Biogeochemistry : an analysis of global change
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Biogeochemistry : an analysis of global change
Academic Press, c1991
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Institute for Space–Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University宇宙地球研1
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-423) and index
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ISBN 9780126251562
Description
Biogeochemistry: An Analysis of Global Change deals with changes in the biogeochemistry of the Earth's surface. The book covers the basics about the effect of life on the chemistry of the Earth, with emphasis on the microbial and chemical reactions that occur on land, in the sea, and in the atmosphere. Computer models are used to help understand elemental cycling and ecosystem function. This book is divided into two sections and comprised of 14 chapters. The discussion begins with an overview of the chemical processes controlling the environment in which we live. A simple model for the biogeochemistry of the Earth's surface is described. The chapters that follow examine models that astrophysicists suggest for the origin of chemical elements, as well as models for the formation of the solar system and the planets. The biogeochemical reactions in the atmosphere, lithosphere, and terrestrial biosphere are also described, along with rock weathering on land and the processes that drive the weathering reactions. The reader is introduced to biogeochemical cycling on land; biogeochemistry in freshwater wetlands and lakes, rivers and estuaries, and the sea; and the global water, carbon, sulfur, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles. The book concludes with the argument that human population growth is the basis of every major environmental issue facing the world today. This book is intended as a textbook for college-level and graduate students who are interested in global change.
Table of Contents
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I Processes and Reactions 1 Introduction Introduction A Model for the Earth as a Biogeochemical System Thermodynamics Cycles in Biogeochemistry 2 Origins Introduction Origin of Elements Origin of the Solar System and the Earth The Primitive Atmosphere and Oceans Origin of Life Evolution of Metabolic Pathways Comparative Planetary History: Earth, Mars and Venus Summary Recommended Reading 3 The Atmosphere Introduction Structure and Composition Aerosols Biogeochemical Reactions in the Atmosphere Models of the Atmosphere and Global Climate Atmospheric Deposition Summary Recommended Reading 4 The Lithosphere Introduction Rock Weathering Soil Chemical Reactions Soil Development Weathering Rates Summary Recommended Reading 5 The Terrestrial Biosphere Introduction Photosynthesis Net Primary Production Decomposition-The Fate of Organic Carbon Humus Formation and Soil Organic Matter Summary Recommended Reading 6 Biogeochemical Cycling on Land Introduction Biogeochemical Cycling in Land Plants Nutrient Allocations and Cycling in Land Vegetation Biogeochemical Cycling in the Soil Transformations in Fire The Role of Land Animals Integrative Models of Terrestrial Nutrient Cycling Summary: Calculating Landscape Mass-Balance Recommended Reading 7 Biogeochemistry in Freshwater Wetlands and Lakes Introduction Redox Potential: The Basics Redox Potential in Natural Environments Biogeochemistry of "Terrestrial" Wetlands Primary Production and Nutrient Cycling in Lakes Summary Recommended Reading 8 Rivers and Estuaries Introduction Soil Hydraulics and Stream Hydrology Streamload Salt Marshes and Estuaries Summary Recommended Reading 9 The Sea Introduction Ocean Circulation Sea Level Composition of Seawater Net Primary Production Nutrient Cycling in the Ocean Summary Recommended ReadingPart II Global Cycles 10 The Global Water Cycle Introduction The Global Water Cycle Models of the Hydrologie Cycle The History of the Water Cycle The Water Cycle under Scenarios Summary Recommended Reading 11 The Global Carbon Cycle Introduction The Modern Carbon Cycle Temporal Perspectives of the Carbon Cycle Atmospheric Methane Carbon Monoxide Synthesis: Linking the Carbon and Oxygen Cycles Recommended Reading 12 The Global Cycles of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Introduction The Global Nitrogen Cycle Temporal Variations in the Global Nitrogen Cycle Nitrous Oxide: An Unbalanced Global Budget The Global Phosphorus Cycle Linking the Global Cycles of C, N, and P Summary Recommended Reading 13 The Global Sulfur Cycle Introduction The Global Sulfur Cycle Temporal Perspectives of the Sulfur Cycle The Atmospheric Budget of COS Summary Recommended Reading 14 A PerspectiveBibliographyIndex
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: pbk ISBN 9780126251579
Description
Biogeochemistry is the study of the geochemical reactions that occur in the atmosphere, oceans, and crustal minerals of the Earth's surface as affected by living organisms. This text examines global changes that have occurred and are occurring in water, air, and on land, and relates them to the global cycles of water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous and sulphur. The text is intended for students and professionals in the environmental, geochemical, and ecological disciplines.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Processes and reactions: origins
- the atmosphere
- the lithosphere
- the terrestrial biosphere
- biogeochemical cycling on land
- biogeochemistry in freshwater wetlands and lakes
- rivers and estuaries
- the sea. Part 2 Global cycles: the global water cycle
- the global carbon cycle
- the global cycle of nitrogen and phosphorous
- the global sulfur cycle
- a perspective.
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