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Biogeochemical dynamics at major river-coastal interfaces : linkages with global change / edited by Thomas S. Bianchi, Texas A & M University ; Mead A. Allison, University of Texas, Austin ; Wei-Jun Cai, University of Delaware

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New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 658 pages) : illustrations, maps
Additional Creators
Bianchi, Thomas S., Allison, Mead A. (Mead Ashton), and Cai, Wei-Jun, 1960-
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Contents
Section 1. Introduction -- section 2. Water and sediment dynamics from source to sink -- section 3. Eastern hemisphere systems -- section 4. Western hemisphere systems. and An introduction to the biogeochemistry of river-coastal systems / T.S. Bianchi, M.A. Allison, and W.-J. Cai -- Water and sediment dynamics through the wetlands and coastal water bodies of large river deltaic plains / M.A. Allison, A. Kolker, and E. Meselhe -- Freshwater and sediment dispersal in large river plumes / R.D. Hetland and T.J. Hsu -- Self and slope sedimentation associated with large deltaic systems / J.P. Walsh [and 6 others] -- Changjiang (Yangtze) and Huanghe (Yellow) rivers: historical reconstruction of land-use change and sediment load to the sea / H. Wang, Z. Yang, and N. Bi -- Flux and fate of the Yellow (Huanghe) River-derived materials to the sea: impacts of climate change and human activities / P. Liu and H. Wang -- Carbon dioxide dynamics and fluxes in coastal waters influenced by river plumes / W.-J. Cai, C.T. Arthur Chen, and A. Borges -- Impacts of watershed processes on exported riverine organic carbon / N. Blair and E.L. Leithold -- Black carbon in coastal and large river systems / S. Mitra [and 3 others] -- Carbon biogeochemistry in the continuum of the Changjiang (Yangtze) River watersheds across the East China Sea / J. Zhang [and 3 others] -- Dynamics of phytoplankton blooms and nutrient limitation in the Pearl River (Zhujiang) estuarine coastal waters / K. Yin [and 3 others] -- The Mekong river and its influence on the nutrient chemistry and matter cycling in the Vietnamese coastal zone / M. Voss [and 5 others] -- Physical dynamics and biogeochemistry of the Pearl River plume / M. Dai [and 4 others] -- The evolution of carbon signatures carried by the Ganges-Brahmaputra river system: a source-to-sink perspective / V. Galy [and 3 others] -- Carbon and nutrient fluxes across tropical river-coastal boundaries / D.M. Alongi [and 4 others] -- Sediment, organic carbon, nutrients, and trace elements: sources, transport, and biogeochemical cycles in the lowermost Mississippi River / S. Duan [and 6 others] -- Climate change effects on the ecology of the Mississippi River Delta / J.M. Visser [and 3 others] -- Nutrient and carbon dynamics in a large river-dominated coastal ecosystem: the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River system / S.E. Lohrenz [and 4 others] -- Sedimentary carbon dynamics of the Atchafalaya and Mississippi River Delta system and associated margin / T.S. Bianchi [and 4 others] -- Composition and fluxes of carbon and nutrient species from the Yukon River basin in a changing environment / L. Guo, R.G. Striegl, and R. Macdonald -- Fluxes, processing, and fate of riverine organic and inorganic carbon in the Arctic Ocean / P.J. Hernes [and 4 others] -- Geochemistry of the Congo river, estuary, and plume / R.G.M. Spencer, A. Stubbins, and J. Gaillardet -- The Nile delta in the anthropocene: drivers of coastal change and impacts on land-ocean material transfer / W. Moufaddal -- Fate of nutrients in the aquatic continuum of the Seine River and its estuary: modeling the impacts of human activity changes in the watershed / J. Garnier [and 5 others] -- Anthropogenic changes in sediment and nutrient retention in the Rhine delta / H. Middelkoop, M. van der Perk, and G. Erkens.
Summary
State-of-the-art, comprehensive synthesis of biogeochemical dynamics and impact of human alterations at major river-coastal interfaces for advanced students and researchers.
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ISBN
9781461950981 (electronic bk.)
1461950988 (electronic bk.)
9781139136853 (electronic bk.)
1139136852 (electronic bk.)
9781107506237
1107506239
1107503574 (electronic bk.)
9781107503571 (electronic bk.)
9781107022577 (hardback)
1107022576 (hardback)
Note
Includes index.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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