Foreword ....................................................... IX
Preface ........................................................ XI
Ust of Contributors .......................................... xiii
SECTION I: BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES OF CARBON, NITROGEN AND
SULPHUR
1 Factors controlling global climate of the past and the
future ....................................................... 3
E.T. Degens, H.K. Wong, and S. Kempe
2 The biogeochemical nitrogen cycle ........................... 25
T. Rosswall
3 Current problems related to the atmospheric part of the
sulphur cycle ............................................... 51
H. Rodhe
4 The global biogeochemical sulphur cycle ..................... 61
M.V. Ivanov
SECTION II: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MAJOR BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
5 Chemical coupling of the nitrogen, sulphur and carbon
cycles in the atmosphere .................................... 81
D.H. Ehhalt
6 Interactions between major biogeochemical cycles in
terrestrial ecosystems ...................................... 93
G.E. Likens, F.H. Bormann, and N.M. Johnson
7 Interrelationships between the cycles of elements in
freshwater ecosystems ...................................... 113
D.W. Schindler
8 Interactions between major biogeochemical cycles in
marine ecosystems .......................................... 125
R. Wollast
SECTION III: SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS ON BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
9 Socio-economic impacts of the effects of man on
biogeochemical cycles: sulphur ............................. 145
G. Persson
10 Socio-economic impacts of carbon dioxide induced climatic
changes and the comparative chances of alternative
political responses—prevention, compensation, and
adaptation ................................................. 157
К.M. Meyer-Abich
Index ......................................................... 171
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