Marine Organic Matter: Biomarkers, Isotopes and DNA

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Volkman, John K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 2N
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Water-supply.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Water pollution.; Life Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Water Industry/Water Technologies.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Environmental Management.; Climate Change.

The oceans contain a great biodiversity of marine organisms. They include a rich variety of unusual genes and biochemistries and hence a diverse array of organic compounds ranging from colourful carotenoids and chlorophylls to lipids with structures ranging from the simple to the complex. This volum...

Table of Contents:

• H.R. Harvey: Sources and Cycling of Organic Matter in the Marine Water Column
• J.K. Volkman: Lipid Markers for Marine Organic Matter
• S.W. Wright, S.W. Jeffrey: Pigment Markers for Phytoplankton Production
• R. Danovaro, C. Corinaldesi, G. Luna, A Dell’Anno: Molecular Tools for the Analysis of DNA in Marine Environments
• J.S. Sinninghe Damsté, S. Schouten: Biological Markers for Anoxia in the Photic Zone of the Water Column
• B.R.T. Simoneit: Atmospheric Transport of Terrestrial Organic Matter to the Sea
• R.D. Pancost, M. Pagani: Controls on the Carbon Isotopic Composition of Lipids in Marine Environments
• M.A. Altabet: Isotopic Tracers of the Marine Nitrogen Cycle: Present and Past
• S.G. Wakeham, E.A. Canuel: Degradation and Preservation of Organic Matter in Marine Sediments
• J.M. Bayona, J. Albaiges: Sources and Fate of Organic Contaminants in the Marine Environment.