Biogeochemistry stable isotopes

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There are two main routes for exploring the biogeochemistry of the subterranean biosphere one is to sample and analyse the diversity, activity and distribution of active microbial life, while the other is to analyse traces of this biosphere. We can analyse various biosignatures such as anomalies in the stable isotope composition or the presence of organic molecules typical of life. Fossils are obvious evidence of subterranean life, provided it... 

Hamilton, S. K., Tank, J. L., Raikow, D. F. et at. (2001). Nitrogen uptake and transformation in a midwestem US stream a stable isotope enrichment study. Biogeochemistry, 54, 297-340. 

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Rathburn, A. E., Perez, M. E., Martin, J. B., Day, S. A., Mahn, C., Gieskes, j., Ziebis, W., Williams, D. Bahls, a. 2003. Relationships between the distribution and stable isotopic composition of living benthic foraminifera and cold methane seep biogeochemistry in Monterey Bay, California. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 4, 1106, doi 1110.1029/ 2003GC000595. 

E., McDowell, W., Robertson, G. R, Santos, O. C., and Treseder, K. (1999). Nitrogen stable isotopic composition of leaves and soil Tropical versus temperate forests. Biogeochemistry 46, 45-65. 

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The biomarker concept is a powerful tool for understanding the biogeochemistry when compounds have unique biological origin, but when multiple sources are identified for a given compound, interpretation can become more complex. Likewise stable isotope signals can be complicated because of mixed sources. However, radiocarbon measurement provides an additional important parameter to help evaluate source/age of the components (Druffel and Williams, 1990 Druffel et al, 1992). The combined biomarker/stable isotope/radiocarbon isotope approach should, therefore, offer a more comprehensive approach for resolving the complex marine carbon cycle. 

Canfield, D.E. (2001) Biogeochemistry of sulfur isotopes, in Stable Isotope Geochemistry (eds. J.W. Valley and D.R. Cole), Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC, pp. 607-636. 

The radioisotope Hg has played an important role in laboratory investigations of mercury biogeochemistry (e.g., Gilmour and Riedel, 1995 Stordal and Gill, 1995 Costa and Liss, 1999). Continued production of ° Hg-enriched material has been curtailed recently, and thus future mechanistic studies will instead feature the use of stable isotopes. 

Recent observations on the geochemistry, biogeochemistry and stable isotope systematics of waters, soils and sediments of the Amazon region indicate the profound influence of biological processes on the nature of the surface and near surface materials. 

Hood, E., Williams, M.W., and McKnight, D.M. (2005). Sources of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in a Rocky Mountain stream using chemical fractionation and stable isotopes. Biogeochemistry, 74, 231-255. 

Bocherens, H., Fizet, M. and Mariotti, A. 1994 Diet, physiology and ecology of fossil mammals as inferred from stable carbon and nitrogen isotope biogeochemistry implications for Pleistocene bears. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 107 213-225. 

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Boschker, H. T. S., E. M. J. Dekkers, R. Pel, and Th. E. Cappenberg. 1995. Sources of organic carbon in the littoral of Lake Gooimeer as indicated by stable carbon isotope and carbohydrate compositions. Biogeochemistry 29 89—105. 

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Ostrom, N.E., Macko, S.A., Deibel, D., and Thompson, RJ. (1997) Seasonal variation in the stable carbon and nitrogen isotope biogeochemistry of a coastal cold ocean environment. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 61, 2929-2942. 

Teece, M. A., and Fogel, M. L. (2007). Stable carbon isotope biogeochemistry of monosaccharides in aquatic organisms and terrestrial plants. Org. Geochem. 38(3), 458—473. 

Solute isotope biogeochemistry focuses on isotopes of constituents that are dissolved in the water or are carried in the gas phase. The most commonly studied solute isotopes are the isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur. Less commonly investigated stable, nonradiogenic isotopes include lithium, chloride, boron, and iron. 

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