The Silicon Cycle - Human Perturbations and Impacts on Aquatic Systems (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)

Silicon is among the most abundant elements on earth. It plays a key but largely unappreciated role in many biogeochemical processes, including those that regulate climate and undergird marine food webs. "The Silicon Cycle" is the first book in more than 20 years to present a comprehensive overview of the silicon cycle and issues associated with it. The book summarizes the major outcomes of the project Land-Ocean Interactions: Silica Cycle, initiated by the Scientific Community on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). It tracks the pathway of silicon from land to sea and discusses its biotic and abiotic modifications in transit as well as its cycling in the coastal seas. Natural geological processes in combination with atmospheric and hydrological processes are discussed, as well as human perturbations of the natural controls of the silicon cycle.

General

Imprint:	Island Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Scope, 66.00
Release date:	December 2006
First published:	December 2006
Editors:	Venugopalan Ittekkot • Daniela Unger • Christoph Humborg • Nguyen Tac An
Dimensions:	229 x 153 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	296
Edition:	Annotated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-59726-114-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Hydrobiology > Marine biology Promotions
LSN:	1-59726-114-9
Barcode:	9781597261142

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