Biogeochemistry : an analysis of global change /

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For the past 4 billion years, the chemistry of the Earth's surface, where all life exists, has changed remarkably. Historically, these changes have occurred slowly enough to allow life to adapt and evolve. In more recent times, the chemistry of the Earth is being altered at a staggering rate, f...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schlesinger, William H.
Other Authors: Bernhardt, Emily S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waltham, MA : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, �2013.
Edition:Third edition
Subjects:
Biogeochemistry.
Biog�eochimie.
Biogeochemie.
Klimaatveranderingen.
Environment and Ecology.
Paleoklimatologie.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Origins
  • The atmosphere
  • The lithosphere
  • The biosphere: the carbon cycle of terrestrial ecosystems
  • The biosphere: biogeochemical cycling on land
  • Wetland ecosystems
  • Inland waters
  • The oceans
  • The global water cycle
  • The global carbon cycle
  • The global cycles of nitrogen and phosphorus
  • The global cycles of sulfur and mercury
  • Perspectives.

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