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Title Carbon and nutrient fluxes in continental margins : a global synthesis / Kon-Kee Liu [and others] (eds.) ; preface by Fred T. Mackenzie
Published Berlin : Springer Verlag, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 741 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Series Global change--the IGBP series
Global change--the IGBP series.
Contents Perspectives and Regional Syntheses -- Biogeochemistry of Continental Margins in a Global Context -- Eastern Boundary Current Systems -- Western Boundary Currents -- Indian Ocean Margins -- Subpolar Margins -- Polar Margins -- Marginal Seas -- Tropical Margins -- Arising Issues and New Approaches -- Examining Human Impacts on Global Biogeochemical Cycling Via the Coastal Zone and Ocean Margins -- Biogeochemical Transformations of Silicon Along the Land -- Ocean Continuum and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle1 -- Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) and Associated Nutrient Fluxes to the Coastal Ocean -- Coupled Circulation/Biogeochemical Models to Estimate Carbon Flux1 -- Cross-Boundary Fluxes and Global Synthesis -- Cross-Boundary Exchanges of Carbon and Nitrogen in Continental Margins1 -- Carbon -- Nitrogen -- Phosphorus Fluxes in the Coastal Zone: The LOICZ Approach to Global Assessment -- Sediment and Carbon Accumulation on Continental Shelves1 -- Global Synthesis1
Summary Providing the best estimates of carbon and nutrient fluxes in seven types of continental margins, this book also contains a global synthesis for carbon and nutrient fluxes between continental margins, the atmosphere and ocean; and between land and ocean
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 629-720) and index
Notes Print version record
In Springer eBooks
Subject Continental margins -- Environmental conditions
Continental margins -- Carbon content
Nutrient cycles.
Ocean-atmosphere interaction.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Oceanography.
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Oceans & Seas.
Continental margins -- Carbon content.
Nutrient cycles.
Ocean-atmosphere interaction.
Continental margins -- Environmental conditions.
Sciences de la terre.
Environnement.
Nutrient cycles
Ocean-atmosphere interaction
Kohlenstoffkreislauf
Kontinentalrand
Nährstoffkreislauf
Form Electronic book
Author Liu, Kon-Kee, 1950-
LC no. 2008942031
ISBN 9783540927358
3540927352