Title: Biogeochemistry of major world rivers /
Authors: Degens, Egon T.; Kempe, Stephan.; Richey, Jeffrey Edward, 1946-; International Council of Scientific Unions.; United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher: Published on behalf of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) by Wiley,
Year: 1991
Subjects: Biogeochemistry.; Stream ecology.; Water chemistry.; Water; Ecology
Contents: Spatial variability of river plumes and eutrophication / Karl- Heinz Szekielda and David McGinnis -- Remote sensing of water substances in rivers, estuarine and coastal waters / Jürgen Fischer, Roland Doerffer and Hartmut Grassl -- The biogeochemistry of a major river system : the Amazon case study / Jeffrey E. Richey [and others] -- Carbon and mineral transport in major North American, Russian Arctic, and Siberian rivers : the St. Lawrence, the Mackenzie, the Yukon, the Arctic Alaskan rivers, the Arctic Basin rivers in the Soviet Union, and the Yenisei / S.A. Telang [and others] -- Biogeochemical aspects of South American rivers : the Paraná and the Orinoco / Pedro J. Depetris and Jorge E. Paolini -- Biogeochemistry of major African rivers : carbon and mineral transport / Olasumbo Martins and Jean-Luc Probst -- Carbon transport by the Himalayan rivers / V. Subramanian and V. Ittekkot.