Ecological science, the Biosphere

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology contains timely review articles concerned with all aspects of chemical contaminants (including pesticides) in the total environment, including toxicological considerations and consequences.

Biodiversity, sometimes simply understood as "e;diversity of species"e;, is a specific quality of life on our planet, the dimensions and importance of which have just lately been fully realized.

Tropical Stream Ecology describes the main features of tropical streams and their ecology.

The Arctic Tundra and adjacent Boreal Forest or Taiga support the most cold-adapted flora and fauna on Earth.

Coronaviruses represent a major group of viruses of both molecular biological interest and clinical significance in animals and humans.

This book discusses how aquatic microbial communities develop interactive metabolic coordination both within and between species to optimize their energetics.

This book deals with the in-depth study of sustainability issues in the agri-food sector.

Revised Edition with New Afterword from the Author Time #1 Nonfiction Book of the YearFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award Over 3 million copies sold in 35 Languages"e;On the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately begins cleaning house - or houses, that is.

Marine biological science is now studied at the molecular level and although research scientists depend on information gained using molecular techniques, there is no book explaining the philosophy of this approach.

Aquatic microbial ecology, a growing interdisciplinary field, has become increasingly compartmentalized in recent years.

At the end of the first international Symposium on Rotifers diately accepted to do this, and kindly made an entire in Lunz, Austria, September 1976, entousiastic pleas were special volume of its Journal 'Hydrobiologia' available made for a second gathering of possibly the same format for this purpose.

This new book is the first to make logical and important connections between trapping and foraging ecology.

Rove beetles (Staphylinidae) are common elements of the soil biota, living in the litter and deeper soil layers.

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology publishes authoritative reviews on the occurrence, effects, and fate of pesticide residues and other environmental contaminants.

This edited book is comprised of original research that focuses on technological advancements for effective teaching with an emphasis on learning outcomes, ICT trends in higher education, sustainable developments and digital ecosystem in education, management and industries.

This textbook introduces a set of fundamental equations that govern the conservation of mass (dry air, water vapor, trace gas), momentum and energy in the lower atmosphere.

The book synthesizes nomenclature, systematics, and descriptions of North American mammal species.

This book explores various aspects of thermophilic and halophilic microbes from Eurasian ecosystems, which have proved to offer a unique reservoir of genetic diversity and biological source of extremophiles.

Few individuals can be unmoved by the impact of molecular biology.

This book focuses on the politics, discourse and actors surrounding climate change issues in China.

Coastal and estuarine environments at the interface of terrestrial and marine areas are among the most productive in the world.

Diverse as they are in their histories and in the organization of their forest sectors, most Nordic countries have this in common: their economies and cultures are substantially based on the utilization of various forest resources.

This book establishes brand-new frame theory and technical implementation in data science, with a special focus on spatial-scale feature extraction, network dynamics, object-oriented analysis, data-driven environmental prediction, and climate diagnosis.

The social dynamics of deforestation and of forest protection are the ongoing interactions amongst social actors and processes that determine the use and management of forests.

As sequel to Aquatic Animal Nutrition - A Mechanistic Perspective from Individuals to Generations, the present treatise on organic macro- and micronutrients continues the unique cross fertilization of aquatic ecology/ecophysiology and aquaculture.

This book focuses on the world's largest mangrove delta complex, located at Sundarban, a world heritage site, and on the relatively new and rapidly expanding scientific discipline of ichnology.

The book discusses how division affect the fabric of cities, and people's sense of identity and agency, and are reflected in physical features, architecture, and urban planning.

Among the fishes, a remarkably wide range of biological adaptations to diverse habitats has evolved.

Earth's climate varies even without human influence but the acceleration in the changing pattern with cause and effect by/to the civilisation is a matter of concern to scientists.

This book presents case studies of risk management of various hazards and risk management systems at regional, national, and local levels.

The book provides a cross-sectoral, multi-scale assessment of development-directed investigations in the main rivers of wider Central Asia and Afghanistan.

One of the United States Food and Drug Administration's most difficult tasks is the assessment of risk-benefit ratios for a broad spectrum of therapeutic and prophylactic drugs.

Nitrogen is indispensable to all life on Earth.

The world needs for food and fiber continue to increase.

The effects of climate change are beginning to be felt around the world with rising temperatures, changing precipitation levels, more frequent and severe storms and longer more intensive droughts threatening human life and livelihoods and damaging property and infrastructure.

This book describes the entire coast and beaches and barrier systems of Australia.

The book is designed to be a textbook for university students (MSc-PhD level) and a reference for researchers and practitioners.

This book presents essential insights on the interaction between rising risks and raising the bar for resilience during the climate crisis.

The performance of crops in the soil largely depends on the physico-chemical components of the soil, which regulate the availability of nutrients as well as abiotic and biotic stresses.

Return to the River will describe a new ecosystem-based approach to the restoration of salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia River, once one of the most productive river basins for anadromous salmonids on the west coast of North America.

Two events have recently improved the prospects of protecting fish and their environment in Switzerland: the acceptance of a new Federal Water Protection Law in the plebiscite of May 17th 1992, and the new Federal Legislation on Fisheries, in force since January 1st 1994.

This extensively revised and expanded new edition offers concepts, principles and applied information that relates to the wellbeing of reptiles.

Besides the coastline, the continental shelf is one of the most impacted marine habitats along the Brazilian coast.

This book provides information on the plant-microbe interactions which hold vital implications for addressing the global challenges of climate change, food security and environmental conservation.

In 1934, conservationist Aldo Leopold and his wife Estella bought a barn - the remnant of a farm - and surrounding lands in south-central Wisconsin.

This book highlights the world distribution of eucalyptus plantations and the recent state of research on the utilization of planted eucalyptus for engineered wood products (EWPs) manufacturing.

The world's climate is changing, and it will continue to change throughout the 21st century and beyond.

Baikai is the deepest lake on earth and one of the most ancient.

Human activities are significantly modifying the natural global carbon (C) cycles, and concomitantly influence climate, ecosystems, and state and function of the Earth system.