The Biogeochemistry of the Amazon Basin

by Michael E. McClain

With a complex assemblage of largely intact ecosystems that support the earth's greatest diversity of life, the Amazon basin is a focal point of international scientific interest. And, as development and colonization schemes transform the landscape in increasing measure, scientists from around the world are directing attention to questions of regional and global significance. Some of these qustions are: What are the fluxes of greenhouse gases across...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195114310
• ISBN13: 9780195114317
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 10.2"