Stable isotope ecology /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fry, Brian
Formato: Desconocido
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: New York : Springer, 2008
Edición:3rd pr.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction . 1.1 Discovery
  • 1.2 General Introduction
  • 1.3 Just for Fun—An Isotope Biography of Mr. Polychaete
  • Chapter 2. Isotope Notation and Measurement. 2.1. The Necessary Minimum for Ecologists
  • 2.2. Why Use the δ Notation?
  • 2.3. Why Is δa Good Substitute for % Heavy Isotope?
  • 2.4. δ and the Ratio-of-Ratios
  • Chapter 3. Using Stable Isotope Tracers. 3.1. Isotope Circulation in the Biosphere
  • 3.2. Landscape Ecology and Isotope Maps
  • 3.3. Community Ecology and Invasive Species in Food Webs
  • 3.4. Life History Ecology and Animal Migrations
  • 3.5. Plants, Microbes, and Scaling UP
  • Chapter 4. Isotope Chi (“I Chi”). 4.1 Chocolate Isotopes
  • 4.2. Oxygen in the Sea
  • 4.3. Equations for Isotope Chi (“I Chi”)
  • 4.4. Building an I Chi Gain–Loss Model, Step by Step
  • 4.5. Errors in I Chi Models
  • 4.6. Exact Equations for I Chi Models
  • 4.7. Cows in a Pasture
  • Chapter 5. Mixing. 5.1. Isotope Mixing in Food Webs
  • 5.2. Isotope Sourcery
  • 5.3 Mixing Mechanics
  • 5.4. Advanced Mixing Mechanics
  • 5.5. Mixing Assumptions and Errors or the Art and Wisdom of Using Isotope Mixing Models
  • 5.6. River Sulfate and Mass-Weighted Mixing
  • 5.7. A Special Muddy Case and Mixing Through Time
  • 5.8. The Qualquan Chronicles and Mixing Across Landscapes
  • 5.9. Dietary Mixing, Turnover, and a Stable Isotope Clock
  • Chapter 6. Isotope Additions. 6.1. Addition Addiction
  • 6.2. The Golden Spike Award for Isotopes
  • Chapter 7. Fractionation. 7.1. Fractionation Fundamentals
  • 7.2. Isotopium and Fractionation in Closed Systems
  • 7.3. A Strange and Routine Case
  • 7.4. A Genuine Puzzle—Fractionation or Mixing?
  • 7.5 Cracking the Closed Systems
  • 7.6. Equilibrium Fractionation, Subtle Drama in the Cold
  • 7.7. A Supply/Demand Model for Open System Fractionation
  • 7.8. Open System Fractionation and Evolution of the Earth’s Sulfur Cycle
  • 7.9. Open System Legacies
  • 7.10. Conducting Fractionation Experiments
  • Chapter 8. Scanning the Future. 8.1. The Isotope Scanner
  • 8.2. Mangrove Maude
  • 8.3. The Beginner’s Advantage—Imagine!