Tundra Biome Research in Alaska - The Structure and Function of Cold-Dominated Ecosystems

The objective of the Tundra Biome Program is to acquire a basic understanding of tundra, both alpine and arctic, and taiga. Collectively these are referred to as the cold-dominated ecosystems. The program's broad objectives are threefold: To develop a predictive understanding of how the wet arc...

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Main Authors: Brown,Jerry, West,George C.
Other Authors: TUNDRA BIOME ANALYSIS OF ECOSYSTEMS COLLEGE ALASKA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
Anatomy and Physiology
Civil Engineering
*OIL POLLUTION
*ECOLOGY
*TUNDRA
COASTAL REGIONS
ALASKA
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
COLD REGIONS
SOILS
PLANT GROWTH
TABLES(DATA)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
WATER QUALITY
MICROBIOLOGY
OIL SPILLS
WATER CHEMISTRY
FOOD CHAINS
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
MICROMETEOROLOGY
*Ecosystems
Prudhoe Bay
*Primary biological productivity
Barrow(Alaska)
Tundra Biome program
Water quality data
Taiga
Arctic
Barrow
taiga
Tundra
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA012083
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA012083
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Summary:The objective of the Tundra Biome Program is to acquire a basic understanding of tundra, both alpine and arctic, and taiga. Collectively these are referred to as the cold-dominated ecosystems. The program's broad objectives are threefold: To develop a predictive understanding of how the wet arctic tundra ecosystem operates, particularly as exemplified in the Barrow, Alaska, area; to obtain the necessary data base from the variety of cold-dominated ecosystem types represented in the United States, so that their behavior can be modeled and simulated, and the results compared with similar studies underway in other circumpolar countries; to bring basic environmental knowledge to bear on problems of degradation, maintenance, and restoration of the temperature-sensitive and cold-dominated tundra/taiga ecosystems.

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