Primary Productivity of the Biosphere
The period since World War II, and especially the last decade influenced by the International Biological Program, has seen enormous growth in research on the function of ecosystems. The same period has seen an exponential' rise in environmental problems i
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J. Jacobs Miinchen
O. L. Lange Wiirzburg
J. S. Olson Oak Ridge
W. Wieser Innsbruck
Volume 14
with contributions by
Elgene Box
Institut fiir Physikalische Chemie, KFA, Jiilich; F.R.G., and Curriculum in Ecology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
John S. Bunt
Australian Institute of Marine Science Townsville, Queensland, 4810 Australia
Charles A. S. Hall
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Section of Ecology and Systematics Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850
Helmut Lieth Department of Botany University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
Gene E. Likens
Section of Ecology and Systematics Langmuir Laboratory, Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14850
Peter L. Marks
Section of Ecology and Systematics Langmuir Laboratory, Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14850
Russell Moll
Great Lakes Research Division University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
Peter G. Murphy
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan 48824
Douglas D. Sharp
Department of Botany University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
David Sharpe
Department of Geography Southern lllinois University at Carbondale Carbondale, lliinois 62901
Dennis Whigham
Department of Biology, Rider College Trenton, New Jersey 08602
Robert H. Whittaker
Section of Ecology and Systematics Langmuir Laboratory, Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14850
Primary Productivity of the
Biosphere edited by Helmut Lieth and Robert H. Whittaker with 67 figures
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York
1975
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Lieth, Helmut. Primary productivity of the biosphere. (Ecological studies; v. 14) Includes' index. 1. :primary productivity (Biology) I. Whittaker, Robert Harding, 1920joint author. II. Title. III. Series. QH541.3.L5 574 74-26627
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© 1975 by Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1975
Distributed in the British Commonwealth Market by Chapman & Hall Limited, London.
ISBN-13:978-3-642-80915-6 DOl: 10,1007/978-3-642-80913-2
e-ISBN-13:978-3-642-80913-2
Preface
The period since World War II, and especially the last decade influenced by the International Biological Program, has seen enormous growth in research on the function of ecosystems. The same period has seen an exponential' rise in environmental problems including the capacity of the Earth to support man's population. The concern extends to man's effects on the "biosphere"-the film of living organisms on the Earth's surface that supports man. The common theme of ecologic research and environmental concerns is primary productionthe binding of sunlight energy into organic matter by plants that supports all life. Many results from the IBP remain to be synthesized, but enough data are available from that program and other research to
