Successes, Limitations, and Frontiers in Ecosystem Science

1 Needs and Concerns in Ecosystem Science.- 2 Cultural Eutrophication of Inland, Estuarine, and Coastal Waters.- 3 Managing Forests as Ecosystems: A Success Story or a Challenge Ahead?.- 4 Wastelands to Wetlands: Links Between Habitat Protection and Ecosystem Science.- 5 Riparian Forest Ecosystems as Filters for Nonpoint-Source Pollution.- 6 Ecological Research in Agricultural Ecosystems: Contributions to Ecosystem Science and to the Management of Agronomic Resources.- 7 Progress in Understanding Biogeochemical Cycles at Regional to Global Scales.- 8 Acid Deposition Research and Ecosystem Science: Synergistic Successes.- 9 Empirical and Theoretical Ecology as a Basis for Restoration: An Ecological Success Story.- 10 Limitations to Intellectual Progress in Ecosystem Science.- 11 Improving Links Between Ecosystem Scientists and Managers.- 12 The Need for Large-Scale Experiments to Assess and Predict the Response of Ecosystems to Perturbation.- 13 Ecosystem Approaches to the Management and Allocation of Critical Resources.- 14 Ecosystems and Problems of Measurement at Large Spatial Scales.- 15 Integration of Ecophysiological and Biogeochemical Approaches to Ecosystem Dynamics.- 16 Simulation Modeling in Ecosystem Science.- 17 Understanding Effects of Multiple Stressors: Ideas and Challenges.- 18 Within-System Element Cycles, Input-Output Budgets, and Nutrient Limitation.- 19 Species Composition, Species Diversity, and Ecosystem Processes: Understanding the Impacts of Global Change.- 20 Synthesis: What Kind of a Discipline Is This Anyhow?.