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Zusatztext Alaska's Changing Arctic is a must-read for both scientists and non-scientists interested in Arctic ecology and the impacts of global change. ... [T]his book will serve as a milestone reference for those interested in understanding how ecological interactions in tundra ecosystems will control and modulate the impact of climate change on the Arctic, and assessing how this huge area of our planet might influence the climate at lower latitudes over the next decades. Informationen zum Autor John Hobbie is the Director of The Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory. He is the former Lead Principal Investigator of the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Arctic Site. George W. Kling is the Robert G. Wetzel Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan. Klappentext The latest volume in the LTER series, this book presents the results and finding of the Long-Term Ecological Research site in the Alaskan Arctic, discussing Arctic ecology from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. Zusammenfassung The latest volume in the LTER series, this book presents the results and finding of the Long-Term Ecological Research site in the Alaskan Arctic, discussing Arctic ecology from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Preface Contributors Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Climate and Hydrometeorology of the Toolik Lake Region and the Kuparuk River Basin: Past, Chapter 3: Glacial History and Long-Term Ecology in the Toolik Lake Region Chapter 4: Late-Quaternary Environmental and Ecological History of the Arctic Foothills, Northern Alaska Chapter 5: Terrestrial Ecosystems at Toolik Lake, Alaska Chapter 6: Land-Water Interactions Chapter 7: Ecology of the Streams of the Toolik Region Chapter 8: The Response of Lakes near the Arctic-LTER to Environmental Change Chapter 9: Mercury in the Alaskan Arctic Chapter 10: Ecological Consequences of Present and Future Change in Arctic Alaska ...
