Ecology and Environmental Chemistry

Otto Fränzle

Otto Fränzle

Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany

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Milan Straškraba

Milan Straškraba

Akademie věd České Republiky, Biomatematická laboratoř, Entomologický institut, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

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First published: 15 October 2011

Abstract

The article contains sections titled:

1.

Structure and Dynamics of Terrestrial Ecological Systems

1.1.

Structure of Communities and Ecosystems

1.1.1.

Description of Community Structure

1.1.2.

Successions

1.1.3.

Patch Dynamics

1.2.

Water Balance of Ecosystems

1.2.1.

Precipitation and Interception

1.2.2.

Infiltration and Surface Runoff

1.2.3.

Deep Drainage

1.2.4.

Soil Water

1.3.

Energy Balance of Ecosystems

1.3.1.

Net Radiation

1.3.2.

Soil Heat Flow

1.3.3.

Sensible Heat Flow in the Lower Atmosphere

1.3.4.

Latent Heat Flux

1.3.5.

Efficiency of Photosynthesis

1.4.

Nutrient Cycles and Productivity of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems

1.4.1.

Nutrients

1.4.2.

Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems

1.4.3.

Productivity of Ecosystems

2.

Terrestrial, Lotic, Lentic, and Wetland Ecotones

2.1.

Terrestrial and Lotic Ecotones

2.2.

Lentic and Wetland Ecotones

3.

Sensitivity of Ecosystems and Ecotones

3.1.

Different Notions of Community Stability

3.2.

Biodiversity and Stability of Model Communities

3.3.

Stability-Oriented Biodiversity Analyses of Real Communities

3.4.

Nondemographic Measures of Stability

3.5.

Sensitivity of Aquatic Ecosystems

3.5.1.

Reactions of Aquatic Ecosystems to Stress

3.5.2.

Sensitivity to Different Stressors

3.5.3.

Sensitivity to “Global Change”

3.6.

Sensitivity of Ecotones

3.7.

Stability and Resilience of Ecosystems in Evolution

3.8.

Appraisal

4.

Exposure and Effect Criteria of Chemicals

4.1.

Equilibrium Constants for Chemical Distribution

4.2.

Kinetic Constants for Environmental Processes

4.2.1.

Hydrolysis

4.2.2.

Photolysis

4.2.3.

Oxidation and Reduction

4.2.4.

Sorption and Ion Exchange

4.2.5.

Biotransformation

4.2.6.

Chemical Structure and Biodegradation

4.2.7.

Bioconcentration, Bioaccumulation, and Ecological Magnification

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