Suggested Reading

  • Coleman, D. C. and B. Fry 1991. Carbon Isotope Techniques, Academic Press, Inc.
  • Michener, R. and K. Lajtha (eds.). 2007. Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science, 2nd edition. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Ltd. Oxford, England.
  • Knowles, R. and T.H. Blackburn. 1993 Nitrogen Isotope Techniques. Academic Press, Inc., New York.
  • McClelland, J. W., I. Valiela, et al. 1997. Nitrogen-stable isotope signatures in estuarine food webs: a record of increasing urbanization in coastal watersheds. Limn. Ocean., 42(5): 930-937.
  • Molton-Barrett, R., G. Triadafilopoulos, R. Michener, and D. Gologorsky. 1993. Serum 13C-Bicarbonate in the assessment of Gastric Helicobacter pylori Urease Activity. Am. J. Gastero., 88: 369-374.
  • Nadelhoffer, K. J. and B. Fry. 1988. Controls on natural nitrogen-15 and carbon-13 abundances in forest soil organic matter. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 52: 1633-1640.
  • Nagy, K. A. 1987. Field metabolic rate and food requirement scaling in mammals and birds. Ecol. Mono., 57(2): 111-128.
  • Owens, N. J. P. 1987. Natural variations in 15N in the marine environment. Advan. in Mar. Biol., 24: 389-451.
  • Peterson, B. J. and B. Fry. 1987. Stable Isotopes in Ecosystem Studies. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst., 18: 293-320.
  • Rundel, P. W., J. R. Ehleringer, et al. 1989. Stable Isotopes in Ecological Research. New York, Springer-Verlag.
  • Sigman, D.M., M.A. Altabet, R. Michener, D.C. McCorkle, B. Fry and R.M. Holmes. 1997. Natural abundance-level measurement of the nitrogen isotopic composition of oceanic nitrate: an adaptation of the ammonia diffusion method. Mar. Chem., 57:227-242.
  • Sweeny, R. E., E. K. Kalil, et al. 1980. Characterization of domestic and industrial sewage in southern California coastal sediments using nitrogen, carbon, sulfur and uranium tracers. Mar. Environ. Res., 3:225-243.
  • Wada, E., M. Terazaki, et al. 1987. 15N and 13C abundances in the Antarctic Ocean with emphasis on the biogeochemical structure of the food web. Deep-Sea Res., 34(5/6): 829-841.
  • Dawson TE, S Mambelli, AH Plamboeck, PH Templer, and KP Tu. 2002. Stable isotopes in plant ecology. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 33:507-559.
  • Templer PH , MA Arthur, GM Lovett and K Weathers. 2007. Plant and soil natural abundance del 15N: indicators of relative rates of nitrogen cycling in temperate forest ecosystems. Oecologia 153: 399-406.