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Summary
Summary
The problem of global warming is among the most intensely studied and debated topics in ecology and environmental science. But one possible contributor to global warming--biotic feedback--has until now not been addressed with any serious, sustained attention. Featuring papers prepared for a meeting held at Woods Hole to explore the topic, this book provides for the first time a comprehensive overview of the many issues associated with interactions between biota and global warming. With contributions from internationally respected scholars in the field, the book will prove invaluable to students and researchers in ecology, climatology, and environmental science.
Author Notes
George M. Woodwell is at Woods Hole Research Center. Fred T. Mackenzie is at University of Hawaii.
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Edited by two well-respected scholars, this volume derives from a 1992 symposium at Woods Hole Research Center supported, in part, by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Unlike the latter's past emphasis on the ocean's role in climate change, this conference focused on the land--forests and soils in particular. Although debate continues, it appears that consensus is being reached that the oceans will not be able to absorb the expected increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide from humankind's persistent and ever-increasing use of fossil fuels. And, unfortunately, the possibility obtains that global warming itself may result in changes in terrestrial productivity that will speed the warming, although at what rate and over what period of time remain unknown. The 23 authoritative papers are arranged in four major sections: "Global Warming: Perspectives from Land and Sea"; "Biotic Processes and Potential Feedbacks" (with subsections on Plants and Plant Communities, Soils, and Oceans and Estuaries); "Global Carbon Budgets, Models, and Geophysical Constraints"; and "Biotic Feedback in the Global Climatic System." The final chapter identifies 12 topics worthy of further consideration by the scientific community. The papers are aptly enhanced by graphs, tables, and bibliographies. Upper-division undergraduate through professional. E. J. Kormondy; emeritus, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Table of Contents
| Part I Global Warming: Perspectives form Land and Sea |
| 1 Biotic Feedbacks from the Warming of the EarthG.M. Woodwell |
| 2 Global Climatic Change: Climatically Important Biogenic Gases and FeedbacksF.T. Mackenzie |
| Part II Biotic Processes and Potential Feedbacks |
| A Plants and Plant Communities |
| 3 Plant Physiological Responses to Elevated CO2, Temperature, Air Pollution, and UV-B RadiationL.H. Allen and J.S. Amthor |
| 4 On the Potential for a CO2 Fertilization Effect in Forests: Estimates of the Biotic Growth Factor, Based on 58 Controlled-Exposure StudiesS.D. Wullschleger and W.M. Post and and A.W. King |
| 5 Indicators of Climatic and Biospheric Change: Evidence from Tree-RingsG.C. Jacoby and Rosanne D. D'Arrigo |
| 6 Global Climate Change: Disturbance Regimes and Biospheric Feedbacks of Temperate and Boreal ForestsW.A. Kurz et al. |
| 7 Permafrost and Vegetation Response to Global Warming in North EurasiaA.A. Velichko et al. |
| B Soils |
| 8 Soil Respiration and Changes in Soil Carbon StocksW.H. Schlesinger |
| 9 The Biogeochemistry of Northern Peatlands and Its Possible Responses to Global WarmingE. Gorham |
| 10 Methane Output form Natural and Quasi-Natural Sources: A Review of the Potential for Change and for Biotic and Abiotic FeedbacksE.G. Nisbet and B. Ingham |
| 11 Linkages Between Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling and Their Implications for Storage of Carbon in Terrestrial EcosystemsE. A. Davidson C. Oceans and Estuaries |
| 12 Biofeedback in the Ocean in Response to Climate ChangeG.T. Rowe and F.G. Baldauf |
| 13 Net Carbon Metabolism of Oceanic Margins and Estuaries: Estimates of Steady-State Conditions, and Speculations about Anthropomorphic Perturbations of that Steady StateS.V. Smith |
| 14 Biogenic Dimethyl Sulphide, Marine Aerosol and Climate: Evidence For and Against the Existence of a Climate-Stabilizing Feedback MechanismR.J. Carlson |
| 15 Implications of Increased Solar UVB for Aquatic EcosystemsR.C. Smith |
| Part III Global Carbon Budgets, Models, and Geophysical Constraints |
| A Terrestrial and Oceanic Interactions |
| 16 Modelling Interactions of Carbon Dioxide, Forests, and ClimateR.D. Luxmoore and D.D. Baldocchi |
| 17 Vegetation Geography and Global Carbon Storage ChangesI.C. Prentice and M.T. Sykes |
| 18 CO2-Climate Feedbacks: Aspects of DetectionI.G. Enting |
| B Modelling the Carbon Sink |
| 19 Effects of Land-use Change, Surface Temperature, and CO2 Concentration on Terrestrial Stores of CarbonR.A. Houghton |
| 20 Storage Versus Flux Budgets: The Terrestrial Uptake of CO2 During the 1980sP.P. Tans and I.Y. Fung and and I.G. Enting |
| 21 Perturbations to the Biospheric Carbon Cycle: Uncertainties in the EstimatesI.Y. Fung |
| Part IV Biotic Feedbacks in the Global Climatic System |
| 22 What We Need to Know: Some Priorities for Research on Biotic Feedbacks in a Changing BiosphereW.D. Billings |
| 23 Will the Warming Feed the Warming?G.M. Woodwell and R.T. Mackenzie |
