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Complementarity of ecological goal functions.

B D Fath1, B C Patten, J S Choi

  • 1U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Sustainable Technology Division, Sustainable Environments Branch, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA. fath.brian@epamail.epa.gov

Journal of Theoretical Biology
|February 27, 2001
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This study unifies ten ecological principles using network environ analysis, revealing a common pattern in ecosystem development driven by network organization. These principles, including maximum power and storage, are shown to be mutually consistent.

Area of Science:

  • Ecology
  • Systems Ecology
  • Ecological Network Analysis

Background:

  • Ecosystems exhibit complex energy-matter flow and storage dynamics.
  • Numerous ecological theories (orientors/extremal principles) attempt to describe ecosystem development.
  • These theories often appear disparate, lacking a unifying framework.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To codify and unify ten ecological orientors within a network environ analysis framework.
  • To demonstrate the mutual consistency of these diverse ecological principles.
  • To identify a common pattern underlying ecosystem development.

Main Methods:

  • Network environ analysis applied to steady-state systems.
  • Analysis of energy-matter flow and storage.

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  • Codification of ten ecological orientors: maximum power, storage, empower, emergy, ascendency, dissipation, cycling, residence time, minimum specific dissipation, and minimum empower to exergy ratio.

    • Main Results:

    • The network perspective successfully unifies ten distinct ecological orientors.
    • These seemingly disparate principles are demonstrated to be mutually consistent.
    • A common pattern for ecosystem development is suggested, rooted in network organization.

    Conclusions:

    • Network environ analysis provides a unifying framework for understanding ecosystem development.
    • Ecosystem development follows a consistent pattern driven by network organization.
    • The study reconciles multiple ecological theories under a single theoretical umbrella.