The Benthic Boundary Layer: Transport Processes and Biogeochemistry - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195118812 ISBN 13: 9780195118810

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

The benthic boundary layer is the zone of water and sediment immediately adjacent to the bottom of a sea, lake, or river. This zone is of considerable interest to biologists, geochemists, sedimentologists, and engineers because of very strong gradients of energy, dissolved and solid chemical components, suspended matter, and the number of organisms that live there. It is, for example, the sink for anthropogenic substances and the home of microscopic plant life that provides the nutrients that determine fish populations--and ultimately the size of the fisheries. This book of original chapters edited by Professors Boudreau and Jorgensen, both leading researchers in the field, will meet the need for an up-to-date, definitive text/reference on measurements, techniques, and models for transport and biochemical processes in the benthic boundary layer. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of a selected field, with illustrated examples from the authors' own work. The book will appeal to professionals and researchers in marine biology, marine chemistry, marine engineering, and sedimentology.

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About the Author

Bernard P. Boudreau is at the Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University. Bo Barker Jorgensen is at Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0195118812
• ISBN 13: 9780195118810
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 440
• Editor: Boudreau Bernard P., Jorgensen Bo Barker