Abstract

Interest in marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) is very high because it plays an important role in oceanic and global carbon cycling, which in turn impacts weather. Understanding the processes involved in the transformations of carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, and other major elements in the oceans has been a primary goal of marine biogeochemists and oceanographers over the past decade.
This book, in 16 chapters with over 170 figures and tables, reports on the major advances in this area by a distinguished group of international chemical and biological oceanographers. Additionally, it focuses on the role of DOM in elemental cycling - where the greatest informational need currently exists.
Biological cycling of the major elements through DOM is assessed throughout, with particular emphasis on the role of marine microbes as active agents in the processing of this material
The ocean science community's advances for inclusion of DOM in both ecosystem and global circulation models are evaluated
"The book, without exception authoritative and up-to-date, impressed me in a number of ways ... a great credit to the editors and their team of authors"
--Limnology & Oceanography Bulletin, Sept 2003
"...the definitive, authoritative reference work on the chemistry and ecology of marine DOM."
--Don L. Rice, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.
"...essential reading and a valuable reference book for marine scientists from a wide number of disciplines...Hansell and Carlson are to be congratulated ..."
—P. J. LeB. Williams, School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, U.K.
"...an excellent textbook...as well as an outstanding reference text for researchers...both informative and interesting..."
--EGS NEWSLETTER, January 2003