Isotopic advances in understanding reactive nitrogen deposition and atmospheric processing

EM Elliott, Z Yu, AS Cole, JG Coughlin - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent advances in stable isotope measurements now allow for detailed investigations of
the sources, transformations, and deposition of reactive nitrogen (N) species. Stable …

δ15N-stable isotope analysis of NHx: An overview on analytical measurements, source sampling and its source apportionment

N Bhattarai, S Wang, Y Pan, Q Xu, Y Zhang… - … Science & Engineering, 2021 - Springer
Agricultural sources and non-agricultural emissions contribute to gaseous ammonia (NH 3)
that plays a vital role in severe haze formation. Qualitative and quantitative contributions of …

Combining multi-isotopic and molecular source tracking methods to identify nitrate pollution sources in surface and groundwater

R Carrey, E Ballesté, AR Blanch, F Lucena, P Pons… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Nitrate (NO 3-) pollution adversely impacts surface and groundwater quality. In
recent decades, many countries have implemented measures to control and reduce …

Vehicular emissions enhanced ammonia concentrations in winter mornings: Insights from diurnal nitrogen isotopic signatures

M Gu, Y Pan, WW Walters, Q Sun, L Song… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A general feature in the diurnal cycle of atmospheric ammonia (NH3) concentrations is a
morning spike that typically occurs around 07: 00 to 10: 00 (LST). Current hypotheses to …

The Contamination of Commercial 15N2 Gas Stocks with 15N–Labeled Nitrate and Ammonium and Consequences for Nitrogen Fixation Measurements

R Dabundo, MF Lehmann, L Treibergs, CR Tobias… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
We report on the contamination of commercial 15-nitrogen (15N) N2 gas stocks with 15N-
enriched ammonium, nitrate and/or nitrite, and nitrous oxide. 15N2 gas is used to estimate …

Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea exhibit differential nitrogen source preferences

W Qin, SP Wei, Y Zheng, E Choi, X Li, J Johnston… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms (AOM) contribute to one of the largest nitrogen fluxes in
the global nitrogen budget. Four distinct lineages of AOM: ammonia-oxidizing archaea …

Is fertilization the dominant source of ammonia in the urban atmosphere?

M Gu, Y Pan, Q Sun, WW Walters, L Song… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
It was previously believed that ammonia (NH 3) has a short residence time in the
atmosphere and cannot be transported far from its sources. In late March, however, this …

Feammox in alluvial-lacustrine aquifer system: Nitrogen/iron isotopic and biogeochemical evidences

Y Xiong, Y Du, Y Deng, T Ma, Y Wang - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Groundwater nitrogen contamination is becoming increasingly serious worldwide, and
natural nitrogen attenuation processes such as anaerobic ammonium oxidation coupled to …

Cyanate and urea are substrates for nitrification by Thaumarchaeota in the marine environment

K Kitzinger, CC Padilla, HK Marchant, PF Hach… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Ammonia-oxidizing archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota are among the most abundant
marine microorganisms. These organisms thrive in the oceans despite ammonium being …

Kelp beds and their local effects on seawater chemistry, productivity, and microbial communities

CA Pfister, MA Altabet, BL Weigel - Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Kelp forests are known as key habitats for species diversity and macroalgal productivity;
however, we know little about how these biogenic habitats interact with seawater chemistry …