Virtual Journal of Geobiology

Basic archive

Papers with a geobiological component selected from issues of 14 Elsevier Science journals in relevant fields published in the period January to July 2002.

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

1A. Biota-Atmosphere Interactions

Biomass burning – a review of organic tracers for smoke from incomplete combustion: Bernd R.T. Simoneit; Applied Geochemistry 17(3) (2002) 129-162

1B. Biota-Hydrosphere/Cryosphere Interactions

Stable isotopes and biomarkers in microbial ecology: H.T.S. Boschker and J.J. Middelburg; FEMS Microbiology Ecology 40(2) (2002) 85-95

The effect of Fe on Si adsorption by Bacillus subtilis cell walls: insights into non-metabolic bacterial precipitation of silicate minerals: Jeremy B. Fein, Sarah Scott and Nelson Rivera; Chemical Geology 182(2-4) (2002) 265-273

Dissolution of iron hydroxides by marine bacterial siderophore: Takahiro Yoshida, Ken-ichiro Hayashi and Hiroshi Ohmoto; Chemical Geology 184(1-2) (2002) 1-9

Does metal adsorption onto bacterial surfaces inhibit or enhance aqueous metal transport? Column and batch reactor experiments on Cd-Bacillus subtilis-quartz systems: Nathan Yee and Jeremy B. Fein; Chemical Geology 185(3-4) (2002) 303-319

Physicochemical speciation of iron during coastal algal blooms: Christopher J. Gobler, John R. Donat, John A. Consolvo III and Sergio A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy; Marine Chemistry 77(1) (2002) 71-89

Influence of the nature of the exudates released by different marine algae on the growth, trace metal uptake and exudation of Emiliania huxleyi in natural seawater: M. Teresa S.D. Vasconcelos, M. Fernanda C. Leal and Constant M.G. van den Berg; Marine Chemistry 77(2-3) (2002) 187-210

The biochemical and elemental compositions of marine plankton: A NMR perspective: J.I. Hedges, J.A. Baldock, Y. Gélinas, C. Lee, M.L. Peterson and S.G. Wakeham; Marine Chemistry 78(1) (2002) 47-63

On the response of calcareous dinoflagellates to oligotrophy and stratification of the upper water column in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean: Annemiek Vink, Anja Brune, Christine Höll, Karin A.F. Zonneveld and Helmut Willems; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 178(1-2) (2002) 53-66

Porites corals as recorders of mining and environmental impacts: Misima Island, Papua New Guinea: Stewart J. Fallon, Jamie C. White^† and Malcolm T. McCulloch; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(1) (2002) 45-62

Biogeochemistry of pyrite and iron sulfide oxidation in marine sediments: Axel Schippers and Bo Barker Jørgensen; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(1) (2002) 85-92

Impact of suboxia on sinking particulate organic carbon: Enhanced carbon flux and preferential degradation of amino acids via denitrification: Benjamin A.S. Van Mooy, Richard G. Keil and Allan H. Devol; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(3) (2002) 457-465

Climate proxies from Sr/Ca of coccolith calcite: calibrations from continuous culture of Emiliania huxleyi: Heather M. Stoll, Yair Rosenthal and Paul Falkowski; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(6) (2002) 927-936

Comparison of two potential strategies of planktonic foraminifera for house building: Mg²⁺ or H⁺ removal?: Richard E. Zeebe and Abhijit Sanyal; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(7) (2002) 1159-1169

Morphologic and spectral investigation of exceptionally well-preserved bacterial biofilms from the Oligocene Enspel formation, Germany: J.K.W. Toporski, A. Steele, F. Westall, R. Avci, D.M. Martill and D.S. McKay; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(10) (2002) 1773-1791

Effect of light and brine shrimp on skeletal d¹³C in the Hawaiian coral Porites compressa: a tank experiment: Andréa G. Grottoli; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(11) (2002) 1955-1967

The influence of diet on the d¹³C of shell carbon in the pulmonate snail Helix aspersa: Lowell D. Stott; Earth and Planetary Science Letters 195(3-4) (2002) 249-259

Seasonal variability of d¹⁵N in sinking particles in the Benguela upwelling region: Elizabeth Holmes, Gaute Lavik, Gerhard Fischer, Monika Segl, Goetz Ruhland and Gerold Wefer; Deep Sea Research Part I : Oceanographic Research 49(2) (2002) 377-394

Nutritional relations of deep-sea hydrothermal fields at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: a stable isotope approach: A. Colaço, F. Dehairs and D. Desbruyères; Deep Sea Research Part I : Oceanographic Research 49(2) (2002) 395-412

Biogeochemistry of Fe and other trace elements (Al, Co, Ni) in the upper Atlantic Ocean: Andrew R. Bowie, David J. Whitworth, Eric P. Achterberg, R. Fauzi C. Mantoura and Paul J. Worsfold; Deep Sea Research Part I : Oceanographic Research 49(4) (2002) 605-636

