E-Book Overview
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
E-Book Content
Isotopic Techniques in Plant, Soil, and Aquatic Biology Series Editors
Eldor A. Paul
Department of Crop and Soil Science Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan
Jerry M. Melillo
The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Carbon Isotope Techniques Review Board
C. V. Cole Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado
D. A. Crossley, Jr. Institute of Ecology University of Georgia Athens, Georgia
Carbon Isotope Techniques Edited by
David C. Coleman Department of Entomology University of Georgia Athens, Georgia
ACADEMIC PRESS, INC.
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers
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Brian Fry The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, Massachusetts
This book is printed on acid-free paper. @ Copyright © 1991 by ACADEMIC PRESS, INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Carbon isotope techniques / edited by David C. Coleman, Brian Fry. p. cm. - (Isotopic techniques in plant, soil, and aquatic biology series) Includes index. ISBN 0-12-179730-9 (hardcover)(alk. paper) ISBN 0-12-179731-7 (paperback)(alk. paper) 1. Stable isotope tracers. 2. Biology-Technique. 3. Carbon-Isotopes. I. Coleman, David C , date. II. Fry, Brian. III. Series. QH324.3.C37 1991 574.19'285-dc20 90-25392 CIP
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Contributors
Numbers in parentheses indicate the pages on which the authors' contributions begin. L. A. Bjelk (101), Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 T. W. Boutton (155, 173, 219), Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843 D. C. Coleman (3), Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 F. T. Corbin (3, 101), Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7627 J. R. Ehleringer (187), Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 J. N. Gearing (201), Maurice - Lamontagne Institut, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Mont-Joli, Quebec G5H 3Z4, Canada K. M. Goh (125, 147), Depa