Biogeochemistry of Major World RiversEgon T. Degens, Stephan Kempe, Jeffrey E. Richey This extract of the SCOPE/UNEP project ``Transport of Carbon and Minerals in Major World Rivers, Lakes, and Estuaries'' provides a comprehensive overview of the biogeochemistry of major rivers and their role in the biogeochemical cycles of its life-supporting animals for the first time. Rivers are viewed by continent or under certain scientific aspects. Concrete data on the chemistry and fluxes of major world rivers are given in addition to a more theoretical approach to the riverine system. |
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Remote Sensing of Water Substances in Rivers Estuarine | 25 |
References | 53 |
Acknowledgements | 73 |
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Amazon River annual Arctic average biogeochemical Biogeochemistry Biogeochemistry of Major Brahmaputra Carbon and Minerals chemical chlorophyll clay minerals climatic coastal composition concentrations cycle d¹³C Degens dissolved organic carbon distribution Doerffer drainage basin Eisma estimated estuaries Figure flocs floodplain fluxes fraction fresh water fulvic acid Gelbstoff GEMS Geol Geol.-Paläont global Hamburg HCO3 Herrera humic substances inorganic input Inst Ittekkot kaolinite Kempe km² km³/year labile Lake load Lobith m³/s Mackenzie River Major World Rivers marine measurements Meybeck mg/l Minerals in Major Niger nitrogen nutrients ocean Orinoco Paraná Paraná River particulate particulate organic carbon particulate organic matter pCO2 phytoplankton plankton primary production processes radiance ratio Rhine Richey river sediments river systems riverine runoff salinity sampling SCOPE SCOPE/UNEP Sonderbd sediments smectite soil St Lawrence St Lawrence River suspended matter t/year Tg C/year Transport of Carbon tributaries tropical Univ Yenisei Zaïre