Category: Stable Isotopes

Using isotopes to track nutrients

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Intrepid post-doc alum David Hoekman, who is now a staff scientist at NEON Inc., the NSF-funded center for continental scale ecology and monitoring recently wrote this piece for their blog on his research in Iceland.  Thanks David for the great summary! Tracking isotopes to illuminate Nature’s grand recycling program by David Hoekman January 22, 2013   …

Midges connect aquatic and terrestrial food webs

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Insects live in virtually every freshwater habitat and can be extremely abundant, composing a large part of the animal biomass in lakes and rivers. Aquatic insects have important roles in food webs, acting as decomposers and consumers of aquatic plants. Many are in turn consumed by crayfish, fish, and other predators. But aquatic insects can …