Productivity of world ecosystems
Subtitle: proceedings of a symposium presented August 31-September 1, 1972, at the V General Assembly of the Special Committee for the International Biological Program, Seattle, Washington
By: symposium sponsored by U.S. National Committee for the International Biological Program, Division of Biological Sciences, Assembly of Life Sciences, National Research Council.
Contributors: International Council of Scientific Unions. Special Committee for the International Biological Programme.; U.S. National Committee for the International Biological Program.
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Biological productivity -- Congresses.; Ecology -- Congresses.; Environment -- Congresses.
Description: Papers are concerned with the worldwide study of organic production on the land, in fresh waters, and in the seas, and the potentialities and uses of new as well as of existing natural resources. They examine the productivity of oceans, fresh water, grassland, desert, temperate forests and tundra.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.