Ocean Biogeochemical Dynamics provides a broad theoretical framework
upon which graduate students and upper-level undergraduates can
formulate an understanding of the processes that control the mean
concentration and distribution of biologically utilized elements and
compounds in the ocean. Though it is written as a textbook, it will
also be of interest to more advanced scientists as a wide-ranging
synthesis of our present understanding of ocean biogeochemical
processes. The first two chapters of the book provide an introductory
overview of biogeochemical and physical oceanography. The next four
chapters concentrate on processes at the air-sea interface, the
production of organic matter in the upper ocean, the remineralization
of organic matter in the water column, and the processing of organic
matter in the sediments. The focus of these chapters is on analyzing
the cycles of organic carbon, oxygen, and nutrients. The next three
chapters round out the authors' coverage of ocean biogeochemical
cycles with discussions of silica, dissolved inorganic carbon and
alkalinity, and CaCO3. The final chapter discusses applications of
ocean biogeochemistry to our understanding of the role of the ocean
carbon cycle in interannual to decadal variability, paleoclimatology,
and the anthropogenic carbon budget. The problem sets included at the
end of each chapter encourage students to ask critical questions in
this exciting new field. While much of the approach is mathematical,
the math is at a level that should be accessible to students with a
year or two of college level mathematics and/or physics.
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ISBN
9781400849079
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Vendor
Princeton University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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