Ecological Vignettes: Ecological Approaches to Dealing with Human Predicaments. Eugene Odum

2000 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 344-345
Author(s):  
Steven Orzack
Keyword(s):  
Eugene Odum

William Eugene Odum, 1942–1991: Reminiscence and Dedication

1992 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 523
Author(s):  
Robert T. Heath
Keyword(s):  
Eugene Odum

In Memoriam: Eugene Odum

2002 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-28
Author(s):  
Phil Williams
Keyword(s):  
In Memoriam ◽  
Eugene Odum

scholarly journals Eugene Odum: ecosystem ecologist and environmentalist

2001 ◽  
Vol 39 (03) ◽  
pp. 39-1529-39-1529
Keyword(s):  
Eugene Odum

Eugene Odum: Ecosystem Ecologist and Environmentalist (review)

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-124
Author(s):  
David R. Keller
Keyword(s):  
Eugene Odum

Eugene Odum

2014 ◽  
pp. 99-99
Author(s):  
Kevin Desmond
Keyword(s):  
Eugene Odum

scholarly journals Odum’s dark bottle and an ecosystem approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 177-202
Author(s):  
Brian Cook
Keyword(s):  
Reference Site ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Ecosystem Approach ◽  
Dark Bottle ◽  
Second Nature ◽  
Florida Gulf Coast ◽  
Cultural Systems ◽  
Eugene Odum ◽  
Ecological Thinking

Eugene Odum was an ecological pioneer, writing the discipline’s first textbook, Fundamentals of Ecology, in 1953. Although his work is almost 70 years old, it laid the groundwork for contemporary landscape systems thinking. Since Odum’s time, a lineage of ecological research and theory has helped to define concepts pertaining to ecology, ecosystems, and nature. With these terms in peril of becoming ambiguous, especially in the design arts, this chapter revisits the origins and development of ecologic thinking in order to construct a more critical understanding of nature, and the role of the designer for Building with Nature. One particular experiment by Odum is used as the foundation of concept development. A pond is his reference site and he ‘dissects’ it, using dark and light bottes to illustrate its nuances and the overall ecosystem idea. Three important principles can be derived. First, the ecologist, or the designer, should understand the ‘nature’ of the system, or site, where they are working. Second, nature is formed through functional interactions over extended periods of time. Lastly, through an ecosystem approach, it is shown that systems involve indirect effects. In ecological networks, sites are impacted by forces beyond their immediate boundaries, as well as through other social and cultural systems. Case studies located along the Florida Gulf Coast are used to explain Odum’s and others’ concepts. Florida has developed in parallel with human’s capacity to manipulate their environment. For this reason, it is a useful reference site, illustrating trajectories in ecological thinking.

Pulsed ecosystems: A new paradigm? Papers from a symposium dedicated to William Eugene Odum (1942–1991)

Estuaries ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 545-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda K. Blum
Keyword(s):  
New Paradigm ◽  
Eugene Odum
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