As a service to all scientists who are interested in humic substances, we have compiled a list of reference books dealing with humic substances in soils, sediments, and natural waters. We need input from readers to keep this list up-to-date. If you know of a good book that should be on this list, please inform the Webmaster.
- Fritz H. Frimmel, Gudrun Abbt-Braun (Eds.): Humic Substances – Linking Structure to Functions. Proceedings of the 13th Meeting of the International Humic Substances Society, July 30 to August 2, 2006, Universität Karlsruhe, 2006, 492 S. (45-I), 623 S. (45-II). ISSN: 1612-118X.
- E. A. Ghabbour and G. Davies, Eds., Humic Substances: Molecular Details and Applications in Land and Water Conservation, Taylor & Francis, Inc., New York, 2005. ISBN 1-59169-031-5.
- C. E. W. Steinberg, Ecology of Humic Substances in Freshwaters, Springer, Heidelberg, 2003, ISBN 3-540-43922-6.
- E. A. Ghabbour and G. Davies , Eds., Humic Substances: Nature’s Most Versatile Materials, Taylor & Francis, New York, 2003, ISBN 1-59169-015-3.
- K. H. Tan, Humic Matter in Soil and the Environment. Principles and Controversies, Marcel Dekker Inc., 2003, ISBN 0-8247-4272-9.
- E. Tipping, Cation Binding by Humic Substances, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- F. H. Frimmel, G. Abbt-Braun, K. G. Heumann, B. Hock, H.-D. Luedemann, and M. Spiteller, Eds., Refractory Organic Substances in the Environment, Wiley-VCH, 2002.
- E. A. Ghabbour and G. Davies , Eds., Humic Substances: Structures, Models and Functions, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2001, ISBN 0-85404-811-1.
- R. S. Swift and K. M. Spark, Eds., Understanding and Managing Organic Matter in Soils, Sediments, and Waters. International Humic Substances Society, St. Paul, MN, USA, 2001.
- C. E. Clapp, M. H. B. Hayes, N. Senesi, P. R. Bloom, and P. M. Jardine, Eds., Humic Substances and Chemical Contaminants, Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI, USA, 2001.
- E. A. Ghabbour and G. Davies , Eds., Humic Substances Versatile Components of Plants, Soil and Water, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2000, ISBN 0-85404-855-3.
- E. A. Ghabbour and G. Davies , Eds., Understanding Humic Substances: Advanced Methods, Properties and Uses, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 1999, ISBN 0-85404-799-9.
- Hessen D. O., Tranvik L. J., Eds. Aquatic Humic Substances–Ecology and Biogeochemistry. Springer-Verlag, Berlin,1998.
- Davies, G.; Ghabbour, E. A., Eds. Humic Substances: Structures, Properties and Uses, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 1998, ISBN 0-85404-704-2.
- Drozd, J., Gonet, S. S., Senesi, N., Weber, J., Eds. The Role of Humic Substances in the Ecosystems and in Environmental Protection. PTSH-Polish Society of Humic Subtances, Wroclaw, Poland, 1997.
- Hayes, M. H. B.; Wilson, W. R., Eds. Humic Substances, Peats and Sludges. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 1997.
- Clapp, C. E., Hayes, M. H. B., Senesi, N., Griffith, S. M., Eds. Humic Substances and Organic Matter in Soil and Water Environments. International Humic Substances Society, St. Paul, MN, 1996.
- Gaffney, J. S., Marley, N. A., Clark, S. B., Eds. Humic and Fulvic Acids. ACS Symposium Series No. 651, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC , 1996.
- de Bertoldi, M., Sequi, P., Lemmes, B., Papi, T., Eds. The Science of Composting. Parts 1 and 2. Blackie (a division of Chapman & Hall), London, 1996.
- Piccolo, A., Ed. Humic Substances in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Elsevier, 1996.
- Sparks, D. L. Environmental Soil Chemistry. Academic Press, San Diego, 1995.
- Zepp, R. G., Sonntag, Ch., Eds. The Role of Nonliving Organic Matter in the Earth’s Carbon Cycle. Wiley, Chichester, 1995.
- Senesi, N., Miano, T. M., Eds. Humic Substances in the Global Environment and Implications for Human Health. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1994.
- McBride, M. B. Environmental Chemistry of Soils. Oxford University Press, New York, 1994.
- Stevenson, F. J. Humus Chemistry, 2nd Ed.. Wiley, New York, 1994.
- Ziechmann, W. Humic Substances. BI Wissenschaftsverlag, Mannheim, 1993.
- Beck, A.J., Jones, K.C., Hayes, M.H.B., Mingelgrin, U. Organic Substances in Soil and Water: Natural Constituents and Their Influences on Contaminant Behaviour. The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 200 p., 1993.
- Salonen, K., Kairesalo, T., Jone, R. I., Eds. Dissolved Organic Matter in Lacustrine Ecosystems: Energy Source and System Regulator. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1992.
