目次

Preface

Acknowledgements



Section 1. Ecology and Pedosphere



1. Use of carbon—14 natural abundances in soil ecology: implications for food web research

Tayasu, I. and Hyodo, F.

2. Nitrogen isotopic analysis of dissolved inorganic and organic nitrogen in soil extracts

Koba, K., Inagaki, K., Sasaki, Y., Takebayashi, Y., and Yoh M.

3. Further evaluation of the trophic level estimation based on nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids

Chikaraishi, Y., Ogawa, N. O., and Ohkouchi, N.

4. Application of stable carbon isotopes to plant physiological processes and urban ecosystems

Hanba, Y. T., Fujino, M., Ushijima, H., Kazama, T., and Kagotani, Y.

5. Strontium isotope ratios in water as an index of habitat and foraging sites of aquatic organisms

Nakano, T., Saitoh, Y., Kobayashi, T., Mori, S., Shin, K., and Mizutani, H.

6. Carbon sources and feeding habits of selected soil animals from an abandoned rice field chronosequence determined by carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios and natural carbon—14

Tayasu, I., Folgarait, P. J., Hyodo, F., and Lavelle, P.

7. Analysis of dam reservoir eutrophication using nitrogen isotope ratios in fishes

Yamada, Y. and Nakashima, S.

8. Application of stable isotope analysis to fungal ecology

Kohzu, A.

9. The role of meiofauna in deep-sea benthic food webs revealed by carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses

Nomaki, H., Ogawa, N. O., Ohkouchi, N., Toyofuku, T., and Kitazato, H.

10. Phytolith and 13C and 15N analysis in a tephra-soil sequence in southern Kyushu, Japan

Inoue, Y., Sugiyama, S., Yoshida, M., and Yoneyama, T.

11. Seasonal dynamics of a coastal food web: Stable isotope analysis of a higher consumer

Hamaoka, H., Okuda, N., Fukumoto, T., Miyasaka, H., and Omori, K.



Section 2. Hydrosphere and Biogeochemical Processes



12. Kinetic nitrogen isotope fractionation factors for denitrification and reduction of nitrous oxide

Yoshida, N.

13. Stable isotope composition of nitrogen (15N) as a tool for investigating nitrogen cycling in coral reef ecosystems

Miyajima, T. and Umezawa, Y.

14. Oxygen concentration and isotope studies of productivity and respiration on the Louisiana Continental Shelf, July 2007

Fry, B. and Boyd, B.

15. Hydrologic controls on the nitrogen dynamics of forested ecosystems investigated using water and nitrate isotope signatures

Ohte, N., Tokuchi, N., and Osaka, K.

16. Fish scales as a record of atmospheric change

Ogawa, N. O., Wada, E., Smirnova-Zalumi, N. S., Melnik, N. G., Bondarenko, N. A., Shimaraev, M. N., Smirnov, V. V., and Yoshioka, T.

17. Isotopomers of chlorophyll nuclei: Theories and an application

Ohkouchi, N., Chikaraishi, Y., Kashiyama, Y., and Ogawa, N. O.

18. Seasonal changes in relative humidity recorded by intra-ring variations in oxygen isotope ratio of tree-ring cellulose

Nakatsuka, T., Ohnishi, K., and Takahashi, Y.

19. Estimating transpiration from the oxygen isotope composition of leaf organic matter

Matsuo, N.

20. Nitrogen and carbon isotopic compositions of copper, nickel, and vanadyl porphyrins in Cretaceous black shales

Kashiyama, Y., Ogawa, N. O., Nomoto, S., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N.



Section 3. Method Development



21. Ultra-sensitive elemental analyzer/isotope ratio mass spectrometer for stable nitrogen and carbon isotope analyses

Ogawa, N. O., Nagata, T., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N.

22. An improved method for precise determination of carbon isotopic composition of amino acids

Chikaraishi, Y. and Ohkouchi, N.

23. Instrumental optimization of compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids by gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry

Chikaraishi, Y., Takano, Y., Ogawa, N. O., and Ohkouchi, N.

24. Enantiomer-specific isotope analysis of D- and L-alanine: Nitrogen isotopic hetero- and homogeneity in microbial and chemical processes

Takano, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., and Ohkouchi, N.



Appendix

Summary of methods for measuring isotopic compositions presented in this book

Ohkouchi, N., Tayasu, I., and Koba, K.

Index