Includes bibliographical references (pages 593-612) and index.
Properties of sediments -- Model formulation -- Ammonia -- Nitrate -- Steady state model -- Phosphorus -- Silica -- Oxygen equivalents -- Sulfides -- Methane -- Sulfide and methane -- Diagenesis -- Mass transport and numberical methods -- Chesapeake Bay -- MERL, Long Island Sound and Lake Champlain -- Steady state and time variable behavior -- Calcium and alkalinity -- Manganese I : Sediment flux -- Manganese II : Overlying water-sediment interaction -- Iron flux model -- Cadmium and iron