@article{824052,
      recid = {824052},
      author = {Cronan, Christopher S.,},
      title = {Ecosystem biogeochemistry : element cycling in the forest  landscape /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiii, 203 pages) :},
      abstract = {This textbook presents a comprehensive process-oriented  approach to biogeochemistry that is intended to appeal to  readers who want to go beyond a general exposure to topics  in biogeochemistry, and instead are seeking a holistic  understanding of the interplay of biotic and environmental  drivers in the cycling of elements in forested watersheds.  The book is organized around a core set of ecosystem  processes and attributes that collectively help to generate  the whole-system structure and function of a terrestrial  ecosystem. In the first nine chapters, a conceptual  framework is developed based on distinct soil, microbial,  plant, atmospheric, hydrologic, and geochemical processes  that are integrated in the element cycling behavior of  watershed ecosystems. With that conceptual foundation in  place, students then proceed to the final three chapters  where they are challenged to think critically about  integrated element cycling patterns; roles for  biogeochemical models; the likely impacts of disturbance,  stress, and management on watershed biogeochemistry; and  linkages among patterns and processes in watersheds  experiencing novel environmental changes. Included with the  text are figures, tables of comparative data, extensive  literature citations, a glossary of terms, an index, and a  set of 24 biogeochemical problems with answers. The  problems are intended to support chapter concepts and to  demonstrate how critical thinking skills, simple algebra,  and thoughtful human logic can be used to solve applied  problems in biogeochemistry that might be encountered by a  research scientist or a resource manager. Using this book  as an introduction to biogeochemistry, students will  achieve a level of subject mastery and disciplinary  perspective that will permit them to see and to interpret  the individual components, interactions, and synergies that  are represented in the dynamic element cycling patterns of  watershed ecosystems. Provides a unified emphasis on  forested watershed ecosystems that is more  process-oriented, comprehensive, and pedagogical than  existing single watershed case studies; Delivers a coherent  synthesis of biogeochemistry at the watershed ecosystem  scale - the most common landscape unit for current research  and resource management; Enables students to interpret the  individual components, interactions, and synergies  represented in the dynamic element cycling patterns of  watershed ecosystem; Presents an operational manual that  examines how forested watersheds work with respect to  fundamental parts, processes, interrelationships,  whole-system behavior, and responses to changing  conditions.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/824052},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66444-6},
}