Biogeochemistry : an analysis of global change /
By: Schlesinger, William H.
Publisher: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, c1997Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xiii, 588 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 012625155X (alk. paper); 9780126251555:; 9780126251555 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Meteorology | Biogeochemistry | Climatology | Climatic changesDDC classification: 574.5222Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Withdrawn | 574.5222 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0060412 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-564) and index.
Pt. I. Processes and Reactions. 1. Introduction. 2. Origins. 3. The Atmosphere. 4. The Lithosphere. 5. The Biosphere: The Carbon Cycle of Terrestrial Ecosystems. 6. The Biosphere: Biogeochemical Cycling on Land. 7. Biogeochemistry in Freshwater Wetlands and Lakes. 8. Rivers and Estuaries. 9. The Oceans -- Pt. II. Global Cycles. 10. The Global Water Cycle. 11. The Global Carbon Cycle. 12. The Global Cycles of Nitrogen and Phosphorus. 13. The Global Sulfur Cycle. 14. A Perspective.
This text considers the effects of life on the Earth's chemistry at a global level. It employs current technology to help students extrapolate small-scale examples to the global level, and also discusses the instrumentation being used by NASA and its role in studies of global change.