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Title: Some Applications of Thermodynamics for Ecological Systems
Author(s): Eugene A. Silow, Andrey V. Mokry, Sven E. Jørgensen
Annotation: Now ecologists feel necessary to construct the theoretical building of system ecology, to break strong reductionistic tradition of ecology and to include the use of thermodynamics in a new holistic approach to study ecosystems, their structure, functioning and natural history. We tried to present here the current state of thermodynamic view on ecosystems. The first law of thermodynamics proclaims constancy of the total energy of isolated system for all changes, taking place in this system: energy cannot be created or destroyed. According to the second law of thermodynamics in isolated system entropy is always increasing or remaining constant. All processes in the Universe are oriented to the equilibrium state. Nevertheless, biological systems, and, consequently, ecological systems create order from disorder, they create and support chemical and physical non-equilibrium state – the basis they live on.
Bibliographical description: Silow E.A. Some Applications of Thermodynamics for Ecological Systems / E.A. Silow, A.V. Mokry, S.E. Jørgensen // J.C. Moreno-Pirajan (Ed.). Thermodynamics - Interaction Studies - Solids, Liquids and Gases. – Vienna: InTech, 2011. – P. 319-342. ISBN: 978-953-307-563-1 Available from http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/some-applications-of-thermodynamics-for-ecological-systems
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