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		Biofuels: Implications for Land Use and Biodiversity This report explores the potential impacts on ecology and biodiversity associated with reallocating land use for biofuel production as well as how economics and farm policies may influence the land...		More Info

		Growing Plants for Fuel: Predicting Effects on Water, Soil, and the Atmosphere This report looks at both the grain and cellulose-based “bioenergy landscapes” and review what is known about their biogeochemical impacts. This report will also explore the complexity of factors...		More Info

		Issues in Ecology, Issue 01: Human Alteration of the Global Nitrogen Cycle: Causes and Consequences This report presents an overview of how humans have altered the global nitrogen cycle. An introduction to the nitrogen cycle is provided; as well as human induced nitrogen fixation and its impact on...		More Info

		Issues in Ecology, Issue 02: Ecosystem Services This report defines ecosystem services as a strategy for the conservation of biodiversity. The production of ecosystem goods as it relates to the generation and maintenance of biodiversity is...		More Info

		Issues in Ecology, Issue 03: Non Point Pollution of Surface Waters This report addresses pollution of aquatic ecosystems that originate from multiple unidentified sources or non point sources. Non point sources of phosphorus and nitrogen are of concern as they...		More Info

		Issues in Ecology, Issue 04: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning In this report, biodiversity and its relevance to the ecosystems that support humanity is discussed. Ecosystem functioning is defined as the collective activities of all biota within an ecosystem...		More Info

		Issues in Ecology, Issue 05: Biotic Invasions This report is an introduction to exotic species invasions. An exotic species becomes invasive, when it proliferates unchecked across the region in which it was introduced. The transformation from...		More Info

		Issues In Ecology, Issue 06: Applying Ecological Principles to the Management of U.S. Forests In this report forests are presented as very dynamic ecosystems, and processes such as nutrient cycling, nitrogen saturation, sedimentation, erosion, and forest fragmentation are described....		More Info

		Issues in Ecology, Issue 07: Nutrient Pollution of Coastal Rivers, Bays, and Seas This report addresses coastal ecosystem degradation as a consequence of human driven increases in nutrients such as Nitrogen and Phosphorus. Effects on ecological communities such as algal blooms,...		More Info

		Issues in Ecology, Issue 08: Effects of Aquaculture on World Fish Supply This report discusses the negative and positive aspects of aquaculture as an alternative to harvesting wild stocks of fish. The report defines aquaculture and describes its recent growth, as well as...		More Info

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