The biogeochemistry of the Amazon Basin
By: edited by Michael E. McClain, Reynaldo L. Victoria, Jeffrey E. Richey
Contributors: McClain, Michael E; Victoria, Reynaldo L; Richey, Jeffrey Edward, 1946-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
Subjects: Biogeochemistry -- Amazon River Watershed
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Table of contents: title: The relevance of biogeochemistry to Amazon development and conservation / Michael McClain; title: General characteristics and variability of climate in the Amazon basin and its links to the global climate system / Jose A. Marengo & Carlos A. Nobre; title: The atmospheric component of biogeochemical cycles in the Amazon basin / Paulo Artaxo; title: Soil versus biological controls on nutrient cycling in terra firme forests / Elvira Cuevas; title: Nutrient cycling as a function of landscape and biotic characteristics in the cerrados of Central Brazil / M. Haridasan; title: Linking biogeochemical cycles to cattle pasture management and sustainability in the Amzaon basin / Moacyr B. Dias-Filho, Eric A. Davidson & Claudio J. Reis de Carvalho; title: Nutrient considerations in the use of silviculture for land development and rehabilitation in the Amazon / Florencia Montagnini; title: Extractive reserves and participatory research as factors in the biogeochemistry of the Amazon basin / Foster Brown, Karen Kainer & Eufran do Amaral; title: The recovery of biomass, nutrient stocks, and deep-soil functions in secondary forests / Daniel Nepstad, Paulo R.S. Moutinho & Daniel Markewitz; title: The interface between economics and nutrient cycling in Amazon land development / Carl F. Jordan; title: Carbon storage in biomass and soils / Martial Bernoux ... [et al.]; title: Terrestrial inputs to Amazon streams and internal biogeochemical processing / Michael E. McClain & Helmut Elsenbeer; title: Geo-ecological controls on elemental fluxes in communities of higher plants in Amazonian floodplains / Maria Tereza F. Piedade, Martin Worbes & Wolfgang J. Junk; title: Biogeochemistry of Amazon floodplain lakes and associated wetlands / John M. Melack & Bruce R. Forsberg; title: Organic matter and nutrients in the mainstem Amazon River / Allan H. Devol & John I. Hedges; title: Trace elements in the mainstem Amazon River / Patrick T. Seyler & Gerald R. Boaventura; title: Biogeochemical processes on the Amazon shelf: changes in dissolved and particulate fluxes during river/ocean mixing / David J. DeMaster & Robert C. Aller