Modern Biogeochemistry

Modern Biogeochemistry is aimed to generalize modern ideas of biogeochemical developments during the last decades. It is designed to support a general course in biogeochemistry, and as such, is likely to have a broad market among the many universities and colleges that are adding such courses to their curricula. This book aims to supplement the existing textbooks by providing modern understanding of biogeochemistry, from evolutionary biogeochemistry to practical applications of biogeochemical ideas such as human biogeochemistry, biogeochemical standards and biogeochemical technologies. To a certain extent this textbook is a summary of both scientific results of various authors and classes in biogeochemistry, that have been given to students by authors during the last 5 to 10 years at different universities throughout the world such as Cornell, Moscow, Seoul and Bangkok. Biogeochemistry is becoming an increasingly popular subject for graduate and postgraduate education. Courses in ecology, geography, biology, chemistry, environmental science, public health and environmental engineering all tend to have a biogeochemical component in their syllabuses to a greater or lesser extent. Annotation Biogeochemistry is the study of biological controls on the chemistry of the environment and the geochemical regulation of ecological structure and function. This textbook for undergraduate and graduate students presents an introduction to this field, beginning with its historical development. Topics include, for example, the biogeochemical cycling of macroelements and trace elements, the thermodynamics of bacterial energetics, and the calculation of critical loads for heavy metals in various ecosystems. Bashkin teaches at Moscow State U. in Russia. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Introduction....Pages 1-11 Evolutionary Biogeochemistry....Pages 13-71 Biogeochemical Cycling of Macroelements....Pages 73-160 Biogeochemical Cycling of Trace Elements....Pages 161-197 Interactions of Biogeochemical Cycles....Pages 199-237 Regional Biogeochemistry....Pages 239-306 Biogeochemical Mapping....Pages 307-354 Environmental Biogeochemistry....Pages 355-430 Human Biogeochemistry....Pages 431-456 Biogeochemical Standards....Pages 457-534 Future Trends in Modern Biogeochemistry....Pages 535-553 This work aims to generalize modern ideas of biogeochemical developments in the last few decades, and supplement existing textbooks by providing modern understanding of biogeochemistry, from evolutionary biogeochemistry to practical applications of biogeochemistry