Charles A. S. Hall

Ecosystem modeling in theory and practice : An Introduction with Case Histories : 1977,
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CONTENTS

I BASIC PRINCIPLES

1. Systems and models : Terms and Basic Principles, Charles A. S. Hall & John W.Day Jr. ……………….. 5
2. A Circuit Language for Energy and Matter : Charles A. S. Hall, John W.Day &Howard T. Odum…….37
3. A Strategy of Model Construction : W. Scott Overton……………………………………………………….49
4. Mathematical Construction of Ecological Models : Christine A Shoemaker……………………………….75
5. Values and Environmental Modeling : Edward I. Friedland………………………………………………..115
6. Economic Values and Natural Ecosystem : Michael R. Dohan ……………………………………………..133
7. Energy, Value and Money : Howard T. Odum……………………………………………………………….173
8. Modeling in the Context of the Law : Angus MacBeth……………………………………………………….197

II CASE HISTORIES : UNDERSTANDING NATURAL SYSTEMS

9. Life and Death in the Forest : The Computer as an Aid to Understanding : Daniel B. Botkin……………213
10. A Model of the Barataria Bay Salt Marsh Ecosistem : Charles S. Hopkinson, Jr. & John W.Day,Jr.…..235
11. An Empirical and Mathematical Approach Toward the Development of a Phosphorus Model of Castle Lake,
California : Jeffrey E. Richey…………………………………………...267
12. A Model of a Thermal Spring Food Chain : Richard G. Wiegert……………………………………………289

III CASE HISTORIES : ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

13. Baltic Ecosystem Modeling : Benght-Owe Jansson & Fredrik Wulff………………………………………..323
14. Models and the Decision Making Process : The Hudson River Power Plant Case : Charles A. S. Hall……345
15. A Simulation that Failed : The Biospheric Productivity Model : Daniel E. Wartenberg, Charles A. S. Hall ..………………….365

16. Modeling Man and Nature in Southern Louisiana : John W.Day, Jr., Charles S. Hopkinson, Jr., Harold C.
Loesch…………381

17. War, Peace, and the Computer : Simulation of Disordering and Ordering Energies in South Vietnam :
Mark Brown…………………….393

18. Application of and Ecosystem Model to Water Quality Management : The Delaware Estuary : Robert A. Kelly,
Walter O. Spofford, Jr. …………419

IV CASE HISTORIES : DESIGNING OPTIMAL INTERACTION OF MAN AND NATURE

19. An Analysis of the Role of Natural Wetlands in Regional Water Management : Charles Littlejohn………..451
20. A Modeling Approach to Regional Planning in Franklin County and Apalachicola Bay, Florida : Walter Boynton
David E. Hawkins & Charles Gray…………………………………...477

21. Energy Cost-Benefit Analysis Applied to Power Plants Near Crystal River, Florida : W. Michael Kemp et al…507
22. Pest Management Models of Crop Ecosystems : Christine A. Shoemaker………………………………………....545
23. Gradient Modeling : A New Approach to Fire Modeling and Resource Management : Stephen R. Kessel……...575
24. The Problem of Population Optima : S. Fred Singer & James T. Morris…………………………………………..607
25. Narragansett Bay- The Development of a Composite Simulation Model for a New England Estuary : Scot W. Nixon
James N. Kremer……………621

AUTHOR INDEX …….675

SUBJECT INDEX ….677… (mehr)

Maximum Power: The Ideas and Applications of H. T. Odum

FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
Emerging from a September 1989 symposium honoring his teaching and scientific achievements, this volume traces the development of the innovative interdisciplinary thought of ecological scientist H.T. Odum, providing the conceptual and research history that has led to Odum's far-reaching ideas about making social decisions. The volume is organized along the chronological path that Odum himself followed, from ecology to ecological engineering to ecological economics to his grand synthesis called "emergy analysis." Each of the six thematic sections (the seventh comprises personal memoirs) is introduced by editor Hall, who also provides a general introduction. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)… (mehr)