Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rivers
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Stream Research in the Long-Term Ecological Research Network
Author: El Niño & Long-Term Ecological Research Sites
Author: David GreenlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatology
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Freshwater Ecosystems
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309175747
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
To fulfill its commitment to clean water, the United States depends on limnology, a multidisciplinary science that seeks to understand the behavior of freshwater bodies by integrating aspects of all basic sciencesâ€"from chemistry and fluid mechanics to botany, ichthyology, and microbiology. Now, prominent limnologists are concerned about this important field, citing the lack of adequate educational programs and other issues. Freshwater Ecosystems responds with recommendations for strengthening the field and ensuring the readiness of the next generation of practitioners. Highlighted with case studies, this book explores limnology's place in the university structure and the need for curriculum reform, with concrete suggestions for curricula and field research at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels. The volume examines the wide-ranging career opportunities for limnologists and recommends strategies for integrating limnology more fully into water resource decision management. Freshwater Ecosystems tells the story of limnology and its most prominent practitioners and examines the current strengths and weaknesses of the field. The committee discusses how limnology can contribute to appropriate policies for industrial waste, wetlands destruction, the release of greenhouse gases, extensive damming of rivers, the zebra mussel and other "invasions" of speciesâ€"the broad spectrum of problems that threaten the nation's freshwater supply. Freshwater Ecosystems provides the foundation for improving a field whose importance will continue to increase as human populations grow and place even greater demands on freshwater resources. This volume will be of value to administrators of university and government science programs, faculty and students in aquatic science, aquatic resource managers, and clean-water advocatesâ€"and it is readily accessible to the concerned individual.
International Networking in Long-term Ecological Research
Author: U. S. Long Term Ecological Research Network
Author: Long-Term Ecological Research ProgramPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Challenges of Long Term Ecological Research: A Historical Analysis
Author: Robert B. WaidePublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030669335
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
This volume explores the challenges of sustaining long-term ecological research through a historical analysis of the Long Term Ecological Research Program created by the U.S. National Science Foundation in 1980. The book examines reasons for the creation of the Program, an overview of its 40-year history, and in-depth historical analysis of selected sites. Themes explored include the broader impact of this program on society, including its relevance to environmental policy and understanding global climate change, the challenge of extending ecosystem ecology into urban environments, and links to creative arts and humanities projects. A major theme is the evolution of a new type of network science, involving comparative studies, innovation in information management, creation of socio-ecological frameworks, development of governance structures, and formation of an International Long Term Ecological Research Network with worldwide reach. The book’s themes will interest historians, philosophers and social scientists interested in ecological and environmental sciences, as well as researchers across many disciplines who are involved in long-term ecological research.
A Caribbean Forest Tapestry
Author: Nicholas V. L. BrokawPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195334698
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
This book explains how to foresee and manage ecosystem changes in the Luquillo Mountains in Puerto Rico, by looking at underlying causes and effects. The lessons from the abiotic and biotic environments, populations, and ecosystems in this region apply to analogous forest biomes in Central and South America, as well as around the world.
Long-term Ecological Research in the United States
Author: Keith Van ClevePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Research Publications of the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Cascade Range, Oregon
Author: D. L. HenshawPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Long-term Ecological Research Sites
Author: David GreenlandPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195150597
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Presents the work that has been done and the understanding and database that have been developed by work on climate change done at the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites. This book pulls together information from all 20 research sites.