{"product_id":"9789401050821","title":"Nato Science Series C:","description":"\u003ch1\u003eNato Science Series C:\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eRowe, G.T.; Pariente, Vita\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarbon dioxide and other `greenhouse' gases are increasing in  the atmosphere due to the burning of fossil fuels, the destruction of  rain forests, etc., leading to predictions of a gradual global warming  which will perturb the global biosphere. An important process which  counters this trend toward potential climate change is the removal of  carbon dioxide from the surface ocean by photosynthesis. This process  packages carbon in phytoplankton which enter the food chain or sink  into the deep sea. Their ultimate fate is a `rain' of organic debris  out of the surface-mixed layer of the ocean. On a global scale, the  mechanisms and overall rate of this process are poorly known. \u003cbr\u003e  The authors of the 25 papers in this volume present their  state-of-the-art approaches to quantifying the mechanisms by which the  `rain' of biogenic debris nourishes deep ocean life. \u003cbr\u003e  Prominent deep sea ecologists, geochemists and modelers address  relationships between data and models of carbon fluxes and food chains  in the deep ocean. An attempt is made to estimate the fate of carbon  in the deep sea on a global scale by summing up the utilization of  organic matter among all the populations of the abyssal biosphere.  Comparisons are made between these ecological approaches and estimates  of geochemical fluxes based on sediment trapping, one-dimensional  geochemical models and horizontal (physical) input from continental  margins. \u003cbr\u003e  Planning interdisciplinary enterprises between geochemists and  ecologists, including new field programs, are summarized in the final  chapter. The summary includes a list of the important gaps in  understanding which must be addressed before the role of the deep-sea  biota in global-scale processes can be put in perspective. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-10-29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789401050821\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-011-2452-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 400\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44398522597516,"sku":"9789401050821","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789401050821.jpg?v=1775707894","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789401050821","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}