Past and present biomineralization processes
Subtitle: considerations about the carbonate cycle : IUCN--COE workshop, Monaco, 15-16 November 1993
By: editor, François Doumenge ; with the collaboration of Denis Allemand, Anne Toulemont.
Contributors: Doumenge, François.; Allemand, Denis.; Toulemont, Anne.; International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Commission on Ecology.; International Biomineralization Symposium (7th : 1993 : Monaco, Monaco)
Series: Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco,; numéro spécial 13
Publisher: Musée océanographique
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Monaco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Biomineralization -- Congresses.; Calcification -- Congresses.; Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry) -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Text chiefly in English; foreword and conclusion also in French; abstracts also in French and Spanish.
Workshop sponsored by the IUCN Commission on Ecology and held during the 7th International Biomineralization Symposium.
Table of contents: title: The relative importance of biomineralization and dissolution of CaCO₃ in the global carbon cycle / by R. Wollast; title: Strategies for the study of climate forcing by calcification / by P. Westbroek ... [et al.]; title: The role of alkalinity in the evolution of ocean chemistry, organization of living systems, and biocalcification processes / by S. Kempe and J. Kazmierczak; title: Symbiosis, calcification, and environmental interactions / by R.W. Buddemeier; title: Calcification, photosynthesis, and global carbon cycles / by T.A. McConnaughey; title: Methods for the study of environmental changes using the structural and chemical information in molluscan shells / by H. Mutvei ... [et al.].