Book ID: 2473
BROWN, Jerry a.oth. (eds.)
An Arctic Ecosystem. The Coastal Tundra at Barrow, Alaska. 1981. (US/IBP Synthesis Series 12). figs. tabs. XXV, 571 p. gr8vo. Bound.
Contents: The coastal tundra at Barrow/ Climate, snow cover, microclimate, and hydrology/ The soils and their nutrients/ Biophysicalprocesses and primary production/ Photosynthesis/ Control of tundra plant allocation patterns and growth/ The vegetation: Patterns, dynamics and controls/ The microflora: Composition, biomass, andenvironmental relations/ Microflora activities and decomposition/ Theherbivore-based trophic system/ The detritus-based trophic system/ Carbon and nutrient budgets and their control in coastal tundra/ Index.