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Freshwater ecosystems : modelling and simulation /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Elsevier,
1985.
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| Colección: | Developments in environmental modelling ;
8. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Freshwater Ecosystems: Modelling and Simulation; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Part I: Methods; Chapter 1. System theory and ecosystems; 1.1. System analysis; 1.2. Systems and system types; 1.3. Cybernetic description of ecological systems; Chapter 2. Methods of analysis and modelling of ecosystems; 2.1. Systems analysis; 2.2. Stochastic modelling; 2.3. Analytical modelling; 2.4. Adaptive modelling; 2.5. System analysis by mathematical models; Part II: Modelling of sub-systems; Chapter 3. Biomes and freshwater ecosystems; 3.1. Solar radiation.
- 3.2. Thermal balance of earth's surface3.3. Climatic models; 3.4. Hydrological balance of a landscape; 3.5. Man's effects; 3.6. Biotic inputs; Chapter 4. Hydrophysics; 4.1. Mathematical models of basin morphometry; 4.2. Hydrodynamics of lakes and reservoirs; 4.3. Empirical models of stratification and temperature; 4.4. Models of light conditions; 4.5. Advanced models of hydrodynamics and light distribution; Chapter 5. Hydrochemical models; 5.1. Models of thermodynamic equilibrium; 5.2. Balance of a chemical substance in freshwater; 5.3. Steady-state models.
- 5.4. Complex models of phosphorus dynamics5.5. Models of other dissolved substances and gases; 5.6. Advancement of chemical models; Chapter 6. Models of primary production; 6.1. Population dynamics; 6.2. Photosynthesis and growth; 6.3. Modelling of population losses; 6.4. Periphyton, benthic algae, and macrophyte models; 6.5. Advanced models of primary production; Chapter 7. Models of secondary production; 7.1. Models of population dynamics; 7.2. Balance models; 7.3. Complex Zooplankton models; 7.4. Models of other secondary producers; 7.5. Advancement of secondary production models.
- Part III: ApplicationsChapter 8. Stochastic dissolved oxygen models for streams; 8.1. Signal analysis of observations; 8.2. Stochastic dissolved oxygen models; 8.3. Analytical models; 8.4. Simulations for management purposes; 8.5. Advancement of models; Chapter 9. Stochastic models of dissolved oxygen in standing and impounded waters; 9.1. Model structures; 9.2. System identification and parameter estimation; 9.3. Application of stochastic dissolved oxygen models to water quality management; 9.4. Other stochastic models of standing and impounded waters; 9.5. Advancement of models.
- Chapter 10. Models of geographically dependent productivity10.1. Simple geomodel of lakes; 10.2. Geographic changes to photosynthetic capacity of phytoplankton; 10.3. Unanswered problems of the geographic model; Chapter 11. Quantitative measurement of eutrophication in standing waters; 11.1. Eutrophication models AQUAMOD; 11.2. Water-body specific model application; 11.3. Kinetics of freshwater ecosystems; 11.4. Other simulation models of eutrophication; 11.5. Shortcomings in eutrophication modelling; Chapter 12. A cybernetic model of phytoplankton structure; 12.1. Foundations of the model.