Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science /
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Section I: Introduction
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Ecosystem Science
Pages 3-23
Section II: Ecological Energetics
Section II. Ecological Energetics
Pages 25-26
Chapter 2 - Primary Production: The Foundation of Ecosystems
Pages 27-51
Chapter 3 - Secondary Production and Consumer Energetics
Pages 53-74
Chapter 4 - Organic Matter Decomposition
Pages 75-94
Section III: Biogeochemistry
Chapter 5 - Element Cycling
Pages 97-108
Chapter 6 - The Carbon Cycle: With a Brief Introduction to Global Biogeochemistry
Pages 109-135
Chapter 7 - The Nitrogen Cycle
Pages 137-158
Chapter 8 - The Phosphorus Cycle
Pages 159-178
Section IV: Synthesis
Section IV. Synthesis
Pages 179-180
Chapter 9 - Revisiting the Ecosystem Concept: Important Features That Promote Generality and Understanding
Pages 181-190
Chapter 10 - Ecosystems in a Heterogeneous World
Pages 191-213
Chapter 11 - Controls on Ecosystem Structure and Function
Pages 215-230
Section V: Case Studies
Section V. Case Studies
Pages 231-232
Chapter 12 - From Global Environmental Change to Sustainability Science: Ecosystem Studies in the Yaqui Valley, Mexico
Pages 233-241
Chapter 13 - Ecology of Lyme Disease
Pages 243-251
Chapter 14 - Understanding Ecosystem Effects of Dams
Pages 253-258
Chapter 15 - Acid Rain
Pages 259-264
Chapter 16 - Streams and Their Valleys
Pages 265-276
Section VI: Frontiers
Chapter 17 - Frontiers in Ecosystem Science
Pages 279-296
Appendix - A Primer on Biologically Mediated Redox Reactions in Ecosystems
Pages 297-301
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