Introduction to Marine Biogeochemistry by Susan Libes (English) Hardcover Book

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Focuses on the ocean's role in the biogeochemical cycling of selected elements and the impact of humans on the cycling of these elements. This book integrates the research, allowing students to learn concepts in context. It includes coverage of computational aspects. It offers an online companion site, including a study guide, for students.

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Introduction to Marine Biogeochemistry focuses on the ocean's role in the biogeochemical cycling of selected elements and the impact of humans on the cycling of these elements. Among the topics covered are the chemical composition of seawater from the perspectives of elemental speciation and the impacts of solutes on water's physical behavior; biogeochemical phenomena which control accumulation and preservation of marine sediments; marine chemistry of radioactive and stable isotopes; and seawater pollution. The book contains many examples as well as steady-state models to aid readers in understanding this growing and complex science..

Table of Contents

Part 1. The Physical Chemistry of Seawater. 1. The Crustal-Ocean-Atmosphere Factory. 2. The Waters of the Sea. 3. Seasalt is more than NaCl. 4. Salinity as a Conservative Tracer. 5. The Nature of Chemical Transformation in the Ocean. 6. Gas Solubility and Exchange Across the Air-Sea Interface. Part II: The Redox Chemistry of Seawater. 7. The Importance of Oxygen. 8. Organic Matter: Production and Destruction. 9. Vertical Segregation of the Biolimiting Elements. 10. Horizontal Segregation of the Biolimiting Elements. 11. Trace Elements in Seawater. 12. Diagenesis. Part III: The Chemistry of Marine Sediments. 13. Classification of Sediments. 14. Clay Minerals and other Detrital Silicates. 15. Calcite, Alkalinity and the pH of Seawater. 16. Biogenic Silica. 17. Evaporites. 18. Iron-Manganese Nodules and other Hydrogeneous Minerals. 19. Metalliferous Sediments and Other Hydrothermal Deposits. 20. Global Pattern of Sediment Distribution. 21. Why Seawater is Salty but not too Salty. Part IV: Organic Biogeochemistry. 22. Marine Biogeochemistry: An Overview. 23. The Production and Destruction of Organic Compounds in the Sea. 24. The Marine Nitrogen and Phosphorous Cycles. 25. The Marine Carbon Cycle and Global Climate Change. 26. The Origin of Petroleum in the Marine Enviroment. 27. Organic Products from the Sea: Pharmaceuticals, Nutraceuticals, Food Additives and Cosmoceuticals. Part V: Marine Pollution. 28. Marine Pollution: The Ocean as a Waste Space. Appendicex. Glossary. Index

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The focus of Introduction to Marine Biogeochemistry is the concept of the ocean as a system, linking land and atmospheric processes The text integrates the most current research, allowing students to learn concepts in context Includes detailed coverage of computational aspects

Details ISBN0120885301 Author Susan Libes Short Title INTRO TO MARINE BIOGEOCHEMISTR Pages 928 Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 0120885301 ISBN-13 9780120885305 Media Book Format Hardcover Imprint Academic Press Inc Illustrations Illustrations Place of Publication San Diego Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780120885305 UK Release Date 2009-03-10 US Release Date 2009-03-10 Publisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Edition Description 2nd edition Year 2009 Publication Date 2009-03-10 Alternative 9780080916644 DEWEY 578.77 Audience Undergraduate NZ Release Date 2009-02-04 AU Release Date 2009-02-04 We've got this

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