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Fractionation of nitrogen isotopes by animals

A further complication to the use of variations in the natural abundance of 15 N for tracer studies

Bibliographic Data

ID23317324
AuthorsK W Steele (University of Waikato), Roy M Daniel (University of Waikato)
Year1978
Volume90
Issue1
Pages7-9
Publication date1978-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Agricultural Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8596 • E-ISSN: 1469-5146
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s002185960004853x
OpenAlexW2163860364
LanguageEN
Citations received84
References cited14

A study of the fractionation of nitrogen isotopes in the diet by cattle is described and the results discussed. Compared with the diet, urine had a lower ratio of 15 N to 14 N, but faeces, blood and milk all had a higher ratio. It is argued that the use of natural 15 N as a tracer in grazed ecosystems is more complicated than was at first thought.

Abundance (ecology) · Animal science · Biology · Chromatography · Feces · Fractionation · Isotope · Isotopes of nitrogen · Mass spectrometry · Natural abundance · Nitrogen · Nuclear physics · Physics · Radiochemistry · Stable isotope ratio · TRACER · δ13C · δ15N · Chemistry · Ecology · Environmental Chemistry · Isotope Analysis in Ecology

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