Keywords:
Marine ecology -- East China Sea.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
The first monograph dedicated to this topic, this book presents the latest achievements from China's national research projects on the biogenic element cycling processes in China marginal seas.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (673 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783642040603
Series Statement:
Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=691373
DDC:
577.1
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Basic Status of China Marginal Seas -- 1.1.1 The Bohai Sea -- 1.1.1.1 Topography -- 1.1.1.2 Hydrographical and Chemical Environment -- 1.1.1.3 Tides -- 1.1.1.4 Circulation -- 1.1.1.5 Wind -- 1.1.1.6 Distribution Pattern of Sediments -- 1.1.1.7 Riverine Discharge -- 1.1.1.8 Biological Characteristics -- 1.1.2 The Yellow Sea -- 1.1.2.1 Topography -- 1.1.2.2 Hydrographical and Chemical Environment -- 1.1.2.3 Tides -- 1.1.2.4 Currents -- 1.1.2.5 Wind -- 1.1.2.6 Distribution Pattern of Sediments -- 1.1.2.7 Riverine Discharge -- 1.1.2.8 Biological Characteristics -- 1.1.3 The East China Sea -- 1.1.3.1 Topography -- 1.1.3.2 Hydrographical and Chemical Environment -- 1.1.3.3 Tides -- 1.1.3.4 Currents -- 1.1.3.5 Wind -- 1.1.3.6 Distribution Pattern of Sediments -- 1.1.3.7 Riverine Discharge -- 1.1.3.8 Biological Characteristics -- 1.1.4 The South China Sea -- 1.1.4.1 Topography -- 1.1.4.2 Hydrographical and Chemical Environment -- 1.1.4.3 Tides -- 1.1.4.4 Currents -- 1.1.4.5 Wind -- 1.1.4.6 Distribution Pattern of Sediments -- 1.1.4.7 Riverine Discharge -- 1.1.4.8 Biological Characteristics -- 1.2 Progress in Marine Biogeochemical Process Research in China -- 1.2.1 Progress in the Studies in Marine Biogeochemical Processes before 2000 in China -- 1.2.1.1 Estuaries, Coasts and Continental Shelf -- 1.2.1.2 Cycling Processes of Biogenic Elements in the Euphotic Zone -- 1.2.1.3 Marine Biogeochemical Process of Settling and Suspended Particulates -- 1.2.1.4 Biogeochemical Behavior near the Sediment-Water Interface -- 1.2.1.5 Function of Small Organisms in Marine Biogeochemical Cycling -- 1.2.2 Progress in Biogeochemical Processes of Marine Carbon Cycles since 2000 in China -- 1.2.2.1 CO2 Fluxes and Processes Between Atmospheres and Seawaters.
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1.2.2.2 Carbon and Its Biogeochemical Cycles in Seawaters -- 1.2.2.3 Carbon and Its Biogeochemistry in Marine Sediments -- 1.2.2.4 Impact of Soil from River and Marine Sediment on Carbon Cycles -- 1.2.3 Biogeochemical Cycle of Biogenic Elements -- 1.2.3.1 Biogeochemical Cycle of Nitrogen -- 1.2.3.2 Biogeochemical Cycle of Phosphorus -- 1.2.3.3 Source and Characteristics of Biogenic Silicate -- 1.2.3.4 Environment Chemical Process of the Persistent Organic Pollutants -- 1.2.3.5 Major and Minor Elements in Marine Environments -- 1.3 Functions of China Marginal Sea Sediments in Cycles of Biogenic Elements -- 1.3.1 Biogenic Elements in China Marginal Sea Sediments -- 1.3.2 Chemical Environments of China Marginal Sea Sediments and Early Diagenesis of Biogenic Elements -- 1.3.3 Contribution of Settling Particles to Biogenic Element Recycling in China Marginal Seas -- 1.3.4 Contributions of China Marginal Sea Sediments in the Recycling of Biogenic Elements -- 1.3.5 Influences of Biological Productions in China Marginal Sea Sediments on the Recycling of Biogenic Elements -- 1.3.5.1 Influences of Planktons on the Recycling of Biogenic Elements -- 1.3.5.2 Benthos Influences on the Recycling of Biogenic Elements -- References -- 2 Biogeochemical Processes of the Bohai Sea -- 2.1 Change Processes of Carbon in the Bohai Sea -- 2.1.1 Partial Pressure of CO2 in Sea Water -- 2.1.1.1 Distribution of PCO2 in Surface Waters -- 2.1.1.2 Relationship between PCO2 and Temperature, Salinity and Chl a -- 2.1.2 Riverine Sources and Estuarine Fates of Particulate Organic Carbon in Seawaters -- 2.1.2.1 Particulate Organic Carbon -- 2.1.2.2 Relationship between POC and Suspended Matter -- 2.1.2.3 Source of POC in the Estuary -- 2.1.3 Inorganic Carbon in Liaodong Bay Sediments of the Bohai Sea -- 2.1.3.1 Inorganic Carbon Forms in the Liaodong Bay Sediments.
