| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 658 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Section 1. Introduction -- section 2. Water and sediment dynamics from source to sink -- section 3. Eastern hemisphere systems -- section 4. Western hemisphere systems. |
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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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Biogeochemical cycles.
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Biogeochemical cycles. |
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Estuarine ecology.
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Estuarine ecology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bianchi, Thomas S., editor.
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Allison, Mead A. (Mead Ashton), editor.
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Cai, Wei-Jun, 1960- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Biogeochemical dynamics at major river-coastal interfaces 9781107022577 (DLC) 2013013368 (OCoLC)843862029 |
| ISBN |
9781461950981 (electronic book) |
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1461950988 (electronic book) |
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9781139136853 (electronic book) |
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1139136852 (electronic book) |
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9781107506237 |
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1107506239 |
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1107503574 (electronic book) |
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9781107503571 (electronic book) |
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9781107022577 (hardback) |
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1107022576 (hardback) |
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