- Senesi, N., Miano, T.M. Abstracts of Oral and Poster Papers at the Sixth International Meeting of IHSS, September 20-25, 1992, Monopoli (Bari), Italy, 1992.
- Ishiwatari, R., Lowe, L., McKnight, D., Shinozuka, N. and Yonebayashi, K., Special Issue: Advances in Humic Substances Research, a Collection of Papers from the Fifth International Meeting of IHSS, Nagoya, Japan, 6-11 August, 1990, The Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 117/118: 1-591, 1992.
- Wilson, W. R., Ed. Advances in Soil Organic Matter Research: The Impact on Agriculture and the Environment. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 1991.
- Perdue, E. M., Gjessing, E. T., Eds. Organic Acids in Aquatic Ecosystems. Wiley-Interscience, Chichester, 1990
- MacCarthy, P., Clapp, C.E., Malcolm, R.L., Bloom, P.R. Humic Substances in Soil and Crop Sciences: Selected Readings. Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy, Madison, Wisconsin. 281 p., 1990.
- Ishiwatari, R. Abstracts of Oral and Poster Papers at the Fifth International Meeting of IHSS, August 6-10, 1990, Nagoya, Japan, 1990.
- Hayes, M. H. B., MacCarthy, P., Malcolm, R. L., Swift, R. S., Eds. Humic Substances II: In Search of Structure. Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1989.
- Sparks, D. L. Kinetics of Soil Chemical Processes. Academic Press, San Diego, 1989.
- Suffet, I. H., MacCarthy, P., Eds. Aquatic Humic Substances: Influence of Fate and Treatment of Pollutants, Advances in Chemistry Series 219, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC 1989.
- Averett, R.C., Leenheer, J.A., McKnight, D.M., Thorn, K.A. Humic Substances in the Suwannee River, Georgia: Interactions, Properties, and Proposed Structures, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-577, Denver, Colorado. 377 p., 1989.
- Thorn, K.A., Folan, D.W., MacCarthy, P. Characterization of the IHSS Standard and Reference Fulvic and Humic Acids by Solution State 13C and ‘H NMR Spectrometry. U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4196. 93 p., 1989.
- Saiz-Jimenez, C., Rosell, R.A., Albaiges, J. Special Issue of Humic Substances Research from the Fourth International Meeting of IHSS, Matalascanas Beach, Huelva, Spain, October 3-7, 1988, The Science of the Total Environment, 81/82:1-723, 1989.
- Frimmel, F. H., Christman, R. F., Eds. Humic Substances and Their Role in the Environment, Wiley-Interscience, Chichester, 1988.
- Saiz-Jimenez, C. Abstracts of Oral and Poster papers at the Fourth International Meeting of IHSS, October 3-7, 1988, Matalascanas Beach, Huelva, Spain, 1988.
- Becker, G. Special Issue of Humic Substances Research from the Third International Meeting of IHSS, Oslo, Norway, August 4-8, 1986, The Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 62:1-505, 1987.
- Kumada, K., Chemistry of Soil Organic Matter, Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo and Elsevier, Amsterdam, 241 pp., 1987.
- Becker, G., Gjessing, E.. Abstracts of Oral and Poster Papers of the Third International Meeting of IHSS, August 4-8, 1986, Oslo, Norway,1986.
- Orlov, D. S. Humus Acids of Soils. A. A. Balkema/Rotterdam, 1985.
- Thurman, E. M. Organic Geochemistry of Natural Waters. Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dortrecht, 1985.
- Aiken, G. R., McKnight, D.M., Wershaw, R. L., MacCarthy, P., Eds. Humic Substances in Soil, Sediment, and Water. Wiley-Interscience, New York,1985.
- Baker, E.W., Ed. Proceedings of the First Meeting of the International Humic Substances Society, Estes Park, Colorado, August 1983. Organic Geochemistry 8:1-146, 1985
- M.A. Rashid, Geochemistry of Marine Humic Compounds, Springer-Verlag, New York , 300 pp., 1985 , ISBN 0-387-96135-6 and ISBN 3-540-96135-6.
- Hayes, M. H. B., Swift, R. S., Eds. Volunteered Papers–2nd International Conference. International Humic Substances Society, University of Birmingham, Birmingham UK, 1984.
- Christmann, R. F., Gjessing, E. T., Eds. Aquatic and Terrestrial Humic Materials. Ann Arbor Science Publishera, Michigan 1983.
- Povoledo, D. and Golterman, H.L. (Editors) Humic Substances, their Structure and Function in the Biosphere, Proccedings of an Iinternational Meeting held at Nieuwersluis, the Netherlands, May 29-31, 1972. Wageningen, Centre for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation, 368 pp., 1975.
- Schnitzer, M., Khan, S. U. Humic Substances in the Environment. Marcel Dekker, INC., New York, 1972.
- Scheffer, F., Ulrich, B. Humus und Humusdüngung – Morphologie, Biologie, Chemie und Dynamik des Humus, Ferdinand Enke Verlag Stuttgart, 1960.
- M. M. Konowa: Die Humusstoffe des Bodens, VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften Berlin, 1958.