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2.1.3.2 Relationship between Organic Carbon and Inorganic Carbon -- 2.1.3.3 Relationship Between Fe and Inorganic Carbon -- 2.1.3.4 Assessment of Influencing Factors -- 2.1.4 Biogeochemical Process of Organic Carbon in Sediments -- 2.1.4.1 Vertical Distribution of OC in Bohai Sea Sediments -- 2.1.4.2 Section Distribution in C Area -- 2.1.4.3 Correlative Factors of OC and OC Decomposition Dynamics -- 2.1.4.4 Decomposition of OC -- 2.2 Distributions and Transformations of Nitrogen in the Bohai Sea -- 2.2.1 Nitrogen in Seawaters -- 2.2.1.1 Distributions of Nitrogen -- 2.2.1.2 Vertical Variation of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen -- 2.2.1.3 Seasonal Differences of Nitrogen -- 2.2.1.4 Distinguishing between Transport and ConversionProcesses of Nitrogen -- 2.2.2 Evolution of Nutrients and Primary Production -- 2.2.2.1 Evolution of DIN and DIP in Bohai Sea Waters -- 2.2.2.2 Evolution of PP and Phytoplankton Community Structure -- 2.2.2.3 Influence on PP of Nitrogen and Phosphorus -- 2.2.2.4 Influence on Phytoplankton Community Structure of Nitrogen and Phosphorus -- 2.2.2.5 Indicative Function to Eco-environmental Evolution by Phytoplankton -- 2.2.3 Nitrogen Forms and the Decomposition of Organic Nitrogen in Sediments -- 2.2.3.1 Characteristics of Nitrogen Forms -- 2.2.3.2 OC Decomposition and Early Diagenesis in Core Sediments -- 2.2.3.3 Transferable Nitrogen in Core Sediments -- 2.2.4 Sediment-Water Exchange of Inorganic Nitrogen -- 2.3 Biogeochemical Processes of Phosphorus and Silicon in the Bohai Sea -- 2.3.1 Distribution of Phosphorus and Silicate in Seawaters -- 2.3.1.1 Horizontal Distribution of Phosphate and Silicate -- 2.3.1.2 Vertical Distribution of Phosphate and Silicon -- 2.3.2 Forms of Phosphorus and Silicon in Surface Sediments . -- 2.3.2.1 Forms of Phosphorus and Silicon in the Surface Sediments.
