Biotic Feedbacks in the Global Climatic System: Will the Warming Feed the Warming?

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G. M. Woodwell, Fred T. Mackenzie
Oxford University Press, 1995 - Nature - 416 pages
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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