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Title: Biogeochemistry : An Analysis of Global Change by William H. Schlesinger ISBN: 0-12-625155-X Publisher: Academic Press Pub. Date: 20 February, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
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Summary: An Overview of a Complex Subject
Comment: Biogeochemistry starts with a grand overview, including the formation of the elements, solar system & planets, and then progressively narrows the focus into specifics. As such by the time you get to a chapter on, say, the global carbon cycle, you already have a pretty good idea of where it fits in the big picture. Part I (Processes & Reactions) contains 9 chapters (Introduction, Origin, the Atmosphere, the Lithosphere, Biosphere: Terrstrial Carbon Cycle, Biosphere: Biogeochemical Cycling on Land, Biogeochemistry of Freshwater, Rivers & Estuaries, & the Oceans), which do a balanced job of covering the biological & geological aspects (too many books focus on one or the other). Part II (Global Cycles) has 5 chapters (Water, Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorous, Sulfur, & a final chapter on perspectives) that provide more of the details in these specalized catagories. Suitable for the advanced undergaduate or very interested bystandard, there's little detailed math (a weakness for me, but maybe not for you) but the chemistry is well summarized (and the biochemistry made simple & understandable), and the tables & graphs are clean and very useful. Perhaps more importantly for a "textbook", the style is readable - Schlesinger keeps the essentials, but does not bury the reader in them. While it might not provide all you need at a high level, the references scattered throughout as well as the recommended readings make this a great starting point for the subject, and a handy reference book for the subject as a whole.
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Title: Ecological Stoichiometry : The Biology of Elements from Molecules to the Biosphere by Robert W. Sterner, James J. Elser ISBN: 0691074917 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 28 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology by F. Stuart Chapin III, Harold A. Mooney, Melissa C. Chapin, Pamela Matson ISBN: 0387954430 Publisher: Springer Verlag Pub. Date: 02 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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Title: Terrestrial Ecosystems by John D. Aber, Jerry M. Melillo ISBN: 0120417553 Publisher: Brooks Cole Pub. Date: 09 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $108.95 |
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Title: Plant Physiological Ecology by F. Stuart, III Chapin, F. Stuart Chapin, Thijs Leendert Pons ISBN: 0387983260 Publisher: Springer Verlag Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $69.95 |
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Title: Methods in Ecosystem Science by Osvaldo E. Sala, Robert B. Jackson, Harold A. Mooney, Robert W. Howarth ISBN: 0387987436 Publisher: Springer Verlag Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $69.95 |
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