TY - JOUR
T1 - Variations in the natural abundance of 15N in estuarine suspended particulate matter
T2 - A specific indicator of biological processing
AU - Owens, N. J.P.
N1 - Copyright © 1985 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
The author was not affiliated to SAMS at the time of publication.
Funding Information:
This work forms part of the estuarine ecology programe of the Institute for Marine Environmental Research, a component of the U.K. Natural Environment Research Council. I wish to thank R. F. C. Mantoura, A. W. Morris and K. R. Clarke for helpful discussions, J. White, A. J. Bale, R. J. M. Howland and E. M. S. Woodward for assistance with the field work and R. Jackson for permission to use data on phytoplankton biomass.
PY - 1985/4/1
Y1 - 1985/4/1
N2 - In this study, the 14N:15N ratio of suspended particulate material collected from the Tamar river estuary, south-west England, is described. Three populations of particles, distinguishable by their 15N content, were observed. This investigation has shown that populations of estuarine particles are generated by biological transformations in situ and that the 15N content of estuarine particles does not merely reflect hydrodynamic mixing of the freshwater and seawater source particulate material.
AB - In this study, the 14N:15N ratio of suspended particulate material collected from the Tamar river estuary, south-west England, is described. Three populations of particles, distinguishable by their 15N content, were observed. This investigation has shown that populations of estuarine particles are generated by biological transformations in situ and that the 15N content of estuarine particles does not merely reflect hydrodynamic mixing of the freshwater and seawater source particulate material.
KW - estuaries
KW - isotopic composition
KW - nitrogen
KW - suspended matter
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0022187194
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U2 - 10.1016/0272-7714(85)90092-7
DO - 10.1016/0272-7714(85)90092-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0022187194
SN - 0272-7714
VL - 20
SP - 505
EP - 510
JO - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
JF - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
IS - 4
ER -