Biophysico-Chemical Processes in Environmental

WILEY-IUPAC SERIES IN BIOPHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS... 

The Division of Chemistry and the Environment of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has recently approved the creation of an IUPAC-sponsored book series entitled Biophysico-Chemical Processes in Environmental Systems to be published by John Wiley Sons, Hoboken, NJ. This series addresses the fundamentals of physical-chemical-biological interfacial interactions in the environment and the impacts on (1) the transformation, transport and fate of nutrients and pollutants, (2) food chain contamination and food quality and safety, and (3) ecosystem health, including human health. In contrast to classical books that focus largely on separate physical, chemical, and biological processes, this book series is unique in integrating the frontiers of knowledge on both fundamentals and impacts on interfacial interactions of these processes in the global environment. 

With the rapid developments in environmental physics, chemistry, and biology, it is becoming much harder, if not impossible, for scientists to follow new developments outside their immediate area of research by reading the primary research literature. This book series will capture pertinent research topics of significant current interest and will present to the environmental science community a distilled and integrated version of new developments in biophysico-chemical processes in environmental systems. 

As a recognition of the importance of biophysico-chemical processes of metals and metalloids in soil environments, we initiated the first volume of the lUPAC—Wiley book series Biophysico-Chemical Processes in Environmental Systems. This volume, which consists of 15 chapters, is organized into three parts Fundamentals of Biotic and Abiotic Interactions of Trace Metals and Metalloids with Soil Components Transformations and Dynamics of Metals and Metalloids as Influenced by Soil—Root—Microbe Interactions and Speciation, Mobility, and Bioavailability of Metals and Metalloids and Restoration of Contaminated Soils. 

R127 R. L. Cook, Application in Environmental Research on Anthropogenic Organic Compounds in Wiley- lUPAC Series on Biophysico-Chemical Processes in Environmental Systems, eds. B. Xing, N. Senesi and P. M. Huang, John Wiley Sons, Inc., 2011, Vol. 3, Biophysico-Chemical Processes of Anthropogenic Organic Compounds in Environmental Systems, p. 315. 

N. Senesi and E. Lolfredo, Speetroseopie Teehniques for Studying Metal-Humic Complexes in SoU , in Wiley-IUPAC Series on Biophysico-Chemical Processes in Environmental Systems, eds. A. Violante, M.H. Pan and G.M. Gadd, John Wiley Sons Inc, 2008, vol. 1, Biophysico-Chemical Processes of Heavy Metals and Metalloids in SoU Environments, p. 125. 

Biophysico-Chemical Processes Involving Natural Nonliving Organic Matter in Environmental Systems, Edited by Nicola Senesi, Baoshan Xing, and Pan Ming Huang Copyright 2009 John Wiley Sons, Inc. 

Despite the useful information to study biophysico-chemical processes involving NOM in environmental systems, the SFR concentration depends on various laboratory conditions such as pH and irradiation (Senesi, 1990a Paul et al., 2006), redox conditions, acid hydrolysis, methylation, and temperature (Senesi, 1990a). Moreover, AH and SFR concentration can also be affected by sample humidity and the presence of paramagnetic ions (Novotny and Martin-Neto, 2002 Novotny et al., 2006). 

Biophysico-chemical processes involving natural nonliving organic matter in environmental systems / edited by Nicola Senesi, Baoshan Xing, Pan Ming Huang. 

This book can be used as an advanced reference book on biophysico-chemical processes of metals and metalloids in soils and related envnonments for senior undergraduate and graduate students in soil and environmental sciences. It is an essential reference for chemists and biologists studying envnonmental systems. It will serve as a useful resource book for instructors, research scientists, professional consultants, and others working on environmental and ecological systems. 

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