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ISBN-10 :  0128127635 

ISBN-13 :   9780128127636  

Author:  Kathleen Weathers 

Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science, Second Edition provides a comprehensive introduction to modern ecosystem science covering land, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Featuring full color images to support learning and written by a group of experts, this updated edition covers major concepts of ecosystem science, biogeochemistry, and energetics. Case studies of important environmental problems offer personal insights into how adopting an ecosystem approach has helped solve important intellectual and practical problems.

Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science 2nd Table of contents:

Section I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction to Ecosystem Science
Abstract
What Is an Ecosystem?
What Are the Properties of Ecosystems?
Why Do Scientists Study Ecosystems?
How Do Ecosystem Scientists Learn about Ecosystems?
From There to Here: A Short History of the Ecosystem Concept in Theory and Practice
Section II: Ecological Energetics
Introduction
Introduction
Units Used in Studies of Ecological Energetics
Chapter 2: Primary Production: The Foundation of Ecosystems
Abstract
Introduction
Components of Primary Production
Measuring Primary Production
Primary Production Methods: Advances
Regulation of Primary Production
Rates and Patterns of Primary Production
Fates of Primary Production
A Tale of Scale
Summary
Chapter 3: Secondary Production and Consumer Energetics
Abstract
Introduction
Consumer Energetics
Secondary Production
Conclusions
Chapter 4: Organic Matter Decomposition
Abstract
Introduction
Conceptual Model of Decomposition
Organisms Responsible for Decomposition
Controls on Decomposition
Interactions with Other Element Cycles
The Future
Summary
Chapter 5: Microbially Mediated Redox Reactions
Abstract
Redox Reaction Terminology
Energy Yield From Redox Reactions
Anaerobic Degradation of Organic Matter
Energy Yield From Inorganic Redox Reactions
Conclusions
Section III: Biogeochemistry
Chapter 6: Element Cycling
Abstract
What Is an Element Cycle?
Role of the Hydrologic Cycle
Chemical Properties Are Important
Move, Stick, and Change: A Simple Framework for Elemental Cycling
Beyond Boxes and Arrows
Interacting Elemental Cycles
What Kinds of Questions Are Associated with Element Cycles?
Summary and Thought Question
Chapter 7: The Carbon Cycle: With a Brief Introduction to Global Biogeochemistry
Abstract
Why Study the Carbon Cycle?
Biogeochemistry of Carbon
The Global Carbon Cycle
The Carbon Cycle in Selected Ecosystems
Concluding Remarks
Chapter 8: The Nitrogen Cycle
Abstract
Introduction
The Global Picture
Nitrogen Cycle Processes
Nitrogen Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Nitrogen Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems
Nitrogen Balances: The Enigma of Missing Nitrogen
Chapter 9: The Phosphorus Cycle
Abstract
Introduction
Background
The Importance of Phosphorus in Terrestrial Ecosystems
The Importance of Phosphorus in Agricultural Ecosystems
The Importance of Phosphorus in Aquatic Ecosystems
The Global Phosphorus Cycle
The Phosphorus Cycle at the Regional Scale
The Phosphorus Cycle at the Local Scale
Human Alteration of the Global Phosphorus Cycle
Managing Human Interaction with the Phosphorus Cycle
Summary
Section IV: Synthesis
Introduction
Chapter 10: Revisiting the Ecosystem Concept: Important Features That Promote Generality and Understanding
Abstract
Introduction
Budgets and Boundaries
Inclusiveness and Flexibility
Generality and Prediction
Chapter 11: Ecosystems in a Heterogeneous World
Abstract
Introduction
The Nature of Heterogeneity
Toward A Framework for Space and Time Heterogeneity
Internal and External Heterogeneity
First Principles for Assessing Heterogeneity
Conclusions: Ecosystems in Time and Space
Chapter 12: Controls on Ecosystem Structure and Function
Abstract
What Do We Mean by “Control”?
Why Do We Care about Controls on Ecosystems?
How Are Ecosystems Controlled?
Complications
Section V: Case Studies
Introduction
Chapter 13: Streams and Their Valleys
Abstract
Chapter 14: Ecology of Lyme Disease
Abstract
Discovery
It’s the Deer
Chapter 15: Understanding Ecosystem Effects of Dams
Abstract
Chapter 16: Acid Rain
Abstract
Chapter 17: The Oligotrophication of Narragansett Bay
Abstract
Oligotrophication
Narragansett Bay
What the Long-Term Records Revealed
Changes to Benthic-Pelagic Coupling
Things to Come
Concluding Notes
Chapter 18: From Global Environmental Change to Sustainability Science: Ecosystem Studies in the Yaqui Valley, Mexico
Abstract
The Yaqui Valley Case Study
Lessons From the Yaqui Valley Ecosystems Study
Section VI: Frontiers
Chapter 19: Ecosystem Science: The Continuing Evolution of Our Discipline
Abstract
Introduction

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