Kenneth D. Black & Graham B. Shimmield 
Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems 

Marine systems vary in their sensitivities to perturbation.
Perturbation may be insidious – such as increasing
eutrophication of coastal areas – or it may be dramatic
– such as a response to an oil spillage or some other
accident. Climate change may occur incrementally or it may be
abrupt, and ecosystem resilience is likely to be a complex function
of the interactions of those assemblages or species mediating key
biogeochemical processes.

Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems considers issues of
marine system resilience, focusing on a range of marine systems
that exemplify major global province types but are also interesting
and topical in their own right, on account of their sensitivity to
natural or anthropogenic change or their importance as ecological
service providers. Authors concentrate on advances of the last
decade.

Table of Content

1. Mangroves of Southeast Asia.

Marianne Holmer, Institute of Biology, University of Southern
Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

2. Coral reefs.

Marlin Atkinson and J.L. Falter, Hawaii Institute of Marine
Biology, University of Hawaii SOEST, Kaneohe, Hawaii.

3. Fjords.

Jens M. Skei, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo,
Norway, B. Mc Kee, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA and B.
Sundby, Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada.

4. The Eastern Mediterranean.

Michael Krom, School of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, UK,
Steven Groom, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK and Tamar Zohary,
Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Ltd, Migdal,
Israel.

5. The Arctic seas.

Michael L. Carroll and Jo Lynn Carroll, Akvaplan-niva Polar
Environmental Center, Tromso, Norway.

6. The Arabian Sea.

S.W.A. Naqvi, Hema Naik and P.V. Narvekar, National Institute of
Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India.

7. The Northeastern Pacific abyssal plain.

Angelos K. Hannides and Craig R. Smith, Department of
Oceanography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.

8. Deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps.

Richard J. Léveillé and S. Kim Juniper, GEOTOP –
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal,
Canada.

9. Influence of nutrient biogeochemistry on the ecology of
Northwest European shelf seas.

Paul Tett, School of Life Sciences, Napier University,
Edinburgh, UK and David J. Hydes and Richard Sanders, Southampton
Oceanography Centre, UKReferences.

Index

About the author

Kenneth D. Black is the editor of Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems, published by Wiley.

Graham B. Shimmield is the editor of Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems, published by Wiley.