Biogeochemistry of a Forested Ecosystem

• Main Author: Likens, Gene E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Mineralogy.; Geography.; Agriculture.; Endangered ecosystems.; Forests and forestry.; Life Sciences.; Ecosystems.; Forestry.; Geography (general).
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7810-2

The pioneering watershed-ecosystem studies initiated at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in 1963 underpin this thoroughly updated and in-depth analysis of the biogeochemistry of a forested ecosystem in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.�In a novel synthesis of almost 50 years, this third Edi...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Ecosystem Analysis
• 2. Hydrology
• 3. Chemistry
• 4. Input-Output Budgets
• 5. Weathering
• 6. Nutrient Cycles and Mass Balances
• 7. The Northern Hardwood Ecosystem in the Hubbard Brook Valley in Relation to Other Forest Ecosystems
• 8. Summary Discussion and Conclusions.