The Biogeography of the Earth Critical Zone

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Beierkuhnlein, Carl ; Shrestha, Samip Narayan:
The Biogeography of the Earth Critical Zone.
In: White, Timothy ; Provenzale, Antonello (Hrsg.): Critical Zone and Ecosystem Dynamics. - Cham, Switzerland : Springer , 2024 . - S. 51-77 . - (Advances in Critical Zone Science )
ISBN 978-3-031-69075-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69076-1_3

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Abstract

The active skin of the Earth, the Earth Critical Zone (ECZ), is a complex layer with diffuse limits towards the atmosphere and the lithosphere resulting from interacting physical, chemical, and biological processes. Biodiversity across all biological realms, including bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes, is a substantial component and contribution to the ECZ. Without the activity of organisms, this zone and its ecosystems would not be functional or even exist.