Sheffield Biological Siences

Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems

1st Edition

Edited By Kenneth D. Black, Graham B. Shimmield
October 15, 2003

Marine systems vary in their sensitivities to perturbation. Perturbation may be insidious - such as increasing eutrophication of coastal areas - or it may be dramatic - such as a response to an oil spill or some other accident. Climate change may occur incrementally or it may be abrupt, and ...