Description |
xix, 275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Series |
Scope series ; 66 |
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SCOPE (Series) ; 66
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Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Silicate weathering in South Asian Tropical River Basins -- 3. Silicon in the terrestrial biosphere -- 4. Factors controlling dissolved silicate in tropical rivers -- 5. Dissolved silicate dynamics in boreal and subarctic rivers: vegetation control over temperature? -- 6. Dissolved silica in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) and adjacent coastal waters of the East China Sea -- 7. Atmospheric transport of Silicon -- 8. Estuarine Silicon Dynamics -- 9. Physiological ecology of diatoms along the river-sea continuum -- 10. Modelling silica transfer processes in river catchments -- 11. Role of diatoms in silicon cycling and coastal marine food webs -- 12. Responses of coastal ecosystems to anthropogenic perturbations of silicon cycling -- 13. Silicon Isotope-based reconstructions of the silica cycle -- 14. Long-term oceanic silicon cycle and the role of opal sediment -- 15. The perturbed silicon cycle |
Notes |
"A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, of the International Council for Science" |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Silicon cycle (Biogeochemistry)
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Aquatic ecology.
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Author |
Ittekkot, V. (Venugopalan), 1945-
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International Council for Science. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment.
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LC no. |
2006012462 |
ISBN |
9781597261142 hardback |
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1597261149 hardback |
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9781597261159 paperback |
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1597261157 paperback |
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