Description
Book SynopsisA joint venture between SCOR and IUPAC, this book reviews the current state of knowledge of the biogeochemistry of iron in seawater. The review covers chemical speciation, analytical techniques, transformation of iron, and the evidence for iron limitation of primary production of High Nutrient Low Chlorophyll (HNLC) areas in the ocean.
Trade Review"Describes the growing consensus that low iron concentrations in the Antarctic and the equatorial Pacific oceans are the cause of reduced chlorophyll for phytoplankton production...." (
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Table of ContentsList of Contributors.
Series Preface.
Preface.
Introduction (D.R. Turner, K.A. Hunter and H.J.W. de Baar).
Iron Limitation in the Oceans (A.J. Watson).
Bioavailability and Bioaccumulation of Iron in the Sea (W.G. Sunda).
Atmospheric Iron Inputs to the Oceans (T.D. Jickells and L.J. Spokes).
Distributions, Sources and Sinks of Iron in Seawater (H.J.W. de Baar and J.T.M de Jong).
Analytical Methods for the Determination of Concentrations and Speciation of Iron (K.W. Bruland and E.L. Rue).
Thermodynamics of the Iron System in Seawater (T.D. Waite).
Transformations Among Different Forms of Iron in the Ocean (J.W. Moffett).
Summary and Recommendations (K.A. Hunter, P.W. Boyd, K.W. Bruland, J. Buffle, P. Buat-Menard, H.J.W. de Baar, R.A. Duce, W.J. Sunda, T.D. Jickells, J.W. Moffett, E.L. Rue, L.J. Spokes, B. Sulzberger, D.R. Turner, T.D. Waite, A.J. Watson and M. Whitfield).
Index.