Photosynthetic physiology and physicochemical forcing in the Arabian Sea, 1995: Z. Johnson, R.R. Bidigare, R. Goericke, J. Marra, C. Trees and R.T. Barber; Deep Sea Research Part I : Oceanographic Research 49(3) (2002) 415-436

Diatom aggregate formation and fluxes: a modeling analysis under different size-resolution schemes and with empirically determined aggregation kernels: J. Ruiz, L. Prieto and F. Ortegón; Deep Sea Research Part I : Oceanographic Research 49(3) (2002) 495-515

Bacterial sulfate reduction in hydrothermal sediments of the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, Mexico: Andreas Weber and Bo Barker Jørgensen; Deep Sea Research Part I : Oceanographic Research 49(5) (2002) 827-841

Bacterial numbers and growth in surficial deep-sea sediments and phytodetritus in the NE Atlantic: Relationships with particulate organic carbon and total nitrogen: C.M. Turley and J.L. Dixon; Deep Sea Research Part I : Oceanographic Research 49(5) (2002) 815-826

1C. Biota-Soil/Sediment/Bedrock Interactions

Biogeomorphic controls on sedimentation and substrate on a vegetated tidal freshwater delta in upper Chesapeake Bay: Gregory B. Pasternack and Grace S. Brush; Geomorphology 43(3-4) (2002) 293-311

Association between cedar decline and hillslope stability in mountainous regions of southeast Alaska: A.C. Johnson and P. Wilcock; Geomorphology 46(1-2) (2002) 129-142

PIXE analysis to estimate the elemental composition of ectomycorrhizal rhizomorphs grown in contact with different minerals in forest soil: Håkan Wallander, Leif Johansson and Jan Pallon; FEMS Microbiology Ecology 39(2) (2002) 147-156

Distribution of culturable microorganisms in Fennoscandian Shield groundwater: Shelley A. Haveman and Karsten Pedersen; FEMS Microbiology Ecology 39(2) (2002) 129-137

Comparative diversity and composition of cyanobacteria in three predominant soil crusts of the Colorado Plateau: Elizabeth Redfield, Susan M. Barns, Jayne Belnap, Lori L. Daane and Cheryl R. Kuske; FEMS Microbiology Ecology 40(1) (2002) 55-63

Microbial reduction of Fe(III) and turnover of acetate in Hawaiian soils: Kirsten Küsel, Christine Wagner, Tanja Trinkwalter, Anita S. Gößner, Rupert Bäumler and Harold L. Drake; FEMS Microbiology Ecology 40(1) (2002) 73-81

Modification of olivine surface morphology and reactivity by microbial activity during chemical weathering: Susan A. Welch and Jillian F. Banfield; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(2) (2002) 213-221

Temperature dependence of goethite dissolution promoted by trihydroxamate siderophores: Claudio Cocozza, Calvin C.G. Tsao, Sing-Foong Cheah, Stephan M. Kraemer, Kenneth N. Raymond, Teodoro M. Miano and Garrison Sposito; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(3) (2002) 431-438

Kinetics of Mn(II) oxidation by Leptothrix discophora SS1: Jinghao Zhang, Leonard W. Lion, Yarrow M. Nelson, Michael L. Shuler and William C. Ghiorse; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(5) (2002) 773-781

A comparison of isotope fractionation of carbon and hydrogen from paddy field rice roots and soil bacterial enrichments during CO₂/H₂ methanogenesis: Amnat Chidthaisong, Kuk-Jeong Chin, David L. Valentine and Stanley C. Tyler; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(6) (2002) 983-995

Biogeochemical controls on reaction of sedimentary organic matter and aqueous sulfides in holocene sediments of Mud Lake, Florida: Timothy R. Filley, Katherine H. Freeman, Rick T. Wilkin and Patrick G. Hatcher; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(6) (2002) 937-954

Pleistocene recharge to midcontinent basins: effects on salinity structure and microbial gas generation: J.C. McIntosh, L.M. Walter and A.M. Martini; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(10) (2002) 1681-1700

Effects of oxygen and redox oscillation on degradation of cell-associated lipids in surficial marine sediments: Ming-Y.i Sun, Robert C. Aller, Cindy Lee and Stuart G. Wakeham; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(11) (2002) 2003-2012

2B. Evolution of the Biosphere

Did global tectonics drive early biosphere evolution? Carbon isotope record from 2.6 to 1.9 Ga carbonates of Western Australian basins: John F. Lindsay and Martin D. Brasier; Precambrian Research 114(1-2) (2002) 1 - 34

CO₂- and temperature-controlled altitudinal shifts of C₄- and C₃-dominated grasslands allow reconstruction of palaeoatmospheric pCO₂: A. Boom, R. Marchant, H. Hooghiemstra and J.S. Sinninghe Damsté; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 177(1-2) (2002) 151-168

