Nutrient Cycling and Limitation : Hawai'i as a Model System / Peter M. Vitousek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vitousek, Peter M., author.

Series:

Princeton Environmental Institute Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology--Hawaii.

Ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 223 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The availability or lack of nutrients shapes ecosystems in fundamental ways. From forest productivity to soil fertility, from the diversity of animals to the composition of microbial communities, nutrient cycling and limitation are the basic mechanisms underlying ecosystem ecology. In this book, Peter Vitousek builds on over twenty years of research in Hawai'i to evaluate the controls and consequences of variation in nutrient availability and limitation. Integrating research from geochemistry, pedology, atmospheric chemistry, ecophysiology, and ecology, Vitousek addresses fundamental questions: How do the cycles of different elements interact? How do biological processes operating in minutes or hours interact with geochemical processes operating over millions of years? How does biological diversity interact with nutrient cycling and limitation in ecosystems? The Hawaiian Islands provide the author with an excellent model system for answering these questions as he integrates across levels of biological organization. He evaluates the connections between plant nutrient use efficiency, nutrient cycling and limitation within ecosystems, and nutrient input-output budgets of ecosystems. This book makes use of the Hawaiian ecosystems to explore the mechanisms that shape productivity and diversity in ecosystems throughout the world. It will be essential reading for all ecologists and environmental scientists.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

TABLES

FIGURES

PREFACE

Chapter One. INTRODUCTION

Chapter Two. THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AS A MODEL ECOSYSTEM

Chapter Three. GRADIENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, GRADIENTS IN ECOSYSTEMS

Chapter Four. PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN LONG-TERM ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

Chapter Five. EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF NUTRIENT LIMITATION AND THE REGULATION OF NUTRIENT CYCLING

Chapter Six. NUTRIENT INPUTS TO HAWAIIAN ECOSYSTEMS: PATHWAYS, RATES, AND CONTROLS

Chapter Seven. NUTRIENT OUTPUTS: PATHWAYS, CONTROLS, AND INPUT-OUTPUT BUDGETS

Chapter Eight. ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9780691190341

0691190348

OCLC:

1076414570