Big Ecology: The Emergence of Ecosystem Science

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215 Aber, J.D., 129 abiotic processes, 18, 30, 34, 113, 149. See also specific processes ACIA (Arctic Climate Impact Assessment), 79–80 acidification, 146–147, 180 acid rain, 49, 54, 90 AEC (Atomic Energy Commission), ix, 4–7, 55, 164f, 165, 182 aerobiology, 87t Africa, 22, 23, 42, 44, 54, 67, 69. See also specific countries Agrarian Landscape in Transition (Redman and Foster, eds.), 129 Agricultural Research Service, 31, 81, 139 agriculture (crops), 78t, 129, 148, 152, 168–169 AIBS (American Institute of Biological Sciences), 13, 71 Alaska basics, 28 children’s book, 130–131 forests, 127–128, 148 IBP Arctic and Alpine Biome, 61, 80 invasive species and, 109 LTER and, 83, 96 stream studies, 124–125, 160 syntheses, 62 Allen, Mike, 106 Alpine Biome, 61, 64–65, 86t, 87t, 174– 175. See also specific locations altitude studies, 78t AMAP (Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme), 79, 80 Ameriflux, 150–153 Analysis of Ecosystems program (IBP), 25, 86t Anderson, J.M., 72 Anderson, R.D., 57 Andersson, F., 66 Andrén, O., et al., 83 anhydrobiosis, 59 anionic balances, 49 INDEX Note: A “b,” “f,” “m,” or “t” following a page number indicates a box, figure, map, or table, respectively. 216 / Index ANPP, 176–177 Antarctic funding, 91 international programs, 44, 129 LTER sites, 4, 95f, 97 McMurdo Dry Valley, 58, 131, 182 Palmer, 128, 131, 135, 136–137 U.S. Navy and, 3 Antos, Gregory, 45 ants, 78t Anway, Jerry, 32 AOP (Airborne Observation Platform), 159 Appalachian region, 100, 118 Appel, T.A., 106 aquatic ecology. See also watersheds; specific locations Arctic Biome and, 63 biodiversity and, 108 biomass and, 21 Desert Biome and, 57 EDFB and, 50, 56 equipment, measuring, 159 European studies, 23 Italian studies, 22 Oak Ridge, 6 terrestrial ecology and, 25 Washington (state), 45 archives, 131 Arctic Biome. See also Alpine Biome; Tundra Biome albedo, 166 basics, 61–65 global change and, 174–175 IBP and, 61–64, 70, 79–80, 86t (See also specific locations) LTER program (Massachusetts), 91 rivers, 177 Truelove Lowland tundra site, 18–20 Argentina, 2, 128 Arizona, 28, 57, 91, 97, 114, 143 ARTERI (Arctic Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Initiative), 79 arthropods, 32 Asia, 20, 23, 44, 67, 68. See also individual researchers; specific countries ASM (All Scientists’ meetings), 96, 126–128, 143 assimilation, 51 atmosphere, 149f atomic bombs, 5, 6 ATP, 52 Auerbach, Stanley, 5–6, 8, 29, 50 Australia, 2, 23, 38, 128 Austria, 19 bacteria, 62, 63. See also cyanobacteria Balph, Dave, 57 Baltimore Ecosystem Study (New York), 91, 182 Bamberg, Sam, 57, 58 Bartholomew, Victor, 37 Batzli, George, 86t Beasley, Tony, 154 bees, 168–169 Behan, Valerie, 62 Belanger, D.O., 4 Belgium, 2, 22, 70 Bellows, Thomas, 58, 85t Belnap, Jayne, 60, 111 belowground processes. See also specific components AmeriFlux and, 151 deserts and, 59 EDFB and, 54, 55 IBP and, 74, 76b LTER and, 122–123 Matador site, 18 NREL and, 43, 71 Pawnee site, 32 Benfield, Fred, 56, 85t Berkley, Chad, 143, 144 Berkner, Lloyd, 3 Berthet, Paul, 22, 70 Billings, Dwight, 64 biochemistry, 101 biodiversity bees and, 168–169 Index / 217 canopies and, 135 carbon and, 108–109 ecosystems and, viii, 172, 173f global change and, 148–149 invasive species and, 112–114 NSF review and, 135 productivity and, 21 stream studies, 160 syntheses, 150 Biodiversity in Drylands (Shachak et al.), 129 bioecology, 2 biogeochemistry, viii, 54 Biological Oceanography and Geosciences (LTER), 91 Biological Studies Directorate, 26 biomass aquatic systems and, 21 arctic, 177 biodiversity and, 108 desert, 59 ELM model and, 35 IBP and, 74 litter, 111 logging and, 119–121 measures of, 52 microbial, 63, 71, 74, 82–83 perturbations and, 93 protocols, 32 sampling equipment, 23 tropical rain forest and, 10 biotic resistance hypothesis, 112–113 birds, 72, 78t, 93, 159 bison, 38, 67 Blair, John, 155 Blair, W. Frank, ix, 24, 29, 165 Bledsoe, Caroline, 121, 130 Bledsoe, L.J. “Sam,” 31, 34, 84t Bliss, I.C., 20 Blood, Liz, 154 Bocking, S., ix, 183 Bohlool, Ben, 140–141 bombs, hydrogen, 6 Bond, Barbara, 47 boreal studies, 91 Bormann, Herb, 30 Botkin, Daniel, 92 Boulder (Colorado), 62 Bourliére, François, 82 Bowman, W.D., 128 Brazil, 128 Breymeyer, Alicja, 68f, 72 Bridges, Kim, 86t Brokaw, N., 129 Brookhaven laboratory (New York), 7, 8, 55 Brooks, John L., 47, 92, 102, 107, 121, 122 Brown, George, 26 Brown, Jerry, 61, 86t buffalo, 38 Bunnell, Fred L...