Ecosystem biogeochemistry : element cycling in the forest landscape / Christopher S. Cronan.
Cronan, Christopher S., author.
2018
QH343.7
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Title Ecosystem biogeochemistry : element cycling in the forest landscape / Christopher S. Cronan.
Author Cronan, Christopher S., author.
ISBN 9783319664446 (electronic book)
3319664441 (electronic book)
9783319664439
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66444-6
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 203 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-66444-6 doi
Call Number QH343.7
Dewey Decimal Classification 577/.14
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series Springer textbooks in Earth sciences, geography and environment.
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Preface
Chapter 1. General Chemical Concepts
Chapter 2. Soil Biogeochemistry
Chapter 3. Microbial Biogeochemistry
Chapter 4. Plant Biogeochemistry
Chapter 5. Cycling of Organic Matter
Chapter 6. Atmospheric Deposition
Chapter 7. Mineral Weathering
Chapter 8. Watershed Hydrology
Chapter 9. Aqueous Chemistry
Chapter 10. Integrated Element Cycling
Chapter 11. Biogeochemical Modeling
Chapter 12. Ecosystem Disturbance and Stress
Epilogue
Problem Sets in Biogeochemistry
Problem set answers
Glossary
Index.

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