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The Encyclopedia Of Southern Appalachian Forest Ecosystems
Information on the ecology and management of southern Appalachian forest ecosystems. We have synthesized literature from thousands of sources to provide resource managers, land owners, researchers, students, and the public easy access to scientific knowledge about the forests of the southern Appalachians.
http://www.forestryencyclopedia.net

Extractions: The Encyclopedia of Southern Appalachian Forest Ecosystems This site contains a wealth of information on the ecology and management of southern Appalachian forest ecosystems. We have synthesized literature from thousands of sources to provide resource managers, land owners, researchers, students, and the public easy access to scientific knowledge about the forests of the southern Appalachians. Notice: This site is still under development. An intensive evaluation is in progress to determine whether the needs and desires of users are being adequately addressed. You are invited to submit your own review comments . PEER REVIEW of the scientific content is being planned but has NOT YET been conducted. If this is your first visit to the encyclopedia, you might wish to get some introductory understanding both about the content you will see and about the navigation system and how to use it to find your way around. Skip the above introductory material and go right into the main encyclopedia User Feedback Requested . After you have visited this site, we invite you to return to this home page and provide us with your comments on how you liked it. Your feedback is very important to us because it helps us continually improve our product so we can serve you better.
Ecotopia
is powered by clean, reliable solar electrons. © 19942002 ecosystems. contact info
http://www.ecotopia.com/

Extractions: Bolivia Venezuela Galapagos Bhutan ... dedicated to a sustainable future ... EcoPlanet EcoEducation EcoEconomics EcoCommunities EcoLiving EcoTechnologies EcoPublishing Our Mission is to develop, promote and market methodologies, technologies and products that conserve natural resources and advance our planet towards sustainability through the use of solar energy.
RangeBiome
Natural resource and environmental links, tools, news, and views for improving the ecological conditions of public rangeland ecosystems in the USA.
http://www.rangebiome.org/

Extractions: This page was last updated on February 28, 2003 A Public Rangeland Almanac is an assemblage of natural resource and environmental links, tools, news, and views for improving the ecological conditions of public rangeland ecosystems. RangeNet 2003 Conference Debating the future of the American West Boulder, Colorado The objectives are ENVIRONMENTAL The center of the world is Post, Oregon - at least as far as RangeBiome is concerned. The story is that a post was placed to mark the geographic center of Oregon, and that is how the little community of Post, Oregon got its name. Over time the content has branched out in many directions, but A Public Rangeland Almanac is a "made in Oregon" product. Who am I? My name is Larry Walker and I was formerly a range conservationist with the Bureau of Land Management. I retired with just under 31 years of federal service on February 1, 1997. For the last 19+ years of that service, my duty station was BLM's Oregon/Washington State Office in Portland, Oregon. Before that, I worked in BLM's Prineville Oregon District after having worked in BLM's Medford Oregon District. What is the purpose of A Public Rangeland Almanac?
The Sky's The Limit
Assigning an economic value to the world's ecosystems. From the Why Files.
http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/shorties/cost_nature.html

Extractions: What's the worth of the Earth? According to Robert Costanza of the University of Maryland it's about $33 trillion. That, at least, is the average annual value of "natural capital" and the services provided by the world's ecosystems, says Costanza whose calculations were published in the May 15 issue of the journal Nature. Timber Production This astonishing figure, almost twice the global gross national product of $18 trillion, takes on added significance this week as representatives from 150 nations meet in Kyoto, Japan, in an effort to come to economic terms with global climate change. It was arrived at by calculating the economic value of a set of ecosystem services the production of breathable air, potable water and food, and the assimilation of wastes across a range of ecosystems, from forests and oceans to lakes and mountains. Costanza's study joins a growing movement by scientists who are attempting to formulate the "market value" of the things the world gives us for free. It's a slippery issue, they acknowledge, but we are utterly dependent on these services and the attempt to price them will help ensure that environmental services are given greater consideration in policy debates.
Restoring Nutrients To Salmonid Ecosystems Conference (courtesy: GPAFS)
International conference intended to capture and showcase the latest information on restoring nutrients to salmonid ecosystems. Focus on nutrient dynamics and management in lakes and streams and throughout the North Pacific ecoregion. April 2001, Eugene, Oregon.
http://www.gpafs.org/confnutr/