The oxygen geochemical cycle: dynamics and stability: Antonio C. Lasaga and Hiroshi Ohmoto; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(3) (2002) 361-381

Early Oligocene dinoflagellate cysts from the Upper Rhine Graben (SW Germany): paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic implications: Jörg Pross and Gerhard Schmiedl; Marine Micropaleontology 45(1) (2002) 1-24

A molecular approach to biodiversity and biogeography in the planktonic foraminifer Globigerinella siphonifera (d'Orbigny): Colomban de Vargas, Muriel Bonzon, Nigel W. Rees, Jan Pawlowski and Louisette Zaninetti; Marine Micropaleontology 45(2) (2002) 101-116

2C. Abrupt Events

Geochemistry of Late Permian to Early Triassic pelagic cherts from southwest Japan: implications for an oceanic redox change: Yasuhiro Kato, Kyoko Nakao and Yukio Isozaki; Chemical Geology 182(1) (2002) 15-34

A possible causal relationship between extinction of dinosaurs and K/T iridium enrichment in the Nanxiong Basin, South China: evidence from dinosaur eggshells: Zi-kui Zhao, Xue-ying Mao, Zhi-fang Chai, Gao-chuang Yang, Ping Kong, Mitsuru Ebihara and Zhen-hua Zhao; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 178(1-2) (2002) 1-17

High stress late Maastrichtian paleoenvironment: inference from planktonic foraminifera in Tunisia: Sigal Abramovich and Gerta Keller; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 178(3-4) (2002) 145-164

Mass extinction of peat-forming plants and the effect on fluvial styles across the Permian-Triassic boundary, northern Bowen Basin, Australia: Per Michaelsen; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 179(3-4) (2002) 173-188

Strength, timing, setting and cause of mid-Palaeozoic extinctions: Michael R. House; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 181(1-3) (2002) 5-25

Reef development at the Frasnian/Famennian mass extinction boundary: Paul Copper; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 181(1-3) (2002) 27-65

Biological, depositional, microspherule, and geochemical records of the Frasnian/Famennian boundary beds, South China: X.P. Ma and S.L. Bai; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 181(1-3) (2002) 325-346

Growth and demise of Permian biogenic chert along northwest Pangea: evidence for end-Permian collapse of thermohaline circulation: Benoit Beauchamp and Aymon Baud; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 184(1-2) (2002) 37-63

3A. Carbon Cycling and Sequestration

Mobility of rhenium, platinum group elements and organic carbon during black shale weathering: Lillie A. Jaffe, Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink and Steven T. Petsch; Earth and Planetary Science Letters 198(3-4) (2002) 339-353

The global carbon cycle and its changes over glacial-interglacial cycles: Louis François, Hugues Faure and Jean-Luc Probst; Global and Planetary Change 33(1-2) (2002) vii-viii

Carbon cycle during the last 315,000 years: reconstruction from a marine carbon cycle model: Takashi Ikeda, Eiichi Tajika and Ryuji Tada; Global and Planetary Change 33(1-2) (2002) 1-13

Carbon storage increases by major forest ecosystems in tropical South America since the Last Glacial Maximum and the early Holocene: Hermann Behling; Global and Planetary Change 33(1-2) (2002) 107-116

Biospheric carbon stocks reconstructed at the Last Glacial Maximum: comparison between general circulation models using prescribed and computed sea surface temperatures: Dominique Otto, Daniel Rasse, Jed Kaplan, Pierre Warnant and Louis François; Global and Planetary Change 33(1-2) (2002) 117-138

3B. Global Change and Biota-Environment Interactions

Atmospheric methane and global change: Donald J. Wuebbles and Katharine Hayhoe; Earth-Science Reviews 57(3-4) (2002) 177-210

Feeling the cold: atmospheric CO₂ enrichment and the frost sensitivity of terrestrial plant foliage: D.J. Beerling, A.C. Terry, C. Hopwood and C.P. Osborne; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 182(1-2) (2002) 3-13

Sensitivity of tree growth to a high CO₂ environment: consequences for interpreting the characteristics of fossil woods from ancient `greenhouse' worlds: Colin P. Osborne and David J. Beerling; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 182(1-2) (2002) 15-29

A non-steady-state compartmental model of global-scale mercury biogeochemistry with interhemispheric atmospheric gradients: Carl H. Lamborg, William F. Fitzgerald, James O'Donnell and Thomas Torgersen; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(7) (2002) 1105-1118

A simple interactive vegetation model coupled to the GENESIS GCM: Brian A. Cosgrove, Eric J. Barron and David Pollard; Global and Planetary Change 32(2-3) (2002) 253-278

3C. Astrobiology

Exposure of amino acids and derivatives in the Earth orbit: Bernard Barbier, Odile Henin, François Boillot, Annie Chabin, Didier Chaput and André Brack; Planetary and Space Science 50(4) (2002) 353-359