Ocean Biogeochemical Dynamics

(Hardback)

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Provides a theoretical framework upon which graduate students and upper-level undergraduates can formulate an understanding of processes that control mean concentration and distribution of biologically utilized elements and compounds in ocean. In this book, the chapters provide an introductory overview of biogeochemical and physical oceanography.

Reviews

"This textbook is a monumental and masterful achievement, and the authors should be congratulated both for taking on this important task and for the end result... Every serious student and post-doc in this discipline, and all senior practitioners, should purchase or borrow a copy of this book and read it from cover to cover."--David M. Karl, Bulletin of the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography "Readers of Environmental Conservation with an interest in marine biogeochemistry and earth system science are encouraged to purchase or borrow this book. It is a comprehensive text on a complex and timely topic, and is one that will enlighten students and professionals alike. The authors are to be congratulated on their tour-de-force."--Peter Burkill, Environmental Conservation

Author Bio

Jorge L. Sarmiento is Professor of Geosciences at Princeton University. Nicolas Gruber is Associate Professor of Geophysics at the University of California, Los Angeles.