"Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is the soil of the sea '" a large, biochemically resistant reservoir of organic matter providing a substrate for life, and a source for nutrient regeneration, ion exchange capacity, light and heat absorption, and so on. Marine DOM, however, is much less conspicuous than terrestrial soil. It is, in fact, nearly invisible. In this book, Hansell and Carlson and the many contributing authors tell the story of making DOM, the soil of the sea, visible."

'"From the Foreword by Hugh W. Ducklow, School of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary

Praise For This Volume

"Hansell and Carlson have assembled a team of international experts to produce the definitive, authoritative reference work on the chemistry and ecology of marine DOM. Anyone requiring a key to the literature of marine organic geochemistry and contemporary DOM research should have this volume within easy reach!"

'"Donald L. Rice, Chemical Oceanography Program, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.

"...essential reading and a valuable reference book for marine scientists from a wide number of disciplines'"chemists, microbiologists and specialists in optics of natural waters. Hansell and Carlson are to be congratulated for their vision of the structure of the book and its timing, and the authors for thoroughness of coverage in the chapters.

'"Peter J. LeB. Williams, School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, U.K.

Hansell (marine and atmospheric science, U. of Miami) and Carlson (ecology, evolution and marine biology, U. of California, Santa Barbara) highlight the latest research on the chemistry and ecology of marine dissolved organic matter (DOM). Topics include research methodologies such as analytical methods for total DOM pools, modeling DOM in biogeochemistry, and production and removal processes; and research results in areas including marine colloids and trace metals, carbon isotopic composition of DOM, chromophoric DOM in the coastal environment and the open ocean, and dissolved organic carbon in the Arctic Ocean and in the global ocean carbon cycle. The book should interest chemists, microbiologists, and specialists in optics of natural waters.
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br>--Don L. Rice, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.

"...essential reading and a valuable reference book for marine scientists from a wide number of disciplines...Hansell and Carlson are to be congratulated ..."

— P. J. LeB. Williams, School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, U.K.

"...an excellent textbook...as well as an outstanding reference text for researchers...both informative and interesting..."

--EGS NEWSLETTER, January 2003

s...Hansell and Carlson are to be congratulated ..."

— P. J. LeB. Williams, School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, U.K.

"...an excellent textbook...as well as an outstanding reference text for researchers...both informative and interesting..."

--EGS NEWSLETTER, January 2003

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"...essential reading and a valuable reference book for marine scientists from a wide number of disciplines — chemists, microbiologists and specialists in optics of natural waters. Hansell and Carlson are to be congratulated for their vision of the structure of the book and its timing, and the authors for thoroughness of coverage in the chapters.

— Peter J. LeB. Williams, School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, U.K.

oduction and Removal Processes.

Dynamics of DON.

Dynamics of DOP.

Marine Colloids and Trace Metals.

Carbon Isotopic Composition of DOM.

Photochemistry and the Cycling of Carbon, Sulfur, Nitrogen and Phosphorus.

Chromophoric DOM in the Coastal Environment.

Chromophoric DOM in the Open Ocean.

DOM in the Coastal Zone.

Sediment Pore Waters.

DOC in the Arctic Ocean.

DOC in the Global Ocean Carbon Cycle.

Modeling DOM Biogeochemistry.