Extractions: Email: afspubs@pbd.com The Nutrient Conference attracted 380 scientists and fishery afficionados from around the globe to Eugene, Oregon, from April 24-26, 2001. Representatives were noted from Japan (Kyoto and Hokkaido), Norway, Sweden, New Zealand, and mixed with a plethora of Canadians and Americans. The conference website will remain in operation indefinitely as a tool for disseminating information about the conference and nutrient issue. Proceedings, including all orally-presented papers that were submitted for publication and pass peer-review, will be published by the American Fisheries Society (AFS) and will be available in February 2003 A huge thank you goes out to all who made this conference a smashing success, especially those who traveled great distances to share their work with such a broad and diverse audience.
Untitled Document
An organization of scientists committed to using their technical expertise to solve ecological problems.
http://www.sei.org/core.html
Other Alien Species Sites
This document contains hyperlink references to external websites which may be directly or peripherally relevant to the mission of the Hawaiian ecosystems at Risk (HEAR) project (University of Hawaii/Botany Dept./CPSU/RCUH).
http://www.hear.org/hear/OtherAlienSpeciesSites.htm

Extractions: Following are some hyperlink references to external (non-HEAR) websites which may be directly or peripherally relevant to the mission of the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk (HEAR) project. No concerted effort has been made yet to compile a comprehensive list of links. This page was created in order to have "infrastructure" and to encourage input from folks like you in order to get a good list of online references! We actively solicit your input so we can include the highest-quality, most relevant sites for this index. Don't be surprised if your own (or other favorite) site is not referenced here, but please do tell us about it webmaster@hear.org ) so we can review it for possible inclusion. Also, if there is a new heading that help this site be more useful to you, please tell us about that webmaster@hear.org ; we'll try to accommodate your request! Hawaii's Most Invasive Horticultural Plants
Pacific Island Ecosystems At Risk
Listings and descriptions of invasive plant species which threaten Pacific island ecosystems, particularl Category Science Environment Invasive Species Terrestrial PlantsCaring for the Land and Serving People. Institute of Pacific Islands ForestryPacific Island ecosystems at Risk (PIER). Plant threats to Pacific ecosystems
http://www.hear.org/pier/

Extractions: (No cost to those who have a need for it.) Information on some species may be incomplete or missing. Contributions of information, photos, drawings, etc. are solicited and will be properly credited or cited. Also, please look at the list of possible additional species and let us know if you think they should be added as threats to Pacific islands.
American Society Of International Law Wildlife Interest Group Resources
Searchable bibliography on the impacts of environmental change on flora and fauna. Citations include peerreviewed and selected gray literature. Hyperlinks are provided to the source where available.
http://eelink.net/~asilwildlife/bib.shtml

Extractions: Wil Burns Chair Home Resources Bibliographies Last updated: 06.30.2002 Prepared by: William C.G. Burns , Co-Chair, American Society of International Law - Wildlife Interest Group This bibliography of peer-reviewed and gray literature (including journal articles, newspaper articles, reports and materials on the Internet) focuses on environmental change (defined herein as global warming or ozone depletion) and its impacts on flora and fauna species and critical supporting ecosystems, as well as agricultural resources. 3386 citations have been included to date and the bibliography will be updated every two months. Ultimately, each entry will be categorized in a variety of ways, permitting key word searches and compilations by subject, region, or author. Any corrections or suggestions for additional citations should be sent to at ASIL-WIG.
Montreal Symposium
To advance understanding of the complex process and mechanisms for onfarm management of agricultural biodiversity and their relation with farmers' livelihoods. Montreal, Canada - November 8-10, 2001.
http://www.unu.edu/env/plec/cbd/
New
Project overview and data, including maps, descriptive summaries, photographs, watershed and marsh Category Regional North America Counties Essex Plum IslandPlum Island ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research Site. PIELTERSite Resources Overview. Data. Personnel. Publications. View of
http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/

Extractions: The Marine Biological Laboratory has purchased the Marsh View Farm to provide housing and research facilities for the LTER and affiliated research programs. Major Research Question: How will trophic structure and primary and secondary productivity in estuaries be affected by changes in organic matter, nutrient and water fluxes caused by changing land cover, climate and sea level? Research Reserve This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperartive Agreement #OCE-9726921. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Ecology, Aquaria, Aquatic Organisms, Microscopic Animals, Microcosm, Ecosystem,
Rob Day's personal page includes documents, publications, and papers related to aquaria, artificial ecosystems, microcosm management, with particular reference to ecological education.
http://angelfire.com/ri/skibizniz/index.html

Extractions: Rob Day's learning theory links ... These systems are used to teach biological diversity to undergraduate students. There are more than 15 separate marine and freshwater tanks housed in two adjacent labs. The total number of species maintained probably exceeds 1000 animal, plant and protist species. Don't see the image you want? I have an extensive image archive featuring many hard-to-find species of microfauna and protists. For a small fee I can send you specific images or, my entire archive. Since my microcosms contain marine, freshwater and terrestrial species from almost every phylum, I can even create made-to-order images of species representing any taxa of your choice. EMAIL me for details. Pictures of Tremont Elementary School's "Wild World Ecosystem" project.
EPA-CBEP Home Page
Similar pages US EPA Student Center ecosystemsecosystems. Ecosystem Exhibits Exit EPA disclaimer Here you can viewbeautiful pictures of ecosystems throughout the United States.
http://www.epa.gov/ecocommunity/

