Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems

Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems

Author: Kenneth Black, Graham Shimmield
ISBN: 9781841273273
Pages: 384
Format: 17 Χ 25
Binding: Hardback
Pub. Year: 2003

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 spillage 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 those assemblages or 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 but are also interesting and topical in their own right, on account of their sensitivity to natural or anthropogenic change or their importance as ecological service providers. Authors concentrate on advances of the last decade.

Table of Contents

1. Mangroves of Southeast Asia.
Marianne Holmer, Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
2. Coral reefs.
Marlin Atkinson and J.L. Falter, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii SOEST, Kaneohe, Hawaii.
3. Fjords.
Jens M. Skei, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo, Norway, B. McKee, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA and B. Sundby, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
4. The Eastern Mediterranean.
Michael Krom, School of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, UK, Steven Groom, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK and Tamar Zohary, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Ltd, Migdal, Israel.
5. The Arctic seas.
Michael L. Carroll and JoLynn Carroll, Akvaplan-niva Polar Environmental Center, Tromso, Norway.
6. The Arabian Sea.
S.W.A. Naqvi, Hema Naik and P.V. Narvekar, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India.
7. The Northeastern Pacific abyssal plain.
Angelos K. Hannides and Craig R. Smith, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.
8. Deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps.
Richard J. Léveillé and S. Kim Juniper, GEOTOP – Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada.
9. Influence of nutrient biogeochemistry on the ecology of Northwest European shelf seas.
Paul Tett, School of Life Sciences, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK and David J. Hydes and Richard Sanders, Southampton Oceanography Centre, UKReferences.
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