For the next phase of this research, a study comparing results from mark recapture methods to quantify fish movement with the stable isotope approach would be valuable.
To identify sources of nitrogen species and the factors that determine their behaviour, the dual stable isotope approach (δ15N and δ18О) and physical-chemical modelling were applied.
However, using a multi isotope approach (δ18Owater and δ15Nnitrate), it was possible to relate the average altitude of rainfall infiltration (δ18Owater) associated with the nitrate contamination (δ18Onitrate).
The relationship between food sources and consumers was investigated using the stable isotope approach in order to elucidate the potential pathways of MAA transfer.
Our general objectives were to constrain the use of Zn as a proxy for other metals in biogeochemical processes in Siberian larch forest and to test the possibility that Zn is a limiting micronutrient using a stable isotope approach [42].
The stable isotope approach used here can be used to identify fish movement to irrigation ponds during water drainage from paddy fields and utilization of irrigation ponds for overwintering during the dry season.
The need to address these questions using a direct assessment of the intensity and scale of cultivation is apparent, and an integrated stable isotope approach provides such an opportunity.
For the first time, the stable isotope approach – sequential δ18O analysis in pig incisors developed on a modern reference set – has been performed on an archaeological assemblage, after methodological adaptation.
