Index 



563 



Cloud cover, 33-34, 46 

 Coastal Plain Province 



climate, 4, 5 



geographic description, 3-4 



geology, 3 



physiography, 11 

 Collembola 



biomass, 416 



density, 416 



distribution in soil, 419-420 



feeding habits, 435-436 



influence on nutrients, 443 

 Colonization 



see Succession 



Decomposer organisms 



carbon and energy flow, 459 



response to environmental 

 conditions, 309 



standing crop, 463 

 Decomposition, 333, 467 



bacteria, 260, 295-297 



fungi, 297-298 



graminoids, 309 



methods of study, 292 



microbial activity, 291-333 



model, 309-325 



nutrient cycling, 482 



organic matter, 411 



rates, 220, 472 



soil invertebrates, 442-443 



substrate chemistry, 318-321 



weight loss, 293 

 Depth hoar, 38-41 

 Detritivores, 411 

 Detritus-based trophic system, 

 411-457 



bioenergetics, 436-441 

 Diptera 



abundance, 416 



biomass, 416 



feeding habits, 436 



life cycle, 424-428, 431-432 



see also Tipulidae 



Disturbance, 218 



cover removal, 214-215 



experimental, 211 



lemming grazing, 210 



oil spills, 215 



recovery, 210 



runoff, 210 



thaw lake cycle, 210 



vegetation removal, 214 



vehicle tracks, 212-213 

 Dunlin 



see Birds 

 Dupontia 



allocation, 140, 154 



biomass flux, 162-165 



growth form, 141-142 



growth patterns, 163-164 



photosynthesis, 106 



population dynamics, 176-177 



rhizome growth, 145 



root growth, 147 



shoot growth, 142-145 



tillers, 141-142, 175 



TNC, 148-151 



see also Graminoids 



Ecosystem model, 90 

 Enchytraeidae 



abundance, 421 



biomass, 415 



density, 415 



distribution in soil, 419-420 



energetics, 433-434 



feeding habits, 434-435 



growth rate, 429-430 



life cycle, 428-429 

 Energy 



respiration, 159 



translocation, 161 

 Energy balance 



in microclimate, 49-51 

 Energy budget 



in biophysical processes, 66-67 

 Environmental factors 



