Lev N Neretin

Past and Present Water Column Anoxia - NATO Science Series: IV: Lev N Neretin 2006 edition

Marc Notes: NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Past and Present Water Column Anoxia held on 4-8 October 2003 in Sevastopol, Ukraine - p. xix.; Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: MARINE ANOXIA DURING EARTH HISTORY.- ANOXIA THROUGH TIME.- THE PALEOME: LETTERS FROM ANCIENT EARTH.- SULFUR AND METHANE CYCLING DURING THE HOLOCENE IN ACE LAKE (ANTARCTICA) REVEALED BY LIPID AND DNA STRATIGRAPHY.- ANOXIA AND OXYGEN DEFICIENCY OF THE PRESENT WORLD OCEAN.- BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF THE BLACK SEA ANOXIC ZONE WITH A REFERENCE TO SULPHUR CYCLE.- THE SUBOXIC TRANSITION ZONE IN THE BLACK SEA.- TEMPORAL VARIABILITY IN THE NUTRIENT CHEMISTRY OF THE CARIACO BASIN.- BIOGEOCHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CONTROL ON SHELF ANOXIA AND WATER COLUMN HYDROGEN SULPHIDE IN THE BENGUEL A COASTAL UPWELLING SYSTEM OFF NAMIBIA.- SEASONAL OXYGEN DEFICIENCY OVER THE WESTERN CONTINENTAL SHELF OF INDIA.- OXYGEN DEPLETION IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ADJACENT TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.- ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF ANOXIC EVENTS AT THE NORTH-WESTERN BLACK SEA SHELF.- BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY OF THE NITROGEN CYCLE.- NITROGEN CYCLING IN SUBOXICWATERS: ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES OF NITROGEN TRANSFORMATION IN THE ARABIAN SEA OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE.- NITROGEN CYCLING IN THE SUBOXIC WATERS OF THE ARABIAN SEA.- ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT.- DIVERSITY, DISTRIBUTION AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF NITROGEN-FIXING MICROORGANISMS IN ANOXIC AND SUBOXIC OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS.- BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF CARBON AND SULFUR CYCLES. MICROBIAL METAL REDUCTION.- FRACTIONATION OF STABLE ISOTOPES OF CARBON AND SULFUR DURING BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN THE BLACK SEA.- RECENT STUDIES ON SOURCES AND SINKS OF METHANE IN THE BLACK SEA.- SHEWANELLA: NOVEL STRATEGIES FOR ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION.- MICROBIAL ECOLOGY OF THE OXIC/ANOXIC INTERFACE.- MICROBIAL ECOLOGY OF THE CARIACO BASIN'S REDOXCLINE: THE U. S.-VENEZUELA CARIACO TIMES SERIES PROGRAM.- COMPOSITION AND ACTIVITIES OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES INVOLVED IN CARBON, SULFUR, NITROGEN AND MANGANESE CYCLING IN THE OXIC/ANOXIC INTERFACE OF THE BLACK SEA.- ANOXYGENIC PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA IN THE BLACK SEA CHEMOCLINEPublisher Marketing: The papers gathered in this authoritative volume, partly based on presentations by 60 scientists attending a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Past and Present Water Column Anoxia in Sevastopol, Ukraine, address the entire range of oxygen-deficient conditions and reflect the complexity of the issues governing the formation and persistence of oxygen-deficient and anoxic conditions in the world's ocean throughout history. An additional special feature of this book are review papers by the most respected specialists in their fields that aim to further discussion of the current state of, and future directions of, research on pelagic suboxic and anoxic environments.