%0 book part %@ 1867-979X,1616-864X %A Belkin, I.M.,Aliani, S.,Alkire, M.B.,Badewien, T.H.,Berta, M.,Durán Gómez, G.S.,Eliasen, S.K.,Elken, J.,Griffa, A.,Gruber, N.,Guéguen, C.,Hátún, H.,Karri, R.,Kowalczuk, P.,Larsen, K.M.H.,Marinov, I.,Mathis, M.,Meyerjürgens, J.,Molcard, A.,Nagai, T.,Özgökmen, T.M.,Palter, J.B.,Polyakov, I.,Rember, R.,Ricker, M.,Sarmiento, J.L.,Stanev, E.V.,Suaria, G.,Suursaar, Ü.,Takahashi, S.,Tanabe, S.,Wei, Q.S.,Zambianchi, E. %D 2022 %J The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry,Chemical Oceanography of Frontal Zones %N %P 1-23 %R doi:10.1007/698_2022_894 %T Introduction to the Chemical Oceanography of Frontal Zones %U https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2022_894 %X This chapter provides a concise overview of the entire monograph by assembling summaries of 10 individual chapters starting with a global review of large-scale, persistent nutrient fronts of the World Ocean followed by regional chapters on the Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic, Baltic Sea, Kuroshio Current, and the Yellow Sea, a global review of CDOM dynamics at fronts, a chapter on persistent organic pollutants and marine organisms in the Kuroshio-Oyashio frontal zone, and two chapters on marine litter and its dynamics in frontal zones.