Biosphere 2 : research past and present
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Biosphere 2 : research past and present
Elsevier Science, c1999
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Ecological engineering
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Reprinted from Ecological engineering special issue, vol. 13, nos. 1-4
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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This text presents a collection of papers reporting research results from the different biomes in Biosphere 2 and represents an opportunity for ecologists from all backgrounds to learn about research progress, past and present at the Biosphere Centre.
Table of Contents
- Biosphere 2 - introduction and research progress
- Biospherics and Biosphere 2, Mission One (1991-1993)
- Biosphere 2 - engineering design
- construction and engineering of a created environment -overview of the Biosphere 2 closed system
- tropical rainforest biome and Biosphere 2 - structure
- composition and results of the first two years of operations
- characteristics of soils in the tropical rainforest biome and Biosphere 2 after three years
- simulations of community metabolism and atmospheric carbon dioxide and oxygen concentrations in Biosphere 2
- litterfall and decomposition rates in Biosphere 2 terrestrial biomes
- the Biosphere 2 coral reef biome
- mangrove ecosystem development in Biosphere 2
- soil in the agricultural area of Biosphere 2 (1991-1993)
- bioregenerative recycling of wastewater in Biosphere 2 using a constructed wetland -two year result
- the agricultural biome of Biosphere 2 - structure, composition and function
- the diel carbon cycle of the Biosphere 2 ocean
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- continuous measurements of CO2 in Biosphere 2 to assess whole mesocosm carbon cycling
- ecosystem-level evapotranspiration and water-use efficiency in the desert biome of Biosphere 2
- growing wheat in Biosphere 2 under elevated CO2 -observations and modelling
- dynamics of the global water cycle of Biosphere 2
- simulation of the water cycle in Biosphere 2
- the Biosphere 2 canopy access system
- multispectral imaging of vegetation at Biosphere 2
- simulation of heat and humidity budgets of Biosphere 2 without its air conditioning.
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