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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Biogeochemistry of the Amazon Basin. New York : Oxford University Press, ©2001 (DLC) 00041642 (OCoLC)44128489 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael E McClain; Reynaldo L Victoria; Jeffrey Edward Richey |
ISBN: | 9780195354232 0195354230 1280761415 9781280761416 9786610761418 6610761418 0197561144 9780197561140 |
OCLC Number: | 315300898 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 365 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents: | The relevance of biogeochemistry to Amazon development and conservation / Michael McClain -- General characteristics and variability of climate in the Amazon basin and its links to the global climate system / Jose A. Marengo & Carlos A. Nobre -- The atmospheric component of biogeochemical cycles in the Amazon basin / Paulo Artaxo -- Soil versus biological controls on nutrient cycling in terra firme forests / Elvira Cuevas -- Nutrient cycling as a function of landscape and biotic characteristics in the cerrados of Central Brazil / M. Haridasan -- Linking biogeochemical cycles to cattle pasture management and sustainability in the Amzaon basin / Moacyr B. Dias-Filho, Eric A. Davidson & Claudio J. Reis de Carvalho -- Nutrient considerations in the use of silviculture for land development and rehabilitation in the Amazon / Florencia Montagnini -- Extractive reserves and participatory research as factors in the biogeochemistry of the Amazon basin / Foster Brown, Karen Kainer & Eufran do Amaral -- The recovery of biomass, nutrient stocks, and deep-soil functions in secondary forests / Daniel Nepstad, Paulo R.S. Moutinho & Daniel Markewitz -- The interface between economics and nutrient cycling in Amazon land development / Carl F. Jordan -- Carbon storage in biomass and soils / Martial Bernoux [and others] -- Terrestrial inputs to Amazon streams and internal biogeochemical processing / Michael E. McClain & Helmut Elsenbeer -- Geo-ecological controls on elemental fluxes in communities of higher plants in Amazonian floodplains / Maria Tereza F. Piedade, Martin Worbes & Wolfgang J. Junk -- Biogeochemistry of Amazon floodplain lakes and associated wetlands / John M. Melack & Bruce R. Forsberg -- Organic matter and nutrients in the mainstem Amazon River / Allan H. Devol & John I. Hedges -- Trace elements in the mainstem Amazon River / Patrick T. Seyler & Gerald R. Boaventura -- Biogeochemical processes on the Amazon shelf: changes in dissolved and particulate fluxes during river/ocean mixing / David J. DeMaster & Robert C. Aller. |
Responsibility: | edited by Michael E. McClain, Reynaldo L. Victoria, Jeffrey E. Richey. |
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Abstract:
The Biogeochemistry of the Amazon Basin synthesizes more than a decade of process-level research into the flows of water, carbon, nutrients and other bioactive elements through Amazon terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Emphasis is placed on the unique combinations of physical and biogeochemical conditions that support sustainable development of the region.
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I found this book fascinating, well written and readable, yet full of facts and figures regarding carbon flows, nutrient flows, water quality and interactions with the atmosphere. I would strongly recommend it for every library, and for anyone interested in the reported environmental changes associated with the Amazon forests. * Geoscientist * Read more...

