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.
For those choosing to use the book in a classroom environment, or who want to enrich further their reading experience, teaching and learning assets are available at Elsevier.com.
1. Section I: Introduction - p. xiv 2. Chapter 1. Introduction to Ecosystem Science - p. 5 3. Section II: Ecological Energetics - p. 26 4. Chapter 2. Primary Production: The Foundation of Ecosystems - p. 29 5. Chapter 3. Secondary Production and Consumer Energetics - p. 69 6. Chapter 4. Organic Matter Decomposition - p. 81 7. Chapter 5. Microbially Mediated Redox Reactions - p. 103 8. Section III: Biogeochemistry - p. 111 9. Chapter 6. Element Cycling - p. 115 10. Chapter 7. The Carbon Cycle: With a Brief Introduction to Global Biogeochemistry - p. 147 11. Chapter 8. The Nitrogen Cycle - p. 161 12. Chapter 9. The Phosphorus Cycle - p. 199 13. Section IV: Synthesis - p. 213 14. Chapter 10. Revisiting the Ecosystem Concept: Important Features That Promote Generality and Understanding - p. 217 15. Chapter 11. Ecosystems in a Heterogeneous World - p. 227 16. Chapter 12. Controls on Ecosystem Structure and Function - p. 252 17. Section V: Case Studies - p. 264 18. Chapter 13. Streams and Their Valleys - p. 267 19. Chapter 14. Ecology of Lyme Disease - p. 275 20. Chapter 15. Understanding Ecosystem Effects of Dams - p. 287 21. Chapter 16. Acid Rain - p. 293 22. Chapter 17. The Oligotrophication of Narragansett Bay - p. 301 23. Chapter 18. From Global Environmental Change to Sustainability Science: Ecosystem Studies in the Yaqui Valley, Mexico - p. 311 24. Section VI: Frontiers - p. 319 25. Chapter 19. Ecosystem Science: The Continuing Evolution of Our Discipline - p. 325 26. Glossary - p. 335 27. Index - p. 339
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.
For those choosing to use the book in a classroom environment, or who want to enrich further their reading experience, teaching and learning assets are available at Elsevier.com.
1. Section I: Introduction - p. xiv 2. Chapter 1. Introduction to Ecosystem Science - p. 5 3. Section II: Ecological Energetics - p. 26 4. Chapter 2. Primary Production: The Foundation of Ecosystems - p. 29 5. Chapter 3. Secondary Production and Consumer Energetics - p. 69 6. Chapter 4. Organic Matter Decomposition - p. 81 7. Chapter 5. Microbially Mediated Redox Reactions - p. 103 8. Section III: Biogeochemistry - p. 111 9. Chapter 6. Element Cycling - p. 115 10. Chapter 7. The Carbon Cycle: With a Brief Introduction to Global Biogeochemistry - p. 147 11. Chapter 8. The Nitrogen Cycle - p. 161 12. Chapter 9. The Phosphorus Cycle - p. 199 13. Section IV: Synthesis - p. 213 14. Chapter 10. Revisiting the Ecosystem Concept: Important Features That Promote Generality and Understanding - p. 217 15. Chapter 11. Ecosystems in a Heterogeneous World - p. 227 16. Chapter 12. Controls on Ecosystem Structure and Function - p. 252 17. Section V: Case Studies - p. 264 18. Chapter 13. Streams and Their Valleys - p. 267 19. Chapter 14. Ecology of Lyme Disease - p. 275 20. Chapter 15. Understanding Ecosystem Effects of Dams - p. 287 21. Chapter 16. Acid Rain - p. 293 22. Chapter 17. The Oligotrophication of Narragansett Bay - p. 301 23. Chapter 18. From Global Environmental Change to Sustainability Science: Ecosystem Studies in the Yaqui Valley, Mexico - p. 311 24. Section VI: Frontiers - p. 319 25. Chapter 19. Ecosystem Science: The Continuing Evolution of Our Discipline - p. 325 26. Glossary - p. 335 27. Index - p. 339
