Effects of acid treatment on carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in ecological samples: a review and synthesis

TA Schlacher, RM Connolly - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen are mainstay tracers in diverse fields of ecology,
particularly in studies of food webs. Investigators are generally interested in tracing dietary C …

Nitrogen isotope constraints on the early Ediacaran ocean redox structure

X Wang, G Jiang, X Shi, Y Peng, DC Morales - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
Nitrogen (N) is a macronutrient essential to all living organisms and its availability in
Precambrian oceans may have played an important role in the early evolution and …

C/N ratios and carbon isotope composition of organic matter in estuarine environments

MJ Leng, JP Lewis - Applications of paleoenvironmental techniques in …, 2017 - Springer
The sediments that are preserved in estuarine environments (saltmarsh, riverine estuaries,
mangrove habitats, lagoons, isolation basins and fjords) contain organic matter that allows …

Effects of HCl pretreatment, drying, and storage on the stable isotope ratios of soil and sediment samples

MS Kim, WS Lee, K Suresh Kumar… - Rapid …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale Stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N, δ34S values) analysis has become increasingly
important for tracing contaminant sources in environments. Pretreatment of environmental …

Interpretation of nitrogen isotope profiles in petroleum systems: a review

TM Quan, OO Adeboye - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Bulk sedimentary nitrogen isotope profiles are often used as proxies for depositional redox
conditions, nitrogen cycling, and nutrient uptake in modern and ancient marine systems. The …

Shift in limiting nutrients in the late Ediacaran–early Cambrian marine systems of South China

M Nishizawa, Y Tsuchiya, W Du, Y Sawaki… - Palaeogeography …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran to Cambrian periods are characterized by the diversification and
extinction of metazoans, carbon-cycle perturbation, and ocean oxygenation. Ocean nutrient …