The Biogeochemistry of the Amazon Basin
Edited by Michael E. McClain, Reynaldo Victoria, and Jeffrey E. Richey
Table of Contents
1. The Relevance of Biogeochemistry to Amazon Development and Conservation, Michael McClain
2. General Characteristic and Variability of Climate in the Amazon Basin and its Links to the Global Climate System, Jose A. Marengo and Carlos A. Nobre
3. The Atmospheric Component of Biogeochemical Cycles in the Amazon Basin, Paulo Artaxo
4. Soil Versus Biological Controls on Nutrient Cycling in Terra Firme Forests, Elvira Cuevas
5. Nutrient Cycling as a Function of Landscape and Biotic Characteristics in the Cerrados of Central Brazil, M. Haridasan
6. Linking Biogeochemical Cycles to Cattle Pasture Management and Sustainability in the Amazon Basin, Moacyr B. Dias-Filho, Eric A. Davidson and Claudio J. Reis de Carvalho
7. Nutrient Considerations in the Use of Silviculture for Land Development and Rehabilitation in the Amazon, Florencia Montagnini
8. Extractive Reserves and Participatory Research as Factors in the Biogeochemistry of the Amazon Basin, Foster Brown, Karen Kainer and Eufran do Amaral
9. The Recovery of Biomass, Nutrient Stocks, and Deep-Soil Functions in Secondary Forests, Daniel Nepstad, Paulo R.S. Moutinho and Daniel Markewitz
10. The Interface Between Economics and Nutrient Cycling in Amazon Land Development, Carl F. Jordan
11. Carbon Storage in Biomass and Soils, Martial Bernoux, et al.
12. Terrestrial Inputs to Amazon Streams and Internal Biogeochemical Processing, Michael E. McClain and Helmut Elsenbeer
13. Geo-ecological controls on elemental fluxes in communities of higher plants in Amazonian floodplains, Maria Tereza F. Piedade, Martin Worbes and Wolfgang J. Junk
14. Biogeochemistry of Amazon Floodplain Lakes and Associated Wetlands, John M. Melack and Bruce R. Forsberg
15. Organic Matter and Nutrients in the Mainstem Amazon River, Allan H. Devol and John I. Hedges
16. Trace Elements in the Mainstem Amazon River, Patrick T. Seyler and Gerald R. Boaventura
17. Biogeochemical Processes on the Amazon Shelf: Changes in Dissolved Particulate Fluxes During River/Ocean Mixing, David J. DeMaster and Robert C. Aller