Biogeochemical Cycling and Sediment Ecology.
- 1st ed.
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- NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2 Series ; v.59 .
- NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2 Series .
Biogeochemical Cycling and Sediment Ecology -- Editor's page -- Copyright -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- List of Contributors -- GEOCHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC CARBON IN THE OCEAN -- PRIMARY PRODUCTION AND DECOMPOSITION OF ORGANIC MATTER IN COASTAL AREAS OF THE NORTHERN ARAL SEA, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LAND-SEA INTERACTIONS -- BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF WATER AND SEDIMENT IN THE OB AND YENISEY ESTUARIES -- THE CONTINENTAL-OCEAN BOUNDARY AS A MARGINAL FILTER IN THE WORLD OCEANS -- UNJUSTIFIABLY IGNORED: REFLECTIONS ON THE ROLE OF BENTHOS IN MARINE ECOSYSTEMS -- UNDERSTANDING SMALL-SCALE PROCESSES CONTROLLING THE BIOAVAILABILITY OF ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS TO DEPOSIT-FEEDING BENTHOS -- THE ROLE OF THE MARINE GASTROPOD CERITHIUM VULGATUM IN THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING OF METALS -- CHANGES IN MACROZOOBENTHOS COMMUNITIES INDUCED BY ANTHROPOGENIC EUTROPHICATION OF THE GULF OF GDANSK -- DO BENTHIC ANIMALS CONTROL THE PARTICLE EXCHANGE BETWEEN BIOTURBATED SEDIMENTS AND BENTHIC TURBIDITY ZONES? -- IMPACT OF CATCHMENT LAND-USE ON AN ESTUARINE BENTHIC FOOD WEB -- NATURAL VARIABILITY AND THE EFFECTS OF FISHERIES IN THE NORTH SEA: TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED FISHERIES AND ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT? -- COMMUNITY COMPOSITON OF TIDAL FLATS ON SPITSBERGEN: CONSEQUENCE OF DISTURBANCE? -- THE PROBLEM OF SCALE: UNCERTAINTIES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SOFT-BOTTOM MARINE COMMUNITIES AND THE ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN IMPACTS -- UNDERSTANDING THE SEA FLOOR LANDSCAPE IN RELATION TO IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN COASTAL MARINE SEDIMENTS -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Index.
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Biochemical Cycling in Marine Sediments, held in Hel, Poland, August 1997.