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.
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- Covers both aquatic (freshwater and marine) and terrestrial ecosystems with updated information
- Includes a new chapter on microbial biogeochemistry
- Features vignettes throughout the book with real examples of how an ecosystem approach has led to important change in policy, management, and ecological understanding
- Demonstrates the application of an ecosystem approach in synthesis chapters and case studies
- Contains new coverage of human-environment interactions
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978-0-12-812763-6 (9780128127636)
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Section 1: Introduction1. Introduction
Section 2: Ecological Energetics2. Primary Production3. Secondary Production4. Decomposition5. Microbially Mediated Redox Reactions
Section 3: Biogeochemistry6. Intro to Element Cycling7. Carbon Cycle8. Nitrogen Cycle9. Phosphorus Cycle
Section 4: Synthesis10. Revisiting the Ecosystem Concept: Important Features that Promote Generality and Understanding11. Ecosystems in a heterogeneous world12. Controls on ecosystem structure and function
Section 5: Case Studies13. Streams and their valleys14. Ecology of lyme disease15. Understanding Ecosystem Effects of Dams16. Acid Rain17. Surprising ecosystem changes in the Naragannsett Bay18. From global environmental change to sustainability science: Ecosystem studies in Yaqui Valley Mexico
Section 6: Frontiers19. Ecosystem science: the continuing evolution of our discipline