Ecosystem Ecology

Informationen zum Autor Sven Erik Jørgensen was the professor emeritus in environmental chemistry at the University of Copenhagen. He received a master of science in chemical engineering from the Danish Technical University (1958), a doctor of environmental engineering (Karlsruhe University) and a doctor of science in ecological modelling (Copenhagen University). He was the honourable doctor at Coimbra University, Portugal and at Dar es Salaam University (Tanzania). In 1975 he founded the journal Ecological Modelling and in 1978 the ISEM (International Society of Ecological Modelling). He has received several awards, the Ruder Boskovic Medal, the Prigogine Prize, the Pascal Medal, the Einstein professorship at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Santa Chiara Prize for multidisciplinary teaching and the very prestigious Stockholm Water Prize. He has published 366 papers of which 275 were published in peer-reviewed international journals and he has edited or authored 76 books, of which several have been translated to other languages (Chinese, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese). He has authored a successful textbook in ecological modelling Fundamentals of Ecological Modelling?, which was published as a fourth edition together with Brian Fath in 2011. It has been translated into Chinese and Russian (third edition). He authored a well received textbook in system ecology entitled Introduction to Systems Ecology?. It was published as an English edition in 2012 and as a Chinese edition in 2013. He was editor in chief of the Encyclopedia of Ecology, published in 2008, and of the Encyclopedia of Environmental Management, published in December 2012. He has taught courses in ecological modelling in 32 different countries. He is the editorial board member of 18 international journals in the fields of ecology and environmental management. He was the president of ISEM and he also was elected member of the European Academy of Sciences, for which he was the chairman of the Section for Environmental Sciences. Klappentext Jorgensen's Ecosystem Ecology provides a thorough and comprehensive overview of the world's aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The articles in this derivative volume, based on the bestselling Encyclopedia of Ecology (published in 2008), is the only book currently published that provides an overview of the world's ecosystems in a concise format. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Part I: Ecosystems as Systems 1. Introduction 2. Ecosystem Ecology 3. Ecological Systems Thinking 4. Ecosystems 5. Ecosystem Services 6. Fundamental Laws in Ecology Part II: Ecosystem Properties 7. Autocatalysis 8. Body Size Patterns 9. Cycling and Cycling Indices 10. Ecological Network Analysis, Ascendency 11. Ecological Network Analysis, Energy Analysis 12. Ecological Network Analysis, Environmental Analysis 13. Inderect Effects in Ecology 14. Emergent Properties 15. Self-organization 16. Ecological Complexity 17. Hierarchy Theory in Ecology 18. Goal Functions and Orientors 19. Energy 20. Overview of Ecosystem Types Part III: Freshwater & Marine Ecosystems 21. Coral Reefs 22. Estuaries 23. Freshwater Lakes 24. Freshwater Marshes 25. Lagoons 26. Mangrove Wetlands 27. Mediterranean 28. Peatlands 29. Riparian Wetlands 30. Rivers and Streams I 31. Rivers and Streams II 32. Rocky Intertidal Zone 33. Saline and Soda Lakes 34. Salt Marshes 35. Swamps 36. Temporary Water 37. Upwelling Ecosystems Part IV: Terrestrial Ecosystems 38. Agriculture Systems 39. Alpine Ecosystems and the High-Elevation Treeline 40. Alpine Forest 41. Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems 42. Boreal Forest 43. Botanical Gardens 44. Caves 45. Chaparral 46. Deserts 47. Dunes 48. Floodplains 49. Forest Plantations 50. Greenhouses, Microcosms and Mesocos...

Autorentext
Sven Erik Jørgensen was the professor emeritus in environmental chemistry at the University of Copenhagen. He received a master of science in chemical engineering from the Danish Technical University (1958), a doctor of environmental engineering (Karlsruhe University) and a doctor of science in ecological modelling (Copenhagen University). He was the honourable doctor at Coimbra University, Portugal and at Dar es Salaam University (Tanzania). In 1975 he founded the journal Ecological Modelling and in 1978 the ISEM (International Society of Ecological Modelling). He has received several awards, the Ruder Boskovic Medal, the Prigogine Prize, the Pascal Medal, the Einstein professorship at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Santa Chiara Prize for multidisciplinary teaching and the very prestigious Stockholm Water Prize. He has published 366 papers of which 275 were published in peer-reviewed international journals and he has edited or authored 76 books, of which several have been translated to other languages (Chinese, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese). He has authored a successful textbook in ecological modelling Fundamentals of Ecological Modelling”, which was published as a fourth edition together with Brian Fath in 2011. It has been translated into Chinese and Russian (third edition). He authored a well received textbook in system ecology entitled Introduction to Systems Ecology”. It was published as an English edition in 2012 and as a Chinese edition in 2013. He was editor in chief of the Encyclopedia of Ecology, published in 2008, and of the Encyclopedia of Environmental Management, published in December 2012. He has taught courses in ecological modelling in 32 different countries. He is the editorial board member of 18 international journals in the fields of ecology and environmental management. He was the president of ISEM and he also was elected member of the European Academy of Sciences, for which he was the chairman of the Section for Environmental Sciences.

Klappentext

Jorgensen's Ecosystem Ecology provides a thorough and comprehensive overview of the world's aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The articles in this derivative volume, based on the bestselling Encyclopedia of Ecology (published in 2008), is the only book currently published that provides an overview of the world's ecosystems in a concise format.

Inhalt

Preface

Part I: Ecosystems as Systems

1. Introduction
2. Ecosystem Ecology
3. Ecological Systems Thinking
4. Ecosystems
5. Ecosystem Services

6. Fundamental Laws in Ecology

   Part II: Ecosystem Properties
   7. Autocatalysis

7. Body Size Patterns
8. Cycling and Cycling Indices
9. Ecological Network Analysis, Ascendency
10. Ecological Network Analysis, Energy Analysis
11. Ecological Network Analysis, Environmental Analysis
12. Inderect Effects in Ecology
13. Emergent Properties
14. Self-organization
15. Ecological Complexity
16. Hierarchy Theory in Ecology
17. Goal Functions and Orientors
18. Energy

19. Overview of Ecosystem Types

    Part III: Freshwater & Marine Ecosystems
    21. Coral Reefs

20. Estuaries
21. Freshwater Lakes
22. Freshwater Marshes
23. Lagoons
24. Mangrove Wetlands
25. Mediterranean
26. Peatlands
27. Riparian Wetlands
28. Rivers and Streams I
29. Rivers and Streams II
30. Rocky Intertidal Zone
31. Saline and Soda Lakes
32. Salt Marshes
33. Swamps
34. Temporary Water

35. Upwelling Ecosystems

    Part IV: Terrestrial Ecosystems

36. Agriculture Systems
37. Alpine Ecosystems and the High-Elevation Treeline
38. Alpine Forest
39. Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems
40. Boreal Forest
41. Botanical Gardens
42. Caves
43. Chaparral
44. Deserts
45. Dunes
46. Floodplains
47. Forest Plantations
48. Greenhouses, Microcosms and Mesocosms
49. Landfills
50. Polar Terrestrial Ecology
51. Savanna
52. Steppes and Praries
53. Temperate Forest
54. Tropical Rainforest
55. Tropical Seasonal Forest
56. Tundra
57. Urban Systems
58. Wind Shelterbelts
    Index