Chemistry of Marine Water and Sediments

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVIII

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2. Biogeochemical Processes at the Air-Water and Water-Sediment Interface

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Sea Water as an Electrolyte

      • F. J. Millero

      Pages 3-34

   3. The Chemical and Physical Properties of Marine Aerosols: An Introduction

      • J. M. Prospero

      Pages 35-82

   4. Photochemical Processes in the Euphotic Zone of Sea Water: Progress and Problems

      • E. Pelizzetti, P. Calza

      Pages 83-103

   5. Sedimentary Organic Matter Preservation and Atmospheric O2 Regulation

      • J. I. Hedges

      Pages 105-123

   6. Particulate Organic Matter Composition and Fluxes in the Sea

      • C. Lee

      Pages 125-146

   7. Diagenesis of Organic Matter at the Water-Sediment Interface

      • S. Wakeham

      Pages 147-164

   8. Sedimentary Geochemistry of the Carbonate and Sulphide Systems and their Potential Influence on Toxic Metal Bioavailability

      • J. W. Morse

      Pages 165-189

3. Chemical Equilibria and Speciation in Sea Water

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191

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   2. Speciation of Metals in Natural Waters

      • F. Millero, D. Pierrot

      Pages 193-220

   3. Binding Ability of Inorganic Major Components of Sea Water towards some Classes of Ligands, Metal and Organometallic Cations

      • C. De Stefano, C. Foti, A. Gianguzza, D. Piazzese, S. Sammartano

      Pages 221-261

   4. Equilibrium Analysis, the Ionic Medium Method and Activity Factors

      • I. Grenthe

      Pages 263-282

   5. Acid-Base Equilibria in Saline Media: Application of the Mean Spherical Approximation

      • M. E. Sastre de Vicente, T. Vilariño

      Pages 283-294

   6. Modelling of Natural Fluids: Are the Available Databases Adequate for this Purpose?

      • D. Ferri, C. Manfredi, E. Vasca, C. Fontanella, V. Caruso

      Pages 295-305

4. Toxicants in Marine Environment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 307-307

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   2. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Marine Environment

      • M. R. Preston

      Pages 309-324

   3. Chemistry of Organic Toxicants in Marine Environment

      • V. S. Petrosyan

      Pages 325-335

   4. Toxic Effects of Organometallic Compounds towards Marine Biota

      • L. Pellerito, R. Barbieri, R. Di Stefano, M. Scopelliti, C. Pellerito, T. Fiore et al.

      Pages 337-381

5. Analytical and Bioanalytical Methodologies for Sea Water

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 383-383

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The most important processes on the Earth`s surface occur in the Ocean where materials and energy are primarily exchanged. In the case of marine chemistry different fields of chemistry from organic to inorganic as well as thermodynamics and biochemistry are involved. Analytical Chemistry is a very important tool for the quantification of biogeochemical processes by providing correct and even more sophisticated methodologies. These are often directly applied 'in situ', in order to detect trace and ultra-trace natural and anthropogenic substances. Kinetic and thermodynamic studies allow us to establish whether the process occurs. Once discovered it is then possible to build up general models for environmental systems. This book gathers many aspects with the aim of creating a general picture of the chemical processes occurring in the marine environment

• Aerosol
• Coast
• Geochemistry
• Oxide
• Sediment
• diagenesis
• marine
• hydrogeology

• Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

  Antonio Gianguzza

• Dipartimento di Chimica Analitica, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy

  Ezio Pelizzetti

• Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy

  Silvio Sammartano

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