Published by Oxford Univ. Press

Biogeochemistry of the Amazon Basin

Edited by
Michael E. McClain, Reynaldo Victoria, and Jeffrey E. Richey

Contents
1. The Relevance of Biogeochemistry to Amazon Conservation and Development
2. General Characteristic and Variability of Climate in the Amazon Basin and its Links to the Global Climate System
3. The Atmospheric Component of Biogeochemical Cycles in the Amazon Basin
4. Soil Versus Biological Controls on Nutrient Cycling in Terra Firme Forest
5. Nutrient Cycling as a Function of Landscape and Biotic Characteristics in the Cerrados of Central Brazil
6. Linking Biogeochemical Cycles to Cattle Pasture Management and Sustainability in the Amazon Basin
7. Nutrient Considerations in the Use of Silviculture for Land Development and Rehabilitation in the Amazon
8. Extractive Reserves and Participatory Research as Factors in the Biogeochemistry of the Amazon Basin
9. The Recovery of Biomass, Nutrient Stocks, and Deep-Soil Functions in Secondary Forest
10. The Interface Between Economics and Nutrient Cycling in Amazon Land Development
11. Carbon Storage in Biomass and Soils
12. Terrestrial Inputs to Amazon Streams and Internal Biogeochemical Processing 13. Geo-ecological controls on elemental fluxes in communities of higher plants in Amazonian floodplains
14. Biogeochemistry of Amazon Floodplain Lakes and Associated Wetlands
15. Organic Matter and Nutrients in the Mainstem Amazon River
16. Trace Elements in the Mainstem Amazon River
17. Biogeochemical Processes on the Amazon Shelf: Changes in Dissolved Particulate Fluxes During River/Ocean Mixing