Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems
Kenneth D Black Dunstaffnage Marine Lab, Oban, Scotland
Graham B Shimmield Dunstaffnage Marine Lab, Oban, Scotland

Series: Sheffield Biological Sciences

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Cat. #: SH2818 ISBN: 0849328187 Publication Date: 10/15/2003 Number of Pages: 372

• Analyzes the resilience of various types of marine systems as affected by biogeochemical factors including climate, organisms, and human interaction
• Explores the effects of nutrient loading on the ecological health of Northwest European shelf seas
• Examines reactions to perturbations within the Mediterranean, Arctic, and Arabian seas
• Investigates the survivability of Mangroves in Southeast Asia
• Discusses the biogeochemistry of the Northeastern Pacific Abyssal Plain
• Illustrates the origin, function, and force of deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps

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 spill 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 the factors and 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. Each system is interesting in its own right, on account of its sensitivity to natural or anthropogenic change or its importance as an ecological service provider. Each contributing author concentrates on advances of the last decade.

This prime reference source for marine biogeochemists, marine ecologists, and global systems scientists provides a strong foundation for the study of the multiple marine systems undergoing change because of natural biochemical or anthropogenic factors.