Carbon Isotope Techniques (Isotopic Techniques in Plant, Soil, and Aquatic Biology) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0121797317 ISBN 13: 9780121797317

Publisher: Academic Press, 1991

Synopsis

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

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This book is a hands-on introduction to using carbon isotope tracers in experimental biology and ecology. It is an easy-to-use 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 synthetic compilation features:
* Specific, well-established, user-oriented techniques
* Carbon cycles in plants, animals, soils, air, and water
* Isotopes in ecological research
* Examples and sample calculations
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.

About the Author:

Eldor A. Paul is a Senior Research Scientist at the Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University, Fort Collins and Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University, East Lansing. During his time at Michigan State, he was professor of Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry, and Crop and Soil Sciences. He earned degrees from the University of Alberta and the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on the dynamics of soil organic matter and the microbial ecology of soil. Dr. Paul is a Fellow of ASA, SSSA, the Canadian Society of Soil Science, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0121797317
• ISBN 13: 9780121797317
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274
• Editor: Coleman David C., Fry Brian