Principles and Standards for Measuring Primary Production

✍ Scribed by Timothy J. Fahey, Alan K. Knapp

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 281
• Series: Long-Term Ecological Research Network
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Principles and Standards for Measuring Net Primary Production in Long-Term Ecological Studies is the first book to establish a standardized method for measuring net primary productivity (NPP) in ecological research. Primary productivity is the rate at which energy is stored in the organic matter of plants per unit area of the earth's surface. As the beginning stage of the carbon cycle, our ability to accurately measure NPP is essential to any ecological analysis, as well as agronomy, forestry, fisheries, limnology and oceanography. In fact, NPP measurements are fundamental to ecosystem studies at thousands of sites around the world. All 26 LTER sites will be expected to collect and report data using these new standards, but the standards should reach well beyond LTER sites. Identified standards for NPP measurements will allow researchers from diverse biomes to authoritatively compare measurements among their sites. Comparable measurements will build a foundation for a broad scale understanding of the environmental, biological, and nutrition controls on NPP. The book includes chapters for each of the critical biome types, including special techniques that work best in each environment. For example, there are chapters that discuss grassland ecosystems, urban ecosystems, marine pelagic ecosystems, forest ecosystems, and salt marsh ecosystems, among others.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 10
Foreword......Page 6
Contributors......Page 12
1 Primary Production: Guiding Principles and Standards for Measurement......Page 16
2 Information Management Standards and Strategies for Net Primary Production Data......Page 25
3 Estimating Aboveground Net Primary Production in Grassland- and Herbaceous-Dominated Ecosystems......Page 40
4 Estimating Aboveground Net Primary Production in Shrub-Dominated Ecosystems......Page 62
5 Estimating Aboveground Net Primary Productivity in Forest-Dominated Ecosystems......Page 76
6 Estimating Moss and Lichen Ground Layer Net Primary Production in Tundra, Peatlands, and Forests......Page 95
7 Estimating Net Primary Production of Salt-Marsh Macrophytes......Page 119
8 Estimating Belowground Primary Productivity......Page 133
9 Measuring and Modeling Primary Production in Marine Pelagic Ecosystems......Page 155
10 Measuring Freshwater Primary Production and Respiration......Page 188
11 The Role of Remote Sensing in the Study of Terrestrial Net Primary Production......Page 217
12 Quantifying Uncertainty in Net Primary Production Measurements......Page 251
B......Page 274
D......Page 275
F......Page 276
L......Page 277
N......Page 278
R......Page 279
V......Page 280
W......Page 281