Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Systems Ecology: An Ecological Discipline; Chapter 2: Conservation of Energy and Matter; Chapter 3: Ecosystems: Growth and Development; Chapter 4: Irreversibility and Order: The Second and Third Laws of Thermodynamics; Chapter 5: The Biochemistry of Ecosystems; Chapter 6: The Thermodynamic Interpretation of Ecosystem Growth and Development; Chapter 7: The Ecological Law of Thermodynamics; Chapter 8: Ecosystems Are Open Systems; Chapter 9: Ecosystems Have a Hierarchical Organization; Chapter 10: Ecosystems Have a High Diversity
Chapter 11: Ecosystems Have a High Buffer CapacityChapter 12: The Components of Ecosystems Form Ecological Networks; Chapter 13: Ecosystems Have a Very High Content of Information; Chapter 14: Ecosystems Have Emerging Holistic System Properties; Chapter 15: Application of System Ecology in Ecological Subdisciplines and Environmental Management; References; Appendix; Back Cover
Summary
System Ecology: An Ecological DisciplineWhat Is Systems Ecology?The Holistic ApproachOutline of the BookPART 1Conservation of Energy and MatterThe Conservation LawsOther Thermodynamic FunctionsLiebig's Law of MinimumBioaccumulation and BiomagnificationCycling in Ecosystems and in the EcosphereEnergy Flows in EcosystemsEcosystems: Growth and DevelopmentThe Maximum Power PrincipleEmbodied Energy/EmergyEcosystem as a Biochemical ReactorTechnological and Ecological Interpretation of the ThermodynamicConcept ExergyEco-Exergy and InformationIrreversibility and Order: The Second and Third Laws of The
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-296) and index
