Present limitations and future prospects of stable isotope methods for nitrate source identification in surface-and groundwater

D Xue, J Botte, B De Baets, F Accoe, A Nestler… - Water research, 2009 - Elsevier
Nitrate (NO3−) contamination of surface-and groundwater is an environmental problem in
many regions of the world with intensive agriculture and high population densities …

δ15N as an integrator of the nitrogen cycle

D Robinson - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2001 - cell.com
Natural abundances of the rare stable isotope of nitrogen, 15 N, are now being used widely
in research on N cycling in organisms and ecosystems. 15 N natural abundances are used …

Long-term fate of nitrate fertilizer in agricultural soils

M Sebilo, B Mayer, B Nicolardot… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Increasing diffuse nitrate loading of surface waters and groundwater has emerged as a
major problem in many agricultural areas of the world, resulting in contamination of drinking …

A bacterial method for the nitrogen isotopic analysis of nitrate in seawater and freshwater

DM Sigman, KL Casciotti, M Andreani… - Analytical …, 2001 - ACS Publications
We report a new method for measurement of the isotopic composition of nitrate (NO3-) at the
natural-abundance level in both seawater and freshwater. The method is based on the …

Nitrate pollution of groundwater; all right…, but nothing else?

A Menció, J Mas-Pla, N Otero, O Regàs… - Science of the total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Contamination from agricultural sources and, in particular, nitrate pollution, is one of the
main concerns in groundwater management. However, this type of pollution entails the …

Measurement of the oxygen isotopic composition of nitrate in seawater and freshwater using the denitrifier method

KL Casciotti, DM Sigman, MG Hastings… - Analytical …, 2002 - ACS Publications
We report a novel method for measurement of the oxygen isotopic composition (18O/16O) of
nitrate (NO3-) from both seawater and freshwater. The denitrifier method, based on the …

Tracing anthropogenic inputs of nitrogen to ecosystems

C Kendall, EM Elliott, SD Wankel - Stable isotopes in ecology …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrate (NO3−) concentrations in public water supplies have risen above acceptable levels
in many areas of the world, largely as a result of overuse of fertilizers and contamination by …

[图书][B] Tracers in hydrology

C Leibundgut, P Maloszewski, C Külls - 2011 - books.google.com
Tracers in Hydrology and Water Research is a comprehensive overview of the application of
natural and artificial tracers in hydrology and environmental research. Taking a unique …

Chemical conversion of nitrate and nitrite to nitrous oxide for nitrogen and oxygen isotopic analysis in freshwater and seawater

MR McIlvin, MA Altabet - Analytical Chemistry, 2005 - ACS Publications
We present a novel method for nitrogen and oxygen natural isotopic abundance analysis of
nitrate and nitrite of seawater and freshwater at environmental concentrations. The method …

An overview of nitrate sources and operating processes in arid and semiarid aquifer systems

M Gutiérrez, RN Biagioni, MT Alarcón-Herrera… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nitrate concentration in most aquifers in arid and semi-arid areas has increased in the past
several decades as a result of human activities. Under the predominantly oxic conditions of …