Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science

"Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science, Second Edition provides a comprehensive introduction to modern ecosystem science covering land, freshwater, and marine ecosystems. Ecosystem science is now applied to address a wide range of environmental problems. Written by a group of experts, this updated edition covers major concepts of ecosystem science, biogeochemistry, and energetics. Case studies of challenging environmental problems offer personal insights into how adopting an ecosystem approach has helped solve important intellectual and practical problems." -- Provided by publisher.

List of contents

Section 1: Introduction 1. Introduction
Section 2: Ecological Energetics 2. Primary Production 3. Secondary Production 4. Decomposition 5. Microbially Mediated Redox Reactions
Section 3: Biogeochemistry 6. Intro to Element Cycling 7. Carbon Cycle 8. Nitrogen Cycle 9. Phosphorus Cycle
Section 4: Synthesis 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
Section 5: Case Studies 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
Section 6: Frontiers 19. Ecosystem science: the continuing evolution of our discipline

About the author

Dr. Kathleen C. Weathers is the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Chair in Ecology at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.Dr. David L. Strayer is a Distinguished Senior Scientist Emeritus at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.Dr. Gene E. Likens is President Emeritus and Distinguished Senior Scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, and a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Connecticut, Storrs

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen Weathers
• Assisted by: David L. Strayer (Editor), Gene E. Likens (Editor), Gene E. Likens (Editor), Gene E. (Distinguished Senior Scientist Likens (Editor), David L. Strayer (Editor), David L. (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Strayer (Editor), Kathleen C. Weathers (Editor), Kathleen C. (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Weathers (Editor), Weathers Kathleen C. (Editor)
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9780128127629
• ISBN: 978-0-12-812762-9
• Dimensions: 191 mm x 235 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 770 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, Applied ecology, The environment, Science / Environmental Science, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Environmental science, engineering and technology