INDEX 



389 



sources of, 137-139, 145 

 in rainwater, 139 

 Carbon-nitrogen-sulfur (C : N : S) ratio 

 global 

 mobility of, 186-187 

 reduction of, 182 

 Carbonate solubility in relation to lysocline, 



373 

 Chloride in the ocean 

 residence time, 33 

 in sediments, 33 

 Climatic changes from atmospheric C0 2 , 



prediction, 27-29 

 Combustion of fossil fuel, 88-91 

 as a source of atmospheric C0 2 ,23, 25- 



27,90 

 as a source of atmospheric CO, 137-138 

 Correlations of terrestrial productivity, 



284-286 

 Cosmic-ray flux, 61 



Decay in a forest, 362 

 Demographic quotient, 268 

 "Detrital electron flux," 260 

 Detritus, 303 



See also Humus 



as carbon pathway, 309-310 



in a forest, 345, 348, 360, 362 



in freshwater, 246, 259 



terrestrial, 303-304, 310-311, 377 

 Detritus pools, 377 



decay rates for, 378 



inputs to, 378 



terrestrial, 304-312, 314-322 

 Diaflow membrane, 204 

 Dimethyl sulfide as source of atmospheric- 

 sulfur, 174, 176-177 

 Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 



in Flax Pond, 231, 233 



in freshwater, 245, 249-251, 256 

 Dissolved organic matter 



defined, 207 



in oceans 

 composition of, 208 

 measurement method for, 207-208 

 nonliving fraction, production of, 210 

 in North Atlantic, 208 

 Dry-combustion method for determining 



organic carbon, 207-208 

 Dry organic matter in swamps, 146 



Earthworm (Octolasium), 353 



Energy fixation, world, 284 

 Estuaries 

 area of, 221-225 

 carbon in 



flux of, 224, 226-227, 236 



sediments, 2 33-234 

 defined, 221-222 

 function of, 224-225, 236 

 organic matter in, 231 

 peat in, accumulation of, 23 3-234 

 production 



distribution of, 231 



ecosystem, 225-226 



primary, 221 

 productivity 



of algae in, 229-2 30 



offish in, 234-237 



in open waters, 231, 236 



of phytoplankton in, 230-231 



of submerged angiosperms. 229-230 



of wetlands, 228-228 

 sedimentation rate in, 2 36 

 Eutrophication, 182, 184, 186, 188 



Fauna 



bathypelagic, 212 



benthic, 214 

 Fertilizer sulfate, 188 

 Filter-passing materials, 208 

 Flax Pond, 224, 231-232, 236 

 Food use 



assimilation efficiencies, 293 



growth efficiencies, 293, 295 

 Food web and organic matter in the ocean, 



209-210 

 Forest(s) 



biomass of, 345 



carbon budget of, 360 



C0 2 fertilization of, predicted effects, 

 328-329, 333, 336, 341-342 



effect of plantation programmes on, 295 



effects of harvest in, 300-301 



productivity of, 341, 360-362 



respiration, 345, 360 



standing crop, 360-362 



transition zone, 332 



trees in 

 population dynamics model of, 329 

 translocation of carbon in, 360-361 

 Formaldehyde and atmospheric tritium, 154 

 Fossil fuel as source of atmospheric C0 2 , 



23, 26, 88-90 



