Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science
- 2nd Edition - July 23, 2021
- Editors: Kathleen C. Weathers, David L. Strayer, Gene E. Likens
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 2 7 6 2 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 2 7 6 3 - 6
Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science, Second Edition provides a comprehensive introduction to modern ecosystem science covering land, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Featuring… Read more
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Request a sales quoteFundamentals 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
Managers in ecology, environmental sciences and allied fields. Researchers in allied fields to ecology and environmental sciences like geochemistry, green chemistry, environmental chemistry, geomorphology, sustainability, global change, atmospheric science and conservation biology. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students and faculty in ecology and environmental science
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preamble to the 2nd Edition
- Preface
- 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
- Example 1: The Driving Power of Technological Advances
- Example 2: The Challenges of Understanding and Managing Human Effects on Ecosystem Services
- Example 3: Ecosystem Science and Changes in Society
- Example 4: Reconceptualizing Ecosystems
- Closing Remarks
- Glossary
- Index
- No. of pages: 358
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: July 23, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128127629
- eBook ISBN: 9780128127636
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Kathleen C. Weathers
Dr. Kathleen C. Weathers is the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Chair in Ecology at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
Affiliations and expertise
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USADS
David L. Strayer
Dr. David L. Strayer is a Distinguished Senior Scientist Emeritus at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
Affiliations and expertise
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USAGL
Gene E. Likens
Dr. Gene E. Likens is President Emeritus and Distinguished Senior Scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, and a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Connecticut, Storrs
Affiliations and expertise
Distinguished Senior Scientist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USARead Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science on ScienceDirect