Biomes and Ecosystems
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2011
236 pages
978-1-61530-378-6 (ISBN)
Description
Earth's biosphere supports several unique biomes and ecosystems. Though they operate as self-contained units, these regions also operate as part of a global network, nurturing interdependence among greatly diverse plant and animal species. The evolution o
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John P. Rafferty
Biomes and Ecosystems
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Content
- BOOK COVER
- TITLE
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1 EARTH'S BIOSPHERE
- THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE
- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BIOSPHERE
- THE FLOW OF ENERGY
- NUTRIENT CYCLING
- THE CARBON CYCLE
- THE NITROGEN CYCLE
- THE SULFUR CYCLE
- THE PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
- THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE
- LINKS AMONG THE NUTRIENT CYCLES
- EARTH'S ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- THE ROLE OF TEMPERATURE
- HUMIDITY
- THE PH SCALE
- THE SALINITY OF EARTH'S WATER BODIES
- WATER CURRENTS
- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
- HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE
- CHAPTER 2 THE EVOLUTION OF THE BIOSPHERE
- EARTH'S GEOLOGIC HISTORY AND EARLY LIFE-FORMS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE
- THE EMERGENCE OF TERRESTRIAL LIFE
- THE PROGRESSION OF EVOLUTION
- GLACIATION AND DROUGHT DURING THE PERMIAN PERIOD
- THE REPTILIAN RADIATION
- THE DIVERSITY OF CRETACEOUS LIFE
- THE EARLY PALEOGENE TRANSITION
- QUATERNARY EXTINCTIONS
- CHAPTER 3 BIOMES AND ECOSYSTEMS
- THE CONCEPT OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
- BIOTIC DISTRIBUTIONS
- DISPERSALIST AND VICARIANCE BIOGEOGRAPHY
- ENDEMISM
- COMPONENTS OF SPECIES DIVERSITY
- SPECIES ADAPTATIONS TO CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS
- THE EFFECTS OF GEOLOGIC CHANGES ON BIOTIC DISTRIBUTIONS
- THE DISTRIBUTION BOUNDARIES OF FLORA AND FAUNA
- THE FLORAL KINGDOMS
- THE FAUNAL REALMS
- ECOSYSTEMS
- BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES
- CHAPTER 4 TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM CASE STUDIES
- THE MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEM
- THE ORIGIN OF MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS
- MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENTS
- THE FLORA OF MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS
- THE FAUNA OF MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS
- THE DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE OF POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES IN MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS
- BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY IN MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS
- THE POLAR ECOSYSTEM
- THE ORIGIN OF POLAR FLORA AND FAUNA
- POLAR ENVIRONMENTS
- BIOTA OF THE ARCTIC
- BIOTA OF THE ANTARCTIC
- THE DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE OF POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES IN POLAR ECOSYSTEMS
- BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY IN POLAR ECOSYSTEMS
- CHAPTER 5 AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM CASE STUDIES
- THE MARINE ECOSYSTEM
- THE ORIGINS OF MARINE LIFE
- THE SHAPE OF THE OCEANS
- THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SEAWATER
- OCEAN CURRENTS
- MARINE BIOTA
- THE DISTRIBUTION AND DISPERSAL OF MARINE ORGANISMS
- MIGRATIONS OF MARINE ORGANISMS
- THE DYNAMICS OF POPULATIONS AND SPECIES ASSEMBLAGES IN MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
- BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY
- RIVERINE AND LACUSTRINE ECOSYSTEMS
- THE BOUNDARY ECOSYSTEM
- BOUNDARY SYSTEMS BETWEEN WATERS
- WETLANDS
- CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX: SIGNIFICANT ECOSYSTEM COMPONENTS AND CONCEPTS
- BACTERIA AND FUNGI
- BENTHOS
- BIOMASS
- DETRITUS
- FOOD CHAINS
- HERBIVORES
- OMNIVORES
- LITTORAL ZONE
- MACROFAUNA
- MEGAFAUNA
- MESOFAUNA
- MICROFAUNA
- NEKTON
- NEUSTON
- PHYTOPLANKTON
- PLANKTON
- SCAVENGERS
- SOIL ORGANISMS
- TROPHIC LEVELS
- ZOOPLANKTON
- GLOSSARY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- THE BIOSPHERE
- BIOMES AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGIONS
- THE MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEM
- THE POLAR ECOSYSTEM
- THE MARINE ECOSYSTEM
- THE BOUNDARY ECOSYSTEM
- INDEX
- BACK COVER
