Beschreibung:
The Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change examines the global carbon cycle and the energy balance of the biosphere, following carbon and energy through increasingly complex levels of metabolism from cells to ecosystems. Utilizing scientific explanations, analyses of ecosystem functions, extensive references, and cutting-edge examples of energy flow in ecosystems, it is an essential resource to aid in understanding the scientific basis of the role played by ecological systems in climate change.
1. An Introduction to Ecological Energetics and the Global Carbon Cycle 2. The Physical and Chemical Bases of Energy 3. Energy Relationships between Organisms and the Environment 4. Biological Energy Transformations by Plants 5. Energy Processing by Animals 6. Species Adaptations to their Energy Environment 7. Food Chains and Trophic Level Transfers 8. Energy Flow in Ecosystems 9. Ecosystem Productivity 10. The Global Carbon Cycle and the Biosphere 11. Anthropogenic Alterations to the Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change 12. Carbon, Climate Change, and Public Policy