Stable isotope analysis

The use of stable isotope techniques to study the sink source relationship of plant nutrients.

Analysis of stable isotopes (¹³C, ¹⁵N, ¹⁸O and ³⁴S) is performed on soil, biological, water and gaseous samples by the use of EA-IRMS and GC-C-IRMS techniques. Isotopic variations are analysed at the natural abundance level as well as in enriched material from tracer studies. The research is mainly focused on the assessments of the nutrient flow in the soil-plant-atmospheres system. The isotope analysis is performed routinely on prepared samples. In addition, we offer complex whole-experiment solutions including experimental planning, set-up, maintenance, sampling, analysis and data evaluation.