Includes bibliographical references and index.

Silicate weathering in South Asian Tropical River Basins / V. Subramanian [and others] -- Silicon in the terrestrial biosphere / Daniel Conley [and others] -- Factors controlling dissolved silicate in tropical rivers / Tim Jennerjahn [and others] -- Dissolved silicate dynamics in boreal and subarctic rivers -- vegetation control over temperature? / Christoph Humborg [and others] -- Dissolved silica in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) and adjacent coastal waters of the East China Sea / J. Zhang [and others] -- Atmospheric transport of Silicon / Ina Tegen and Karen E. Kohfeld -- Estuarine Silicon Dynamics / Lei Chou and Roland Wollast -- Physiological ecology of diatoms along the land-sea continuum / Pascal Claquin [and others] -- Modelling silica transfer processes in river catchments / J. Garnier [and others] -- The role of diatoms in Si cycling and coastal marine food webs / O. Ragueneau [and others] -- Anthropogenic perturbations of Si cycling and responses of coastal ecosystems / O. Ragueneau [and others] -- Silicon Isotope-based Reconstructions of the Silica Cycle / Christina De La Rocha -- The long-term oceanic Si cycle and the role of opal sediment / Christoph Heinze -- The Perturbed Silicon Cycle / V. Ittekkot [and others].