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BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF WETLANDS
SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS |
| By: |
K. Ramesh Reddy, Ronald D. DeLaune |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£180.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1566706785 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781566706780 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 July, 2008 |
| Pages: |
800 |
| Description: |
Wetland ecosystems maintain a fragile balance of soil, water, plant, and atmospheric components in order to regulate water flow, flooding, and water quality. This title focuses on the biological, geological, physical, and chemical processes that affect these critical habitats. |
| Synopsis: |
Wetland ecosystems maintain a fragile balance of soil, water, plant, and atmospheric components in order to regulate water flow, flooding, and water quality. Marginally covered in traditional texts on biogeochemistry or on wetland soils, Biogeochemistry of Wetlands is the first to focus entirely on the biological, geological, physical, and chemical processes that affect these critical habitats. This book offers an in-depth look at the chemical and biological cycling of nutrients, trace elements, and toxic organic compounds in wetland soil and water column as related to water quality, carbon sequestration, and greenhouse gases. It details the electrochemistry, biochemical processes, and transformation mechanisms for the elemental cycling of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur. Additional chapters examine the fate and chemistry of heavy metals and toxic organic compounds in wetland environments. The authors emphasize the role of redox-pH conditions, organic matter, microbial-mediated processes that drive transformation in wetlands, plant responses and adaptation to wetland soil conditions.They also analyze how excess water, sediment water, and atmospheric change relate to elemental biogeochemical cycling. Delivering an in-depth scientific examination of the natural processes that occur in wetland ecosystems, Biogeochemistry of Wetlands comprises a key perspective on the environmental impact of pollutants and the role freshwater and coastal wetlands play in global climate change. |
| Illustrations: |
540 black & white illustrations, 129 black & white tables, 24 black & white |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
CRC Press Inc |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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