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New IGBP book: "Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in Continental Margins -- A Global Synthesis"

A new IGBP book for global change research has just been published by
Springer: "Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in Continental Margins -- A Global
Synthesis" edited by KK Liu, Larry Atkinson, Renato Quinones, Liana
Talaue-McManus.

<http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences/oceanography/book/978-3-540-92734-1>

The book provides best estimates of carbon and nutrient fluxes in seven
types of continental margins. In each type, these fluxes are reported in
detail individually for 3-7 representative geographic regions, each of
which is characterized by concise descriptions of the physical and
biogeochemical settings. Drawn from the regional synthesis, a global
synthesis is put together for carbon fluxes exchanged between
continental margins as a whole and the atmosphere and between that and
the open ocean. Global syntheses on sediments and nutrients discharged
to the ocean from land are also provided in the book. To guide future
research on continental margin biogeochemistry, the book also elaborates
on a few critical themes that emerged in recent years. One of these is
the human impact on the continental margin biogeochemistry, which
accentuates the need to include human perturbation of the system in
future research. Thus the book represents the state-of-the-art knowledge
on the subject, which will be needed for all researchers on continental
margin environmental issues.

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