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Informationen zum Autor Sven Erik Jørgensen was the professor emeritus in environmental chemistry at the University of Copenhagen. He received a master of science in chemical engineering from the Danish Technical University (1958), a doctor of environmental engineering (Karlsruhe University) and a doctor of science in ecological modelling (Copenhagen University). He was the honourable doctor at Coimbra University, Portugal and at Dar es Salaam University (Tanzania). In 1975 he founded the journal Ecological Modelling and in 1978 the ISEM (International Society of Ecological Modelling). He has received several awards, the Ruder Boskovic Medal, the Prigogine Prize, the Pascal Medal, the Einstein professorship at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Santa Chiara Prize for multidisciplinary teaching and the very prestigious Stockholm Water Prize. He has published 366 papers of which 275 were published in peer-reviewed international journals and he has edited or authored 76 books, of which several have been translated to other languages (Chinese, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese). He has authored a successful textbook in ecological modelling “Fundamentals of Ecological Modelling?, which was published as a fourth edition together with Brian Fath in 2011. It has been translated into Chinese and Russian (third edition). He authored a well received textbook in system ecology entitled “Introduction to Systems Ecology?. It was published as an English edition in 2012 and as a Chinese edition in 2013. He was editor in chief of the Encyclopedia of Ecology, published in 2008, and of the Encyclopedia of Environmental Management, published in December 2012. He has taught courses in ecological modelling in 32 different countries. He is the editorial board member of 18 international journals in the fields of ecology and environmental management. He was the president of ISEM and he also was elected member of the European Academy of Sciences, for which he was the chairman of the Section for Environmental Sciences. Klappentext Jorgensen's Ecosystem Ecology provides a thorough and comprehensive overview of the world's aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The articles in this derivative volume, based on the bestselling Encyclopedia of Ecology (published in 2008), is the only book currently published that provides an overview of the world's ecosystems in a concise format. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Part I: Ecosystems as Systems 1. Introduction 2. Ecosystem Ecology 3. Ecological Systems Thinking 4. Ecosystems 5. Ecosystem Services 6. Fundamental Laws in Ecology Part II: Ecosystem Properties 7. Autocatalysis 8. Body Size Patterns 9. Cycling and Cycling Indices 10. Ecological Network Analysis, Ascendency 11. Ecological Network Analysis, Energy Analysis 12. Ecological Network Analysis, Environmental Analysis 13. Inderect Effects in Ecology 14. Emergent Properties 15. Self-organization 16. Ecological Complexity 17. Hierarchy Theory in Ecology 18. Goal Functions and Orientors 19. Energy 20. Overview of Ecosystem Types Part III: Freshwater & Marine Ecosystems 21. Coral Reefs 22. Estuaries 23. Freshwater Lakes 24. Freshwater Marshes 25. Lagoons 26. Mangrove Wetlands 27. Mediterranean 28. Peatlands 29. Riparian Wetlands 30. Rivers and Streams I 31. Rivers and Streams II 32. Rocky Intertidal Zone 33. Saline and Soda Lakes 34. Salt Marshes 35. Swamps 36. Temporary Water 37. Upwelling Ecosystems Part IV: Terrestrial Ecosystems 38. Agriculture Systems 39. Alpine Ecosystems and the High-Elevation Treeline 40. Alpine Forest 41. Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems 42. Boreal Forest 43. Botanical Gardens 44. Caves 45. Chaparral 46. Deserts 47. Dunes 48. Floodplains 49. Forest Plantations 50. Greenhouses, Microcosms and Mesocos...
