An Introduction to Environmental Biophysics

✍ Scribed by Gaylon S. Campbell, John M. Norman (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 294
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Reviews of the first edition:
"an interesting summary of many interesting ideas in environmental physics and biology" American Scientsist
"well organized ... recommended as an introductory text for undergraduates" AAAS Science Books and Films
"well written and illustrated" Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Introduction....Pages 1-13
Temperature....Pages 15-36
Water Vapor and Other Gases....Pages 37-51
Liquid Water in Organisms and their Environment....Pages 53-61
Wind....Pages 63-75
Heat and Mass Transport....Pages 77-85
Conductances for Heat and Mass Transfer....Pages 87-111
Heat Flow in the Soil....Pages 113-128
Water Flow in Soil....Pages 129-145
Radiation Basics....Pages 147-165
Radiation Fluxes in Natural Environments....Pages 167-184
Animals and their Environment....Pages 185-207
Humans and their Environment....Pages 209-222
Plants and Plant Communities....Pages 223-246
The Light Environment of Plant Canopies....Pages 247-278
Back Matter....Pages 279-286

✦ Subjects

Geoecology/Natural Processes;Environmental Physics;Nature Conservation;Ecology;Biophysics and Biological Physics;Plant Physiology