Exergy as goal function of ecosystems dynamic

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-15

  Bendoricchio, G ^a   Jorgensen S E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exergy; Goal function; Structural dynamic models

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELLING; EXERGY; GOAL FUNCTION; STRUCTURAL DYNAMIC MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030793932     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(97)00091-4     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Cheslak, E.F., Lamarra, V.A., 1981. The residence time of energy as a measure of ecological organization. In: Mitsch, W.J., Bossermann, R.W., Klopatek, J.M. (Eds.), Energy and Ecological Modelling. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 591-600.
2. Glansdorff, P., Prigogine, I., 1971. Thermodynamic Theory of Structure, Stability and Fluctuations. Wiley, New York, 430 pp.
3. Li, W.H., Grauer, D., 1991. Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution. Sinauer, Sunderland MA, 280 pp.
4. Lotka, A.J., 1924. Contribution to the energetics of evolution. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sc. USA 82, 147-150.
5. Jørgensen, S.E., 1992. Integration of Ecosystem Theories: A Pattern. Kluwer, Dordrecht, 383 pp.
6. Jørgensen, S.E., 1994. Review and comparison of goal functions in system ecology. Vie Milieu 44 (1), 11-20.
7. Margalef, R., 1968. Perspectives in Ecological theory. Chicago University Press, 122 pp.
8. Mejer, H.F., Jørgensen, S.E., 1979. Energy and ecological buffer capacity. In: Jørgensen, S.E. (Ed.), State of the Art of Ecological Modelling. Environmental Sciences and Applications, Proc. Conf. on Ecological Modelling, 28th August-2nd September 1978, Copenhagen. International Society for Ecological Modelling, Copenhagen, pp. 829-846.
9. Nicolis, G., Prigogine, I., 1977 Self-organization in nonequilibrium systems. Wiley, New York, 491 pp.
10. Nielsen, S.N., 1992. Application of maximum exergy in structural dynamic models. Ph.D. thesis. National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark, 52 pp.
11. Odum, H.T., Pinkerton, R.C., 1955. Time's speed regulator: the optimum efficiency for maximum power output in physical and biological systems. Am. Sci. 43, 331-343.
12. Odum H.T., 1983. System Ecology. Wiley, New York. 644 pp.
13. O'Neill, R.V., Hanes, W.F., Ausmus, B.S., Richle, D.E., 1975. A theoretical basis for ecosystem analysis with particular reference to element cycling. In: Howell, F.G., Gentry, J.B., Smith, M.H. (Eds.), Mineral Cycling in South-Eastern Ecosystems. NTIS pub. CONF-740513, pp. 28-40.
14. Patten, B.C., 1991. Network ecology: indirect determination of the life-environment relationship in ecosystems. In: Higashi, M., Burns, T.P. (Eds.), Theoretical Studies of Ecosystems: The network perspective. Cambridge University Press, pp. 288-351.
15. Patten, B.C., 1995. Network integration of ecological extremal principles: exergy, emergy, power, ascendancy and indirect effects. Ecol. Model. 79, 75-84.
16. Schneider, E.D., Kay, J.J., 1993. Energy degradation, thermodynamics, and the development of ecosystems. Proc. Int. Conf. on Energy System and Ecology. Cracow, Poland.
17. Ulanowicz, R.E., 1986. Growth and Development: Ecosystems Phenomenology. Springer, New York, 203 pp.
18. Whittaker, R.H., Woodwell, G.M., 1971. Evolution of natural communities. In: Wiens, J.A. (Ed.), Ecosystem Structure and Function. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, pp. 137-159.