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Ideas and perspectives
| 
30 Oct 2018
Ideas and perspectives |
| 30 Oct 2018
| 30 Oct 2018
Ideas and perspectives: Tracing terrestrial ecosystem water fluxes using hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes – challenges and opportunities from an interdisciplinary perspective
Daniele Penna
Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Systems, University of
Florence, Florence, Italy
Luisa Hopp
Department of Hydrology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
Francesca Scandellari
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano,
Bolzano, Italy
Scott T. Allen
Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Zurich,
Switzerland
Paolo Benettin
Laboratory of Ecohydrology ENAC/IIE/ECHO, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Matthias Beyer
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR),
Hannover, Germany
Josie Geris
School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Julian Klaus
Catchment and Eco-Hydrology research group, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
John D. Marshall
Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
Luitgard Schwendenmann
School of Environment, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New
Zealand
Till H. M. Volkmann
Biosphere 2 Earth Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Jana von Freyberg
Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Zurich,
Switzerland
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Anam Amin
Department of Land, Environment, agriculture and Forestry, University
of Padua, Padua, Italy
Natalie Ceperley
Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, Faculty of Geosciences and
Environment, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Michael Engel
Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano,
Bolzano, Italy
Jay Frentress
Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano,
Bolzano, Italy
Yamuna Giambastiani
Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Systems, University of
Florence, Florence, Italy
Jeff J. McDonnell
Global Institute for Water Security and School of Environment and
Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Giulia Zuecco
Department of Land, Environment, agriculture and Forestry, University
of Padua, Padua, Italy
Pilar Llorens
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
(IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
Rolf T. W. Siegwolf
Lab of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI),
Villigen, Switzerland
Todd E. Dawson
Center for Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry, University of California
– Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
James W. Kirchner
Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Zurich,
Switzerland
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Short summary
Understanding how water flows through ecosystems is needed to provide society and policymakers with the scientific background to manage water resources sustainably. Stable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen in water are a powerful tool for tracking water fluxes, although the heterogeneity of natural systems and practical methodological issues still limit their full application. Here, we examine the challenges in this research field and highlight new perspectives based on interdisciplinary research.
Understanding how water flows through ecosystems is needed to provide society and policymakers...
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