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Carbon Sequestration in the Biosphere

Processes and Prospects

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Part of the book series: Nato ASI Subseries I: (ASII, volume 33)

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Table of contents (21 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
  2. Keynote Papers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Carbon Sequestration by Marine Biota

      • C. S. Wong, R. J. Matear
      Pages 19-31
    3. Carbon Sequestration in Marine Systems

      • P. M. Holligan
      Pages 47-68
    4. The Role of Decomposition in C Sequestration in Ecosystems

      • P. S. J. Verburg, D. van Dam, J. C. Y. Marinissen, R. Westerhof, N. van Breemen
      Pages 85-112
    5. Systems Models of Terrestrial Carbon Cycling

      • Kees Klein Goldewijk, Rik Leemans
      Pages 129-151
    6. Can the Terrestrial Biosphere Be Managed to Conserve and Sequester Carbon?

      • Robert K. Dixon, Olga N. Krankina
      Pages 153-179
  3. Working Group Reports Mechanisms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
    2. Carbon Fixation and Allocation

      • Michael Apps, John A. Raven
      Pages 183-192
    3. Carbon Mineralisation

      • John Ingram, Frede Thingstad
      Pages 193-202
    4. Feedbacks and Modelling Systems

      • W. J. Parton, G. Dedieu
      Pages 203-208
  4. Working Group Reports Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
    2. In Marine Ecosystems

      • P. Wassmann, C. S. Wong
      Pages 211-216
    3. In Wetland Ecosystems

      • W. Neil Adger
      Pages 217-226
    4. In Terrestrial Ecosystems

      • Martin R. Carter, David O. Hall
      Pages 227-238
  5. Posters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239

About this book

Anthropogenic release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere has been recognized as the primary agent in global climate change.
The volume discusses the possibilities for limiting that increase by the long-term storage of carbon in soils, vegetation, wetlands and oceans. Each of these storage media is analysed in detail to elucidate those processes responsible for the uptake and release of carbon. Several chapters address the practical prospects for deliberate interventions aimed at adjusting the balance in favour of uptake over release, i.e. sequestration, while having regard to simultaneous changes in the various environments.

Editors and Affiliations

  • TIGER Programme Office, Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford Oxfordshire, UK

    Max A. Beran

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Carbon Sequestration in the Biosphere

  • Book Subtitle: Processes and Prospects

  • Editors: Max A. Beran

  • Series Title: Nato ASI Subseries I:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79943-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-79945-7Published: 22 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-79943-3Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1431-7125

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 305

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Geoecology/Natural Processes, Nature Conservation, Ecology, Atmospheric Sciences

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