Author: Christopher James HarveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food chains (Ecology)
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A Stable Isotope Analysis of Food Web Structure in Lake Superior
Author: Christopher James HarveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food chains (Ecology)
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Author: Stable Isotope Techniques in the Study of Biological Processes and Functioning of Ecosystems
Author: M.J. UnkovichPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 940159841X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
In the last two decades technological advances in isotope ratio mass spectrometry have been very rapid, opening up new possibilities for analysis of biological and environmental materials. The new instrumentation has facilitated faster analysis of samples via automated sample preparation and multi-isotope analysis of single samples, resulting in considerable cost savings, and enabling access to isotope analysis for many more researchers. These changes are reflected in the rapidly growing international literature on stable isotopes. While there have been some excellent books and review papers aimed at interpreting isotope signals in biology and environmental science, there have been fewer attempts to provide practical tools for researchers making forays into this exciting new arena. This book aims to address this inadequacy by providing a set of practical guidelines for the application of a range of novel and well proven stable isotope techniques to the fields of plant physiological ecology, agriculture, marine ecology and palaeoecology. The book is the outcome of a weeklong workshop held under the auspices of the Cooperative Research Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA 1992 - 2000) at The University of Western Australia and the CSIRO Floreat Laboratories, Perth, Western Australia, in February 1999. The workshop was designed to provide practical tools and experiences for researchers and students concerned with how one goes about using stable isotopes in field investigations.
Stable Isotope Ecology
Author: Brian FryPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387337458
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
A solid introduction to stable isotopes that can also be used as an instructive review for more experienced researchers and professionals. The book approaches the use of isotopes from the perspective of ecological and biological research, but its concepts can be applied within other disciplines. A novel, step-by-step spreadsheet modeling approach is also presented for circulating tracers in any ecological system, including any favorite system an ecologist might dream up while sitting at a computer. The author’s humorous and lighthearted style painlessly imparts the principles of isotope ecology. The online material contains color illustrations, spreadsheet models, technical appendices, and problems and answers.
The Vanishing Present
Author: Donald M. WallerPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226871746
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Straddling temperate forests and grassland biomes and stretching along the coastline of two Great Lakes, Wisconsin contains tallgrass prairie and oak savanna, broadleaf and coniferous forests, wetlands, natural lakes, and rivers. But, like the rest of the world, the Badger State has been transformed by urbanization and sprawl, population growth, and land-use change. For decades, industry and environment have attempted to coexist in Wisconsin—and the dynamic tensions between economic progress and environmental protection makes the state a fascinating microcosm for studying global environmental change. The Vanishing Present brings together a distinguished set of contributors—including scientists, naturalists, and policy experts—to examine how human pressures on Wisconsin’s changing lands, waters, and wildlife have redefined the state’s ecology. Though they focus on just one state, the authors draw conclusions about changes in temperate habitats that can be applied elsewhere, and offer useful insights into future of the ecology, conservation, and sustainability of Wisconsin and beyond. A fitting tribute to the home state of Aldo Leopold and John Muir, The Vanishing Present is an accessible and timely case study of a significant ecosystem and its response to environmental change.
The 41st Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research
Author: International Association for Great Lakes ResearchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
New frontiers in the application of stable isotopes to ecological and ecophysiological research
Author: Keith Alan HobsonPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2832532403
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Degradation, Ecological Restoration and Adaptive Management of Estuarine Wetlands under Intensifying Global Changes
Author: Tian XiePublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2832519954
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
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