SCOPE 17

Gene E. Likens - Section of Ecology and Systematics, Division of Biological Sciences,
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Published on behalf of the

Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)

of the

International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)

by:

JOHN WILEY & SONS

Chichester, New York, Brisbane, Toronto,

Copyright 1981: Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment

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Title Pages
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
List of Contributors

SECTION I. BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES OF CARBON, NITROGEN AND SULPHUR

1. Factors controlling global climate of the past and the future - E.T. Degens, H.K. Wong, and S. Kempe
2. The biogeochemical nitrogen cycle - T. Rosswall
3. Current problems related to the atmospheric part of the sulphur cycle - H. Rodhe
4. The global biogeochemical sulphur cycle - M.V. Ivanov

SECTION II. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MAJOR BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

5. Chemical coupling of the nitrogen, sulphur and carbon cycles in the atmosphere - D.H. Ehhalt
6. Interactions between major biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial ecosystems - G.E. Likens, F.H. Bormann, and N.M. Johnson
7. Interrelationships between the cycles of elements in freshwater ecosystems - D.W. Schindler
8. Interactions between major biogeochemical cycles in marine ecosystems - R. Wollast

SECTION III. SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS ON BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

9. Socio-economic impacts of the effects of man on biogeochemical cycles: sulphur - G. Persson
10. Socio-economic impacts of carbon dioxide induced climatic changes and the comparative chances of alternative political responses--prevention, compensation and adaptation - K.M. Meyer-Abich

Index