From the reviews: "The volume consistently conveys both the importance of the ocean in the global carbon cycle and the uncertainty of the oceanic response to global change. ... The stated objective of The IGBP Series, to present key results of the JGOFS project, is accomplished. ... The design of the book is very attractive, the type clear, and the figure size appropriate. ... this volume provides a valuable state of the art of ocean biogeochemistry for those interested in the carbon cycle or climate change." (Mary-Elena Carr, Ecology, Vol. 85 (7), 2004)

• Acknowledgements.- References.- 1 Biogeochemical Provinces: Towards a JGOFS Synthesis.- 1.1 Plankton Community Structure and Distribution.- 1.2 Partitioning the Oceans.- 1.3 Primary Production in Ocean Domains and Provinces.- 1.4 Bacterial Production and DOC Flux.- 1.5 A Provincial Outlook.- Acknowledgements.- References.- 2 Physical Transport of Nutrients and the Maintenance of Biological Production.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Global Overturning Circulation and Nutrient Transport.- 2.3 Convection.- 2.4 Wind-Driven Circulations: Gyres and Boundary Currents.- 2.5 Smaller-Scale Circulations: Mesoscale Eddies, Waves and Sub-Mesoscale Fronts.- 2.6 Interannual and Long-Term Variability.- 2.7 Conclusions.- Acknowledgements.- Notes.- References.- 3 Continental Margin Exchanges.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Recycling Systems.- 3.3 Export Systems.- 3.4 Coastal Upwelling Systems.- 3.5 California Current System.- 3.6 Humboldt Current System.- 3.7 Benguela Current System.- 3.8 Monsoonal Upwelling Systems.- 3.9 Biogeochemical Budgeting.- 3.10 The Arctic Shelves.- 3.11 Marginal Seas.- Acknowledgments.- References.- Apendix 3.1 — Continental Margins: Site Descriptions.- 4 Phytoplankton and Their Role in Primary, New, and Export Production.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Synthesis.- References.- 5 Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in the Global Ocean.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 The Oceans’ Influence on Atmospheric CO2.- 5.3 How Big is the Global Ocean Sink?.- 5.4 What Processes Control Air-Sea CO2 Flux?.- 5.5 Variability in the CO2 Signal.- 5.6 The Gas Transfer Velocity.- 5.7 Conclusion: the Next Ten Years.- Acknowledgements.- References.- 6 Water Column Biogeochemistry below the Euphotic Zone.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 The Twilight Zone: Biology, Biogeochemical Processes and Fluxes.- 6.3 The Fluxes of BiogenicMatter versus Depth.- 6.4 The Variable Composition of the World Ocean Waters along the Conveyor Belt.- 6.5 Conclusions and Perspectives.- References.- 7 The Impact of Climate Change and Feedback Processes on the Ocean Carbon Cycle.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Feedbacks.- 7.3 What do Current Models Predict?.- 7.4 Status of Our Understanding of Feedbacks.- 7.5 Nutrient Dynamics.- 7.6 Phytoplankton and Carbon Limitation.- 7.7 The Calcifiers.- 7.8 Iron Supply to the Oceans.- 7.9 Dimethyl Sulphide and the Biota.- 7.10 UV-B and Ozone Depletion.- 7.11 Summary of Biotic Feedbacks.- 7.12 Climate — Variability versus Change.- 7.13 Modeling — Future Goals.- 7.14 The Future.- 7.15 Summary.- Acknowledgements.- References.- 8 Benthic Processes and the Burial of Carbon.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Processes of Transport and Turnover of Material in the Deep Ocean.- 8.3 Quantitative Estimates of Carbon Deposition and Carbon Turnover.- 8.4 Proxy Indicators of Paleoproductivity.- 8.5 Conclusions.- References.- 9 Global Ocean Carbon Cycle Modeling.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Anthropogenic Carbon Uptake, Transient Tracers, and Physics.- 9.3 Global Biogeochemical Cycles.- 9.4 Ecosystem Dynamics.- 9.5 Other Topics.- 9.6 Summary.- Acknowledgements.- References.- 10 Temporal Studies of Biogeochemical Processes Determined from Ocean Time-Series Observations During the JGOFS Era.- 10.1 Introduction.- 10.2 The Oceanic Carbon Cycle and the Biological Carbon Pump.- 10.3 Global Inventory of JGOFS Time-Series Programs.- 10.4 Some Practical Lessons Learned from the JGOFS Time-Series Programs.- 10.5 Cross Ecosystem Habitat Comparisons: Nutrient, Chlorophyll and Production-Export Relationships.- 10.6 Beyond JGOFS: a Prospectus.- Acknowledgements.- References.- 11 JGOFS: a Retrospective View.- 11.1 The JGOFSScience Plan.- 11.2 The Process Studies.- 11.3 Iron Fertilisation Experiments.- 11.4 The Time Series Stations.- 11.5 The Global Survey.- 11.6 Remote Sensing.- 11.7 Benthic Studies.- 11.8 Continental Margins.- 11.9 Data Archiving.- 11.10 Models and Synthesis.- 11.11 Overall Conclusions.- References.