Biotic Feedbacks in the Global Climatic System: Will the Warming Feed the Warming?G. M. Woodwell, Fred T. Mackenzie 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. |
Contents
PERSPECTIVES FROM LAND AND SEA | 1 |
Climatically Important Biogenic Gases | 22 |
Estimates of | 85 |
Evidence from | 108 |
Disturbance Regimes and Biospheric | 119 |
Permafrost and Vegetation Response to Global Warming in North | 134 |
Soils | 157 |
The Biogeochemistry of Northern Peatlands and Its Possible Responses | 169 |
Net Carbon Metabolism of Oceanic Margins and Estuaries | 246 |
Implications of Increased Solar UVB for Aquatic Ecosystems | 263 |
ROBERT J LUXMOORE | 283 |
FRED T MACKENZIE Santa Barbara California 93106 | 299 |
Vegetation Geography and Global Carbon Storage Changes | 303 |
Aspects of Detection | 313 |
Concentration on Terrestrial Stores of Carbon | 333 |
The Terrestrial Uptake of CO2 during | 351 |
A Review | 188 |
for Storage of Carbon in Terrestrial Ecosystems | 219 |
Canada Duke University | 225 |
Oceans and Estuaries | 231 |
Uncertainties in | 367 |
BIOTIC FEEDBACKS IN THE GLOBAL CLIMATIC SYSTEM | 375 |
Will the Warming Speed the Warming? | 393 |
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