Table of Contents |
| Preface | |
| Introduction: What is Maximum Power? | |
| Introduction: The Contributions of H. T. Odum to Ecology / Charles A.S. Hall | |
1 | A Review of Dr. Howard T. Odum's Early Publications: From Bird Migration Studies to Scott Nixon's Turtle Grass Model / Ariel E. Lugo | 3 |
2 | Contributions of H. T. Odum to Ecosystem Simulation Modeling / Patrick Kangas | 11 |
3 | H. T. Odum and Marine Ecology / Scott Nixon | 19 |
4 | Contributions of H. T. Odum to Tropical Ecology / Ariel E. Lugo | 23 |
5 | The Helicopter Drop Net Revisited, or Why Navy Helicopter Pilots Have Gray Hair / Robert S. Jones | 25 |
6 | Ecosystem Modeling and Energy Analysis of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Chesapeake Bay / W. Michael Kemp, Walter R. Boynton, Albert J. Hermann | 28 |
7 | Properties of Mangrove Ecosystems Related to the Energy Signature of Coastal Environments / Robert R. Twilley | 43 |
8 | Production and Respiration Patterns in Long Island Sound: Riley's Weaker Signals Amplified? / Barbara L. Welsh | 63 |
9 | The Distribution and Abundance of Organisms as a Consequence of Energy Balances Along Multiple Environmental Gradients / Charles A.S. Hall, Jack A. Stanford, F. Richard Hauer | 72 |
10 | Hierarchical Control of Coral Reef Ecological Structure and Processes / T. R. McClanahan | 87 |
11 | Modeling Water Temples and Rice Irrigation in Bali: A Lesson in Socio-Ecological Communication / James N. Kremer, J. Stephen Lansing | 100 |
12 | Ecological Engineering: From Gainesville to Beijing - A Comparison of Approaches in the United States and China / William J. Mitsch | 109 |
13 | Wetland Systems for Wastewater Management: Implementation / Robert L. Knight | 123 |
14 | The Efficacy of Fisheries Management Strategies: A Case Study of the Gulf of Maine Redfish Fishery / Daniel E. Campbell | 132 |
15 | Consequences of Sea Level Rise: Implications From the Mississippi Delta / J. W. Day, Jr., P. H. Templet | 149 |
16 | What Is Ecological Economics? / Robert Costanza | 161 |
17 | Systems Ecology and Sustainable Development: Links on Two Levels / Leon C. Braat | 164 |
18 | Distributed Costs of Environmental Contamination / Anne H. Clites, Thomas D. Fontaine, Judith R. Wells | 175 |
19 | Energy, Economics, and Environment (E3) Revisited / James J. Zucchetto | 183 |
20 | The Valuation and Management of Wetland Ecosystems / Robert Costanza, Stephen C. Farber, Judith Maxwell | 191 |
21 | Struggling With an Emergy Analysis: Shrimp Mariculture in Ecuador / Stephen Bloye Olsen | 207 |
22 | Rediscovery of the World: Developing an Interface of Ecology and Economics / M. T. Brown, H. T. Odum, R. C. Murphy, R. A. Christianson, S. J. Doherty, T. R. McClanahan, S. E. Tennenbaum | 216 |
23 | Emergism: A Policy for a Scientific Party / David M. Scienceman | 251 |
24 | Environs, Emergy, Transformity, and Energy Value / Bernard C. Patten | 255 |
25 | Case Study of the Role of the Environment in Geneva Vineyard Cultivation and Wine Production, 1972-1986 / Gonzague Pillet | 279 |
26 | Ecological Economics of Alternative Transportation Fuels / Robert J. King, Martin Munroe, Josh Farley, Robert Floyd, Judith Clarkson, Richard Baker | 284 |
27 | Transportation Improvements, Growth Management, and Regional Patterns of Energy Distribution / Craig Diamond | 302 |
28 | Self-Organization and Maximum Empower / Howard T. Odum | 311 |
29 | Teaching About Ecological Systems: The HTO Influence / Peter G. Murphy | 332 |
30 | Information Processing Models in Ecology and Education / Patrick Kangas | 337 |
31 | Using Simulation to Introduce the Systems Approach in Education / Elisabeth C. Odum, Howard T. Odum, Nils S. Peterson | 346 |
32 | H. T. Odum as Colleague / Elizabeth A. McMahan | 353 |
33 | Thoughts on Being a Student of H. T. Odum / Charles A.S. Hall | 356 |
34 | Reminiscences of H. T. Odum with a Focus on His Educational Techniques / Ariel E. Lugo | 359 |
35 | H. T. Odum as Husband and Colleague / Elisabeth Chase Odum | 360 |
36 | The Influence of H. T. Odum's Ideas in Sweden / Ann-Mari Jansson, Bengt-Owe Jansson | 362 |
37 | Energy Systems and the Unification of Science / Howard T. Odum | 365 |
| Contributors | 373 |
| Index | 375 |