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2.3.2.2 Biogeochemical Processes of Phosphorus and Silicon of Surface Sediments in the southern Bohai Sea -- 2.3.3 Processes of Nutrients across the Sediment-Water Interface -- 2.3.3.1 Fluxes across the Sediment-Water Interface of P and Si in the Bohai Sea -- 2.3.3.2 Seasonal Variations of Phosphorus and Silicon Fluxes -- 2.3.3.3 Budgets of Phosphate and Silicate -- 2.3.3.4 Release and Adsorption of Nutrients -- 2.4 Behaviour of Heavy Metals in the Bohai Sea -- 2.4.1 Distribution of Dissolved Heavy Metals in Seawaters -- 2.4.2 Dissolved Heavy Metal Pollution in Bohai Bay -- 2.4.2.1 Distribution Characteristics of the Main Polluting Metalsin Surface Waters -- 2.4.2.2 Historical Changes of Pb and Zn in Surface Waters -- 2.4.3 Heavy Metals in Bohai Bay Sediments -- 2.4.3.1 Geochemical Characteristics of Core Sediments -- 2.4.3.2 Vertical Distribution of Heavy Metals -- 2.5 Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Coastal Areas of the Bohai Sea -- 2.5.1 Distributions of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Sediments and Mollusks -- 2.5.1.1 PAHs -- 2.5.1.2 Organic Chlorine Pesticides (OCPs -- 2.5.1.3 Dioxin-like Chemicals (PCBs, PCDDs and PCDFs) -- 2.5.1.4 Vertical Distribution of PCDD/Fs and PCBs -- 2.5.1.5 Summary for the Spatial and Temporal Distributions of POPs -- 2.5.2 Composition and Sources of Persistent Organic Pollutants -- 2.5.2.1 PAHs -- 2.5.2.2 HCHs -- 2.5.2.3 DDTs -- 2.5.2.4 PCBs -- 2.5.3 Potential Risk of Persistent Organic Pollutants -- 2.5.3.1 PAHs -- 2.5.3.2 DDTs and HCHs -- 2.5.3.3 PCDD/Fs and PCBs -- References -- 3 Biogeochemical Processes of the Yellow Sea -- 3.1 Dynamic Processes of the Yellow Sea -- 3.1.1 Yellow Sea Currents -- 3.1.1.1 Yellow Sea Warm Current -- 3.1.1.2 Coastal Currents -- 3.1.2 Water Exchange Between the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea -- 3.2 Carbon Biogeochemical Processes in the Yellow Sea.
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3.2.1 Carbon Processes across the Air-Sea Interface -- 3.2.1.1 Horizontal Distributions of Dissolved Inorganic Carbonand Alkalinity in the Surface Water -- 3.2.1.2 Horizontal Distributions of pH and PCO2 in the Surface Water -- 3.2.1.3 Relationships Between PCO2 and Temperature, Salinity,Longitude and Latitude -- 3.2.1.4 Carbon Flux across Seawater Interface of the Yellow Sea -- 3.2.2 Biological Carbon Fixation in the South Yellow Sea Seawater -- 3.2.2.1 Water Masses -- 3.2.2.2 Carbon Fixation Production -- 3.2.3 Initial Carbon Fixed Production -- 3.2.3.1 Estimation of Carbon Fixed Production of Phytoplankton -- 3.2.3.2 Estimation of Carbon Fixed Production of Zooplankton -- 3.2.3.3 Changes in Carbon Fixed Production and Ecosystem -- 3.3 Dimethylsulfide and Its Fluxes across the Sea-Air Interface of the Yellow Sea -- 3.3.1 Characteristics of Dimethylsulfide and Dimethylsulfoniopropionate -- 3.3.1.1 Horizontal Distributions -- 3.3.1.2 Biological Production and Consumption of Dimethylsulfide -- 3.3.1.3 Roles of Phytoplankton Biomass in Controlling the Distribution of Biogenic Sulfur -- 3.3.2 Sea-to-Air Flux of Dimethylsulfide -- 3.3.3 Source and Sink of Dimethylsulfide in the Microlayer . . -- 3.4 Biogeochemical Characteristics Nitrogen and Phosphorus in the Yellow Sea -- 3.4.1 Variations of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Seawaters -- 3.4.1.1 Evolution of N and P from 1999 to 2005 -- 3.4.1.2 Reasons for the Environmental Variation -- 3.4.2 Dry and Wet Fluxes of Nutrients -- 3.4.2.1 Dry Deposition Flux of Nutrients -- 3.4.2.2 Wet Deposition Fluxes of Nutrients -- 3.4.2.3 Comparison Between the Atmospheric Fluxes and Riverine Inputs -- 3.4.3 Nutrients in the South Yellow Sea Sediments -- 3.4.3.1 Distribution Characteristics of Nitrogen -- 3.4.3.2 Relationships of Different Forms of Nitrogen -- 3.4.3.3 Predominant Factors Affecting Nitrogen Distributions.
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3.4.3.4 Release of Nitrogen.
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