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Marine Carbon Biogeochemistry

A Primer for Earth System Scientists

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Authors:
  1. Jack J. Middelburg

    1. Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences (BRIEFSEARTHSYST)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-8Open Access
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  3. Primary Production: From Inorganic to Organic Carbon

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    Pages 9-35Open Access
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  4. The Return from Organic to Inorganic Carbon

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    Pages 37-56Open Access
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  5. Carbon Processing at the Seafloor

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    Pages 57-75Open Access
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  6. Biogeochemical Processes and Inorganic Carbon Dynamics

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    Pages 77-105Open Access
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  7. Organic Matter is more than CH2O

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    Pages 107-118Open Access
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About this book

This open access book discusses biogeochemical processes relevant to carbon and aims to provide readers, graduate students and researchers, with insight into the functioning of marine ecosystems. A carbon centric approach has been adopted, but other elements are included where relevant or needed. The book focuses on concepts and quantitative understanding of primary production, organic matter mineralization and sediment biogeochemistry. The impact of biogeochemical processes on inorganic carbon dynamics and organic matter transformation are also discussed.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Jack J. Middelburg

About the author

Jack Middelburg was trained as a biogeologist/geochemist and worked from 1992-2009 at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology. Since 2009 he holds the geochemistry chair at Utrecht University. He has a very wide scientific interest, from inorganic geochemistry via biogeochemistry to ecology, from elemental-cycles oriented to organisms-oriented studies, from weathering of rocks to deep-sea pore-waters, from laboratory studies and field observations to numerical modelling, from global scale down to nanometer scale, and through the use of reductionistic as well as holistic and explorative approaches. He has published more than 330 articles and serves as associate editor for various journals, including Science Advances, Biogeosciences and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. He has been elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008 and is recipient of various awards, including ASLO's Hutchinsons medal in 2016 and the EGU's Vernadsky medal in 2017.

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