Successes, Limitations, and Frontiers in Ecosystem Science

Introduction: Needs and Concerns in Ecosystem Science * Cultural Eutrophication of Inland, Estuarine, and Coastal Waters * Managing Forests as Ecosystems: A Success Story or a Challenge Ahead? * Wastelands to Wetlands: Links Between Habitat Protection and Ecosystem Science * Riparian Forest Ecosystems as Filters for Nonpoint Source Pollution * Ecological Research in Agricultural Ecosystems: Contributions to Ecosystem Science and to the Management of Agronomic Resources * Progress in Understanding Biogeochemical Cycles at Regional to Global Scales * Acid Deposition Research and Ecosystem Science: Synergistic Successes * Empirical and Theorectical Ecology as a Basis for Restoration: An Ecological Success Story * Limitations to Intellectual Progress in Ecosystem Science * Improving Links Between Ecosystem Scientists and Managers * The Need for Large-Scale Experiments to Assess and Predict the Response of Ecosystems to Perturbation * Ecosytem Approaches to the Management and Allocation of Critical Resources * Ecosystems and Problems of Measurement at Large Spatial Scales * Integration of Ecophysiological and Biogeochemical Approaches to Ecosystem Dynamics * Simulation Modeling in Ecosystem