthesis/Translocation: Aquatic
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5. Microbe/Plant/Soil Interactions
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6. Environmental Toxicology: Degradation of Herbicides
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7. Aquatic Toxicology: Degradation of Organic Xenobiotics
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8. Carbon Dating
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9. Bomb Carbon
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10. Stable Carbon Isotope Ratios of Natural Materials: 1. Sample Preparation and Mass Spectrometric Analysis
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11. Stable Carbon Isotope Ratios of Natural Materials: 2. Atmospheric, Terrestrial, Marine, and Freshwater Environments
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12. 13C/12C Fractionation and Its Utility in Terrestrial Plant Studies
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13. The Study of Diet and Trophic Relationships through Natural Abundance 13C......Page 196
14. Tracer Studies with 13C-Enriched Substrates: Humans and Large Animals
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15. Intact Organism, Short-Term Studies Using 11C......Page 238
Index
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