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Edited By
Kathie Weathers
David Strayer
Gene Likens, Distinguished Senior Scientist, The Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Milbrook, New York, USA
Audience
Advanced undergraduate and graduate students who have had a general biology course, but not further training in ecosystems. Researchers and professionals in ecology and environmental sciences.
Contents
Part I: Conceptual Underpinnings
Ch. 1: The Ecosystem Concept
PART II: Ways of Looking at Ecosystems
Ch. 2: Introduction to the Portfolio
of Ecosystem Science
Ch. 3: Primary Production
Ch. 4: Secondary Production and Consumer Energetics
Ch. 5: Decomposition, Net Ecosystem
Production, Respiration
Ch. 6: Introduction to the Concept of Nutrient Cycling
Ch. 7: The Carbon Cycle
Ch. 8: The Nitrogen Cycle
Ch.
9: The Phosphorous Cycle
Ch.10: Cycles of Other Elements (Sulfur, case cations, selected metals, etc.)
Ch.11: Bringing it all Together
Part III: Synthesis
Ch.12: The Power and Flexibility of Ecosystem Science
Ch.13: The Importance of Context (Big Patterns)
Ch.14: Controls
on Ecosystem Function
PART IV: Ecosystem Management: Applying Knowledge of Ecosystem to Solve Real-World Problems
PART V: Challenges
for the Future
Appendix: An Introduction to Redox and Acid-Base Chemistry
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Hardbound, 450 pages, publication date: FEB-2011
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-088774-3
ISBN-10: 0-12-088774-6
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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