Biogeochemistry of Marine Dissolved Organic Matter

"Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is the soil of the sea a large, biochemically resistant reservoir of organic matter providing a substrate for life, and a source for nutrient regeneration, ion exchange capacity, light and heat absorption, and so on. Marine DOM, however, is much less conspicuous than terrestrial soil. It is, in fact, nearly invisible. In this book, Hansell and Carlson and the many contributing authors tell the story of making DOM, the soil of the sea, visible." From the Foreword by Hugh W. Ducklow, School of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary Praise For This Volume "Hansell and Carlson have assembled a team of international experts to produce the definitive, authoritative reference work on the chemistry and ecology of marine DOM. Anyone requiring a key to the literature of marine organic geochemistry and contemporary DOM research should have this volume within easy reach!" Donald L. Rice, Chemical Oceanography Program, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A. "...essential reading and a valuable reference book for marine scientists from a wide number of disciplineschemists, microbiologists and specialists in optics of natural waters. Hansell and Carlson are to be congratulated for their vision of the structure of the book and its timing, and the authors for thoroughness of coverage in the chapters. Peter J. LeB. Williams, School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, U.K.Hansell, Dennis A. is the author of 'Biogeochemistry of Marine Dissolved Organic Matter' with ISBN 9780123238412 and ISBN 0123238412.