Freshwater ecosystems

Book · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:7025823

Straskraba, M; Gnauck, A H

Ecosystem analysis and ecological modelling is a rapidly developing interdisciplinary branch of science used in theoretical developments in ecology and having practical applications in environmental protection. In this book, the authors introduce new holistic, particularly cybernetic, concepts into ecosystem theory and modelling, and provide a concise treatment of mathematical modelling of freshwater ecosystems which covers methods, subsystem models, applications and theoretical developments. Part 1 begins with a brief introduction to the principles of systems theory and their applications to ecosystems, and provides a summary of various methods of systems analysis. In Part 11 emphasis is laid on the pelagic processes in standing water, characterised by relatively uninvolved structures from which models can be readily developed. Part 111 describes applications of the technique of modelling to solutions of theoretical and practical problems, with different modelling methods and objectives being used in the various chapters. More recent developments in the methods and theory of ecosystem modelling are covered in Part 1V which also includes a discussion of future trends.

• OSTI ID: 7025823
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
ECOLOGY
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
WATER CHEMISTRY
LAKES
FRESH WATER
RIVERS
BIOCHEMISTRY
CYBERNETICS
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
FORECASTING
MANAGEMENT
WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT
WATER QUALITY
CHEMISTRY
ECOSYSTEMS
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
WATER
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