Chemical biomarkers in aquatic ecosystems
By: Thomas S. Bianchi and Elizabeth A. Canuel
Contributors: Canuel, Elizabeth A., 1959-
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780691134147
Subjects: Biochemical markers; Aquatic ecology
Description: This textbook provides a unique and thorough look at the application of chemical biomarkers to aquatic ecosystems. Defining a chemical biomarker as a compound that can be linked to particular sources of organic matter identified in the sediment record, the book indicates that the application of these biomarkers for an understanding of aquatic ecosystems consists of a biogeochemical approach that has been quite successful but underused. This book offers a wide-ranging guide to the broad diversity of these chemical biomarkers, is the first to be structured around the compounds themselves, and ex.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.