Ecosystem Ecology

Sven Erik Jørgensen was the professor emeritus in environmental chemistry at the University of Copenhagen. He received a master of science in chemical engineering from the Danish Technical University (1958), a doctor of environmental engineering (Karlsruhe University) and a doctor of science in ecological modelling (Copenhagen University). He was the honourable doctor at Coimbra University, Portugal and at Dar es Salaam University (Tanzania). In 1975 he founded the journal Ecological Modelling and in 1978 the ISEM (International Society of Ecological Modelling). He has received several awards, the Ruder Boskovic Medal, the Prigogine Prize, the Pascal Medal, the Einstein professorship at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Santa Chiara Prize for multidisciplinary teaching and the very prestigious Stockholm Water Prize. He has published 366 papers of which 275 were published in peer-reviewed international journals and he has edited or authored 76 books, of which several have been translated to other languages (Chinese, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese). He has authored a successful textbook in ecological modelling “Fundamentals of Ecological Modelling”, which was published as a fourth edition together with Brian Fath in 2011. It has been translated into Chinese and Russian (third edition). He authored a well received textbook in system ecology entitled “Introduction to Systems Ecology”. It was published as an English edition in 2012 and as a Chinese edition in 2013. He was editor in chief of the Encyclopedia of Ecology, published in 2008, and of the Encyclopedia of Environmental Management, published in December 2012. He has taught courses in ecological modelling in 32 different countries. He is the editorial board member of 18 international journals in the fields of ecology and environmental management. He was the president of ISEM and he also was elected member of the European Academy of Sciences, for which he was the chairman of the Section for Environmental Sciences.

• Preface Part I: Ecosystems as Systems 1. Introduction2. Ecosystem Ecology3. Ecological Systems Thinking4. Ecosystems5. Ecosystem Services6. Fundamental Laws in Ecology Part II: Ecosystem Properties 7. Autocatalysis8. Body Size Patterns9. Cycling and Cycling Indices10. Ecological Network Analysis, Ascendency11. Ecological Network Analysis, Energy Analysis12. Ecological Network Analysis, Environmental Analysis13. Inderect Effects in Ecology14. Emergent Properties15. Self-organization16. Ecological Complexity17. Hierarchy Theory in Ecology18. Goal Functions and Orientors19. Energy20. Overview of Ecosystem Types Part III: Freshwater & Marine Ecosystems 21. Coral Reefs22. Estuaries23. Freshwater Lakes24. Freshwater Marshes25. Lagoons26. Mangrove Wetlands27. Mediterranean28. Peatlands29. Riparian Wetlands30. Rivers and Streams I31. Rivers and Streams II32. Rocky Intertidal Zone33. Saline and Soda Lakes34. Salt Marshes35. Swamps36. Temporary Water37. Upwelling EcosystemsPart IV: Terrestrial Ecosystems 38. Agriculture Systems39. Alpine Ecosystems and the High-Elevation Treeline40. Alpine Forest41. Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems42. Boreal Forest43. Botanical Gardens44. Caves45. Chaparral46. Deserts47. Dunes48. Floodplains49. Forest Plantations50. Greenhouses, Microcosms and Mesocosms51. Landfills52. Polar Terrestrial Ecology53. Savanna54. Steppes and Praries55. Temperate Forest56. Tropical Rainforest57. Tropical Seasonal Forest58. Tundra59. Urban Systems60. Wind Shelterbelts Index