Kirk The Biogeochemistry of Submerged Soils
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-470-86302-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, E-Book
ISBN: 978-0-470-86302-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Submerged soils and the wetlands they support are of huge practicalimportance: in global element cycles, as centres of biodiversity,in global food production. They are also uniquely interestingscientifically because of their peculiar biogeochemistry and theadaptations of plants and microbes to it.
This book describes the physical, chemical and biological processesoperating in submerged soils and governing their properties. Itdescribes the transport processes controlling the fluxes of gasesand solutes through the soil; the interchange of solutes betweensolid, liquid and gas phases; reduction and oxidation processes;biological processes in the soil and overlying water; and processesin the roots and rhizospheres of wetland plants. The dynamics ofnutrients, toxins, pollutants and trace gases are then discussed interms of these processes and in relation to wetland productivityand global element cycles.
Written by a renowned expert in the field, this work will beinvaluable to earth, environmental and agricultural scientistsconcerned with natural or man-made wetlands, and to advancedundergraduate and graduate studen ts of these topics.