Extractions: Community Based Approaches Contact Us Print Version Search: EPA Home Ecosystems Community Based Approaches About CBEP Frequently Asked Questions News ... Links Community-Based Environmental Protection (CBEP) integrates environmental management with human needs, considers long-term ecosystem health and highlights the positive correlations between economic prosperity and environmental well-being.
Global Change And Terrestrial Ecosystems (GCTE) Home Page
About GCTE Short introduction to GCTE and what we are about. CreditsAcknowledgements of funding organisations and contributors. News
http://gcte.org/
Treating Produced Water By Imitating Natural Ecosystems Page
Investigation into plantbased approaches for treating salty wastewater brought to surface with natural gas from gas wells.
http://www.es.anl.gov/htmls/treat.html

Extractions: Problem/Opportunity Produced water is salty wastewater that is brought to the surface during production of natural gas. Although the wastewater's constituents occur naturally, they are considered contaminants and must be treated. Varying widely in concentration, these constituents include salt, organic compounds, and, in some cases, heavy metals and trace elements. A common disposal method is deep well injection; its cost depends on the volume of wastewater injected. What is needed is a simple treatment technique that reduces wastewater volume and removes contaminants. Argonne scientists are investigating several plant-based approaches for treating the salty wastewater that is brought to that surface along with natural gas from gas wells. Approach Argonne has developed a low-cost, low-tech method for cleaning up wastewater and reducing the volume of produced water. Based on phytoremediation, the method uses green plants in an engineered plant ecosystem modeled on natural wetland ecosystems. The "ideal" phytoremediation plant would be a large, vigorous, salt-tolerant grass or grasslike species having a large area of aboveground leaves and stems and a dense, fibrous root system to act as a biological filter. Large, green plants can move copious amounts of water through their roots and into the plant body. This water is evaporated from the leaves as pure water vapor - a process called transpiration. When selected, adapted plants are grown in contaminated wastewater by hydroponic techniques, and the root system functions as a biological filter. Contaminants taken up along with the water are degraded, metabolized, and/or stored in the plant body. Transpiration is enhanced by maximizing the leaf/stem area of the plant. Contaminant concentrations in plants can become thousands of times higher than those in the wastewater. The contaminated plant biomass can be digested or burned to reduce its volume. The residue can be processed to recover the contaminant, if valuable, or disposed of in environmentally appropriate ways.
(PNCERS) Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems Regional Study
The Pacific Northwest Coastal ecosystems Regional Study (PNCERS) is a research and outreach program based on coastal management issues and needs.
http://www.pncers.org/
Green Burials
An affordable burial alternative for those who wish to preserve precious ecosystems.Category Society Death Death Care Funeral Services Planning
http://www.memorialecosystems.com/
Endagered Ecosystems Of The United States
Endangered ecosystems of the United States A Preliminary Assessmentof Loss and Degradation 1 by. ecosystems as Targets of Conservation.
http://biology.usgs.gov/pubs/ecosys.htm

Extractions: We suggest that integrated conservation plans for all ecosystems be developed in each ecoregion of the United States, starting with types and regions that sustained the greatest losses and are at greatest risk of further loss. Conservation plans could be based on detailed studies of ecosystem status and trends and include quantitative analyses of ecosystem decline, ecological consequences of loss and degradation, and current and potential threats to each ecosystem. Ecosystem conservation need not be restricted to pristine sites, which are now almost nonexistent. Rather, management and, where possible, restoration plans for native biodiversity in partially disturbed sites should be considered.
South Florida Wetlands Ecosystems Lab
Describes wetlands research activities, including studies of mangrove ecology and water quality impacts in the Everglades.
http://www.fiu.edu/~ecosyst/
USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center Home Page
Hawaiian terrestrial ecosystems programs, data and Publications.Category Regional North America TerrestrialPresenting US Geological Survey Pacific Island ecosystems Research Center Data andPublications. Link to USGS web site Pacific Island ecosystems Research Center.
http://biology.usgs.gov/pierc/

Extractions: than anywhere else in the United States and most places in the world The geographical isolation of the Hawaiian Islands has resulted in the evolution of a highly endemic biota: approximately 80% of Hawaii's plants, 100% of its forest birds, and 67% of its arthropods are found nowhere else in the world. But human colonization of the Islands has severely impacted native plant and animal populationsmore than 75% of the historically known endemic bird species are now either extinct (23) or endangered (30). Of the nearly 1,300 endemic plant species described from Hawaii, 104 are considered extinct, and 267 of the remaining taxa either are listed or are proposed as endangered or threatened species.

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