Concepts of ecology - Kormondy, Edward John 1926- (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1984)
The nature of ecosystems -- Energy flow in ecosystems -- Energy fixation by autotrops -- Measuring primary production -- Estimates of primary production -- Comparison of primary energy capture -- Energy beyond the producers -- Autotroph-based ecosystems -- An energy flow model -- Pyramids of energy, Biomass, and numbers -- Biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems -- The hydrologic cycle -- Gaseous nutrient cycles -- Carbon cycles -- Nitrogen cycle -- Sedimentary nutrient cycles -- Sulfur cycles -- Phosphorus movement in lakes -- Nutrient budgets and ecosystems -- Ecology of population growth -- biotic potential death rates in populations -- Age structure -- The "Equilibruim level" of populations -- Population size and distribution -- The influence of Abiotic factors -- Interspecific relationships -- intranspacific relationship -- The organization and dynamics of ecological communities -- The major ecosystems -- Terrestrial ecosystems -- Aquatic ecosystems -- Structural Aspects of decidous forest -- Description of structure -- Variation in structure -- Functional aspects of ecosytems -- Periodism -- Photoperiodism and ecotypes -- Periodism and temperature effects -- Periodism and metabolism -- Ecological Succession -- Succession in beach ponds -- Succession in the past -- Human ecology -- The human population -- Human population growth -- Natality and mortality in human populations -- Problems of population growth -- Pollution -- water pollution and the great lakes -- Ionizing radiation and terrestrial ecosystems -- Radioactive elements and terrestrial ecosystems -- Pesticides and terrestrial ecosystems -- Air pollution -- Desertification -- Epilogue.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Ecology