Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems

ISBN-13: 9780849328183 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 372 str.

Kenneth D. Black; Graham B. Shimmield; Black D. Black

Opis

Marine systems vary in their sensitivities to perturbation. Perturbation may be insidious - such as increasing eutrophication of coastal areas - or it may be dramatic - such as a response to an oil spill or some other accident. Climate change may occur incrementally or it may be abrupt, and ecosystem resilience is likely to be a complex function of the interactions of the factors and species mediating key biogeochemical processes.
Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems considers issues of marine system resilience, focusing on a range of marine systems that exemplify major global province types. Each system is interesting in its own right, on account of its sensitivity to natural or anthropogenic change or its importance as an ecological service provider. Each contributing author concentrates on advances of the last decade.
This prime reference source for marine biogeochemists, marine ecologists, and global systems scientists provides a strong foundation for the study of the multiple marine systems undergoing change because of natural biochemical or anthropogenic factors.

Recenzje

"This book should be required reading for all students entering the field of marine biogeochemistry as well as current practitioners. Each and every college and university library should have a copy."
- David M. Karl, Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 79, No. 3, September 2004

Spis treści

Mangroves of Southeast Asia. Coral Reefs. Fjords. The Eastern Mediterranean. The Arctic Seas. The Arabian Sea. The Northeastern Pacific Abyssal Plain. Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents and Cold Seeps. Influence of Nutrient Biogeochemistry on the Ecology of Northwest European Shelf Seas.

O autorze

Black\, Kenneth D.; Shimmield\, Graham B.