Fundamentals of ecosystem science / edited by Kathleen C. Weathers, David L. Strayer, Gene E. Likens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weathers, Kathleen C., editor.

Strayer, David Lowell, 1955- editor.

Likens, Gene E., 1935- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology.

Biotic communities.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (colour), maps (black and white)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Previous edition: 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

<p><b>Section 1: Introduction </b>1. Introduction</p> <p><b>Section 2: Ecological Energetics </b>2. Primary Production 3. Secondary Production 4. Decomposition 5. Microbially Mediated Redox Reactions</p> <p><b>Section 3: Biogeochemistry </b>6. Intro to Element Cycling 7. Carbon Cycle 8. Nitrogen Cycle 9. Phosphorus Cycle</p> <p><b>Section 4: Synthesis </b>10. Revisiting the Ecosystem Concept: Important Features that Promote Generality and Understanding 11. Ecosystems in a heterogeneous world 12. Controls on ecosystem structure and function</p> <p><b>Section 5: Case Studies </b>13. Streams and their valleys 14. Ecology of lyme disease 15. Understanding Ecosystem Effects of Dams 16. Acid Rain 17. Surprising ecosystem changes in the Naragannsett Bay 18. From global environmental change to sustainability science: Ecosystem studies in Yaqui Valley Mexico</p> <p><b>Section 6: Frontiers </b>19. Ecosystem science: the continuing evolution of our discipline</p>

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Print version :

ISBN:

9780128127636

0128127635

OCLC:

1263818448

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