Volume 2, Issue 12, December 2003

Part 1. Geophysiology (Modern Processes)
1A. Biota-Atmosphere Interactions
1B. Biota-Hydrosphere/Cryosphere Interactions
1C. Biota-Soil/Sediment/Bedrock Interactions
Part 2. Evolution of Life and Environment
2A. Development of the Biosphere
2B. Evolution of the Biosphere
2C. Abrupt Events
Part 3. Geobiology of Global Change
3A. Carbon Cycling and Sequestration
3B. Global Change and Biota-Environment Interactions
3C. Astrobiology

1B. Biota-Hydrosphere/Cryosphere Interactions

Transient physical forcing of pulsed export of bioreactive material to the deep Sargasso Sea
M.H. Conte, T.D. Dickey, J.C. Weber, R.J. Johnson and A.H. Knap
Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 50(10-11) (2003) 1157-1187
Chlorophyll a and nitrogen flux in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean
Nixon Bahamón, Zoila Velásquez and Antonio Cruzado
Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 50(10-11) (2003) 1189-1203
Simulation of upper-ocean biogeochemistry with a flexible-composition phytoplankton model: C, N and Si cycling in the western Sargasso Sea
Mathieu Mongin, David M. Nelson, Philippe Pondaven, Mark A. Brzezinski and Paul Tréguer
Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 50(12) (2003) 1445-1480
Regulation of bacterial sulfate reduction and hydrogen sulfide fluxes in the central namibian coastal upwelling zone
Volker Brüchert, Bo Barker Jørgensen, Kirsten Neumann, Daniela Riechmann, Manfred Schlösser and Heide Schulz
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 67(23) (2003) 4505-4518
Characterization and field trials of a bioluminescent bacterial reporter of iron bioavailability
Cécile E. Mioni, Amanda M. Howard, Jennifer M. DeBruyn, Nathan G. Bright, Michael R. Twiss, Bruce M. Applegate and Steven W. Wilhelm
Marine Chemistry 83(1-2) (2003) 31-46
The effects of enhanced phytoplankton production on iron speciation and removal in mesocosm experiments in a landlocked basin of Hopavågen, Norway
M. Öztürk, O. Vadstein and E. Sakshaug
Marine Chemistry 84(1-2) (2003) 3-17

1C. Biota-Soil/Sediment/Bedrock Interactions

Surface structure effects on direct reduction of iron oxides by Shewanella oneidensis
Andrew L. Neal, Kevin M. Rosso, Gill G. Geesey, Yuri A. Gorby and Brenda J. Little
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 67(23) (2003) 4489-4503
Origin and rate of pedogenic carbonate accumulation in Saskatchewan soils, Canada
A. Landi, A.R. Mermut and D.W. Anderson
Geoderma 117(1-2) (2003) 143-156
Plant-cover effects on hydrology and pedogenesis in a sandy vadose zone
Rachel O'Brien, C. Kent Keller and Daniel M. Strobridge
Geoderma 118(1-2) (2004) 63-76
The age of microbial carbonate structures grown at methane seeps in the Black Sea with an implication of dating of the seeping methane
Sergei B. Gulin, Gennady G. Polikarpov and Victor N. Egorov
Marine Chemistry 84(1-2) (2003) 67-72

2B. Evolution of the Biosphere

A reconstruction of Archean biological diversity based on molecular fossils from the 2.78 to 2.45 billion-year-old Mount Bruce Supergroup, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia
Jochen J. Brocks, Roger Buick, Roger E. Summons and Graham A. Logan
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 67(22) (2003) 4321-4335
Silica-replaced oolites, bedded shelf cherts and Paleozoic changes in the silica cycle
David L. Kidder and Stephanie A. Mumma
Sedimentary Geology 162(3-4) (2003) 159-166

2C. Abrupt Events

Deev Jahi Model of the Permian-Triassic boundary mass extinction: a case for gas hydrates as the main cause of biological crisis on Earth
E. Heydari and J. Hassanzadeh
Sedimentary Geology 163(1-2) (2003) 147-163

3A. Carbon Cycling and Sequestration

Weddell Sea turned from source to sink for atmospheric CO2 between pre-industrial time and present
Mario Hoppema
Global and Planetary Change 40(3-4) (2004) 219-231