Systems Biogeochemistry of Major Marine Biomes

A comprehensive system-level discussion of the geomicrobiology of the Earth’s oceans

In Systems Biogeochemistry of Major Marine Biomes, a team of distinguished researchers delivers a systemic overview of biogeochemistry across a number of major physiographies of the global ocean: the waters and sediments overlying continental margins; the deep sub-surfaces; the Arctic and Antarctic oceans; and the physicochemical extremes such as the hypersaline and sulfidic marine zones, cold methane seeps and hydrothermal ecosystems.

The book explores state-of-the-art advances in marine geomicrobiology and investigates the drivers of biogeochemical processes. It highlights the imperatives of the unique, fringe, and cryptic processes while studying the geological manifestations and ecological feedbacks of in situ microbial metabolisms. Taking a holistic approach toward the understanding of marine biogeochemical provinces, this book emphasizes the centrality of culture-dependent and culture-independent (meta-omics-based) microbiological information within a systems biogeochemistry framework.

Perfect for researchers and scientists in the fields of geochemistry, geophysics, geomicrobiology, oceanography, and marine science, Systems Biogeochemistry of Major Marine Biomes will also earn a place in the libraries of policymakers and advanced graduate students seeking a one-stop reference on marine biogeochemistry.

Aninda Mazumdar is Principal Scientist of Geological Oceanography at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography in Dona Paula, India.

Wriddhiman Ghosh is Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology at Bose Institute in Kolkata, India.

Section I. Marine biogeochemistry along continental margins

Chapter 1.     Perspectives of sediment biogeochemistry along continental margins - Robert Aller 

Chapter 2.     Metal cycling along continental margins – John Crusius 

Chapter 3.     Geomicrobiology of marine oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) – Aninda Mazumdar and Wriddhiman Ghosh 

Chapter 4.     Biogeochemical transformations across sulfate-methane transition zones in marine sediments – Victoria J Orphan and/or Antje Boetius 

Chapter 5.     Aerobic and anaerobic oxidation of organic matter across the continental margins – Donald Canfield 

Chapter 6.     Pathway of organic matter preservation in continental shelf sediments – Sandra Arndt 

Chapter 7.     Biomarkers in marine biogeochemistry – Hengpeng Ye and/or Zeyu Yangs 

Chapter 8.     Sedimentary records of present and past marine sulfur cycles – Harald Strauss and/or Michael E Böttcher 

Chapter 9.     Marine nitrogen cycling across continental margins – S W A Naqvi 

Section II. Marine cold seep and hydrothermal systems

 Chapter 10.  Ecology of cold seep sediments – Lisa Levin and/or K Olu-Le Roy

Chapter 11.  Biogeochemistry of cold seep sea-floors – Anthony E Rathburn and/or Rolf S Arvidson 

Chapter 12.  Arctic Ocean Seep Fields: Implications for global warming – John W Pohlman

Chapter 13.  Productivity and sustenance of deep-sea hydrothermal biomes – Stefan M Sievert 

Chapter 14.  Deep-sea hydrothermal vents as potentials cradles of Life – Michael Russell 

Chapter 15.  Past records of cold seep and hydrothermal processes – Erwin Suess        

Section III.  Biogeochemistry of Arctic and Antarctic oceans 

Chapter 16.  Biogeochemistry of the Arctic fjords – Joel Kostka and/or Marcel Kuypers 

Chapter 17.  Carbon cycling and sequestration in the Arctic Ocean and its drainage area – Implications for climate change - Thorsten Dittmar, A David McGuire, and/or Leif G Anderson 

Chapter 18.  Nutrients and carbon cycling in the Southern Ocean: Implications for global CO2 balance and warming – Irina Marinov                                                     

Section IV. Life in hypersaline and/or sulfidic marine water bodies

Chapter 19.  Deep-sea hypersaline brines: Microbiology at the thermodynamic limits for Life – Michail M Yakimov

Chapter 20.  Biogeochemistry of deep-sea, hypersaline and sulfidic brines – Daniele Daffonchioa 

Chapter 21.  Biogeochemistry of the Sulfidic Waters of Baltic and Black seas – Caroline P Slomp 

Section V. Geobiology of deep marine sub-surfaces

Chapter 22.  Microbial life in deep sub-seafloor sediment: potential roles in global biogeochemical cycles – William D Orsi 

Chapter 23.  Bioenergetics of deep marine sub-surface ecosystems – Fumio Inagaki 

Chapter 24.  Ecology of marine petroleum reservoir system – Ian Head 

Section VI. Geobiology of abyssal depths

Chapter 25.  The oxygen-dominated low-nutrient/energy biosphere of Pacific gyres – Steven D'Hondt and/or Jan P Fischer

Chapter 26.  Geobiology and ecology of polymetallic nodule fields – Ann Vanreusel and/or Jung-Ho Hyun

Chapter 27. The Hadal biosphere within deep oceanic trenches – Takuro Nunoura 

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