01981nam a2200229   4500008004100000245006600041210006600107260003200173300001000205520127700215653001601492653001101508653001701519653001501536653001901551653001601570100001601586700002001602700001601622700002001638856009301658       2007                        eng d00aPrinciples and Standards for Measuring Net Primary Production0 aPrinciples and Standards for Measuring Net Primary Production  bOxford University Press, NY  a268 -3 aStandardized approaches for the measurement of primary production — the rate of energy storage in the organic matter of plants — are essential to facilitate scientific comparisons and syntheses as well as policy and management on global climate change and the carbon cycle. This book provides an overview of the principles that should underlie every program of measurement of primary production in the Earth's major biomes. Each of seven biome-based chapters provides an overview of essential features of primary production processes in the biome and detailed descriptions of the procedures used to quantify primary production in grasslands, shrublands, forests, peatlands and tundra, salt marshes, marine pelagic, and freshwater ecosystems. Recent advances in the measurement of belowground production in terrestrial biomes are described. The book also provides detailed guidelines for information management based upon current experiences of the US Long-Term Ecological Research network. Advanced techniques are described for scaling up empirical measurements of primary production using remotely-sensed information. Finally, the principles and practices for quantifying uncertainty in primary production measurements are explored using examples from various biomes.10abelowground10abiomes10acarbon cycle10aEcosystems10aremote sensing10auncertainty1 aFahey, T.J.1 aKnapp, Alan, K.1 aFahey, T.J.1 aKnapp, Alan, K.  uhttp://knz.lternet.edu/content/principles-and-standards-measuring-net-primary-production