Handbook of ecological models used in ecosystem and environmental management

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Applied ecology and environmental management

Publication Information:

Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2011

Physical Description:

xvi, 620 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

ISBN:

9781439818121

General Note:

Rev. ed. of: Handbook of environmental and ecological modeling / edited by S.E. Jørgensen, B. Halling-Sørensen, S.N. Nielsen.

Subject Term:

Ecology -- Simulation methods

Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Simulation methods

Added Author:

Jorgensen, Sven Erik, 1934-

Added Uniform Title:

Handbook of environmental and ecological modeling

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It is estimated that roughly 1000 new ecological and environmental models join the ranks of the scientific literature each year. The international peer-reviewed literature reports some 20,000 new models spanning the period from 1970-2010. Just to keep abreast of the field it is necessary to design a handbook of models that doesn't merely list them, but rather draws the state-of-the-art development of models for ecosystem and environmental management.

Published first in 1996, Handbook of Models Applied in Ecosystem and Environmental Management applies precisely this approach to review current models applied in ecosystem-wide as well as environmentally specific management. Divided into two sections, the first section focuses on models of common ecosystems, leaving out only the most rare and extreme. Chapters cover coastal and marine ecosystems, wetlands, and estuaries; lake models and those general considerations valid for all freshwater ecosystems; grasslands, forests, and general features of terrestrial ecosystems; and managed ecosystems including agriculture and aquaculture as well as wastewater treatment systems.

Section II devotes attention to specific environmental problems. It begins with a look at "out of balance" problems such as eutrophication models, models of oxygen depletion, and acidification models in water pollution. Further chapters cover pollution by toxic substances, namely, heavy metal and organic toxins; global warming; fire and the spread of fire, and air pollution and the unique considerations of aerodynamics.

Supported with extensive references, Handbook of Models Applied in Ecosystem and Environmental Management provides a solid overview of the models currently in use for the management and homeostasis of whole ecosystems as well as for the solution of today's most pressing environmental problems.

Author Notes

Sven Erik Jorgensen is a professor of environmental chemistry at Copenhagen University. He is an honorable doctor of science at Coimbra University, Portugal, and at Dar es Salaam University, Tanzania. He was editor in chief of Ecological Modelling from the journal's inception in 1975 to 2009. In 2004 and 2005 Dr. Jorgensen was awarded the Stockholm Water Prize, the Prigogine Prize, and, the Einstein Professorship by the Chinese Academy of Science. In 2007 he received the Pascal medal and was elected a member of the European Academy of Science. He has written close to 350 papers, has edited or written 64 books and has given lectures and courses in ecological modeling, ecosystem theory, and ecological engineering worldwide.

Sven Erik JorgensenSven Erik JorgensenIrene Martins and Joao C. MarquesSven Erik JorgensenSven Erik JorgensenSven Erik JorgensenDebra P. C. PetersSoren Hansen and Per Abrahamsen and Merete StyczenBruno Díaz LópezSven Erik JorgensenKrist V. Gernaey and Ingmar Nopens and Gürkan Sin and Ulf JeppssonSven Erik JergensenJosé Fortes LopesSven Erik JorgensenSven Erik Jorgensen and Bent Hailing SorensenSven Erik JorgensenRalf SeppeltAlexandre Muzy and Dominique Cancellieri and David R. C. HillKostadin GanevTomás Navratil

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgment	p. xi
Editor	p. xiii
Contributors	p. xv
Section I Models of Ecosystems
1 Introduction	p. 3
2 Lake Models	p. 15
3 Estuary Ecosystem Models	p. 63
4 Models of Rivers and Streams	p. 137
5 Models of Coral Reefs	p. 153
6 Models of Forest Ecosystems	p. 161
7 Grassland Simulation Models: A Synthesis of Current Models and Future Challenges	p. 175
8 Agricultural Systems	p. 203
9 Aquaculture Systems	p. 241
10 Models of Wetlands	p. 257
11 Wastewater Systems	p. 277
Section II Models of Environmental Problems
12 Eutrophication Models	p. 325
13 Modeling Oxygen Depletion in a Lagunar System: The Ria de Aveiro	p. 347
14 Models of Pollution by Heavy Metals	p. 393
15 Models of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment	p. 415
16 Models of Global Warming and the Impacts of Climate Changes on Ecosystems	p. 439
17 Landscape-Scale Resource Management: Environmental Modeling and Land Use Optimization for Sustaining Ecosystem Services	p. 457
18 Simulation of Fire Spread Using Physics-Inspired and Chemistry-Based Mathematical Analogs	p. 477
19 Air Pollution	p. 499
20 Acidification	p. 557
Index	p. 601

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