Natural abundance dynamics

T. A. Gerken and N. Jentoft, Structure and dynamics of porcine submaxillary mucin as determined by natural abundance carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy, Biochemistry, 26 (1987) 4689-4699. 

Collins HP, Paul EA, Blevens RL, Bundy LG, Christenson DR, Dick WA, Huggins DR (1999) Soil organic matter dynamics in corn-based agroecosystems of the central USA results from 13C natural abundance. Soil Sci Soc Am J 63 584-599... 

Coleman K, Jenkinson DS (1996) RothC-26.3 a model for the turnover of carbon in soil. In Powlson DS, Smith P, smith PJU (eds) Evaluation of soil organic matter models using existing long-term datasets, vol 38. NATO ASI Series I, pp 237-246 Collins HP, Blevins RL, Bundy LG, Christenson DR, Dick WA, Huggins DR, Paul EA (1999) Soil carbon dynamics in corn-based agroecosystems results from carbon-13 natural abundance. Soil Sci Soc Am J 63 584-591... 

For pure phosphatidylcholine bilayers, the orientation of the headgroup has been well characterized showing that headgroups are aligned approximately parallel to the bilayer surface. Because only one phosphorus with 100% natural abundance is contained in the phospholipid molecule, NMR has become an important tool to study the phospholipid headgroup structure and dynamics. ... 

The approach developed in this paper, combining on the one side experimental techniques (dynamic mechanical analysis, dielectric relaxation, solid-state 1H, 2H and 13C NMR on nuclei at natural abundance or through specific labelling), and on the other side atomistic modelling, allows one to reach quite a detailed description of the motions involved in the solid-state transitions of amorphous polymers. Bisphenol A polycarbonate, poly(methyl methacrylate) and its maleimide and glutarimide copolymers give perfect illustrations of the level of detail that can be achieved. 

Lynch, D. H., Voroney, R. P., and Warman, P. R. (2006). Use of 13C and 1SN natural abundance techniques to characterize carbon and nitrogen dynamics in composting and in compost amended soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 38,103-114. 

Intensive investigations of the sulfur dynamics of forest ecosystems in the last decade can be attributed to the dominant role of sulfur as a component of acidic deposition. Studies in forested catchments include Fuller et al. (1986), Mitchell et al. (1989), Stam et al. (1992), and Andersson et al. (1992). Sulfur with a distinctive isotopic composition has been used to identify pollution sources (Krouse et al., 1984), and has been added as a tracer (Legge and Krouse, 1992 Mayer et al., 1992, 1993). Differences in the natural abundances can also be used in systems where there is sufhcient variation in the 5 " S of ecosystem components. Rocky Mountain lakes (USA), thought to be dominated by atmospheric sources of sulfate, have different 5 " S values than lakes believed to be dominated by watershed sources of sulfate (Turk et al., 1993). 

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