Carbon and Nitrogen in the Terrestrial Environment

Carbon and Nitrogen in the Terrestrial Environment is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary description of C and N fluxes between the atmosphere and the terrestrial biosphere; issues related to C and N management in different ecosystems and their implications for the environment and global climate change; and the approaches to mitigate emission of greenhouse gases.

Drawing upon the most up-to-date books, journals, bulletins, reports, symposia proceedings and internet sources documenting interrelationships between different aspects of C and N cycling in the terrestrial environment, Carbon and Nitrogen in the Terrestrial Environment fills the gap left by most of the currently available books on C and N cycling. They either deal with a single element of an ecosystem, or are related to one or a few selected aspects like soil organic matter (SOM) and agricultural or forest management, emission of greenhouse gases, global climate change or modeling of SOM dynamics.

Inhalt

Carbon and Nitrogen Pools in Terrestrial Ecosystems.- Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles in Terrestrial Ecosystems.- Soil Organic Matter Characterization.- Organic Matter and Soil Quality.- Carbon and Nitrogen Transformations in Soils.- Anthropogenic Activities and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen.- Leaching Losses and Groundwater Pollution.- Bidirectional Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions.- Modeling Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere System.