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Ecology of Humic Substances in Freshwaters

Determinants from Geochemistry to Ecological Niches

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  • © 2003

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  1. Christian E. W. Steinberg

    1. Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-8
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  2. Introduction

    • Christian E. W. Steinberg
    Pages 9-30

  3. Origin of Humic Substances in Freshwater: Biogeochemical Pathways

    • Christian E. W. Steinberg
    Pages 31-60

  4. Humic Substances as Geochemical Determinants

    • Christian E. W. Steinberg
    Pages 61-115

  5. Humic Substances and Global Climate Change

    • Christian E. W. Steinberg
    Pages 117-130

  6. Source of Inorganic and Organic Nutrients and Interaction with Photons

    • Christian E. W. Steinberg
    Pages 131-176

  7. Interactions with Nutrients, Metals, Halogens, Biopolymers, Pheromones, and Electrons

    • Christian E. W. Steinberg
    Pages 177-223

  8. Indirect Effects on Organisms

    • Christian E. W. Steinberg
    Pages 225-268

  9. Direct Effects on Organisms and Niche Differentiation

    • Christian E. W. Steinberg
    Pages 269-338

  10. Ecological Significance

    • Christian E. W. Steinberg
    Pages 339-355

  11. Concluding Remarks

    • Christian E. W. Steinberg
    Pages 357-360

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 361-440
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Humic Substances color all waters more or less brown. Their concentrations exceed all carbon of living organisms by at least one order of magnitude. Opposite to former paradigms, they participate in almost any metabolic pathway. They protect against UV-irradation, enable indirect photolysis and, thus, purify hazardous chemicals, they provide inorganic and organic nutrients, may form cryptic genes with DNA and dampen metabolic fluctuations. More recently they can increase adverse effects of hazardous chemicals and they can directly interfere with organisms. The book tries to relate effects to structural features.

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  • Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Christian E. W. Steinberg

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