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I-8 INDEX<br />

Igneous rocks, 116<br />

Illinois, Chicago, 383<br />

Imagination, leaps of, 31<br />

In-stream use, water, 376–377, 376f<br />

Inadvertent water reuse, 420<br />

Incidence, 63t<br />

Incineration<br />

hazardous w<strong>as</strong>te and, 542–543<br />

solid-w<strong>as</strong>te and, 533<br />

Independent variables, 26, 27<br />

India<br />

Ganges River, 232<br />

Gir Forest, 339<br />

Indus River, 247, 247f<br />

population policy and, 75<br />

Indian Point Energy Center, New York, 345f,<br />

346<br />

Indirect water reuse, 420<br />

Indonesia<br />

fires in, 199f<br />

palm plantations and, 339<br />

Indoor air pollution, 486–493<br />

building design and, 493<br />

chimney effect and, 490<br />

control of, 491–493<br />

environmental tobacco smoke and, 490<br />

heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning<br />

systems and, 490<br />

pathways, processes, and driving forces,<br />

489–491<br />

radon g<strong>as</strong> and, 490–491<br />

radon-resistant buildings and, 493<br />

sick buildings and, 491<br />

sources of, 487–489, 487f, 488t<br />

symptoms of, 491, 492t<br />

Induction, 27<br />

Inductive re<strong>as</strong>oning, 27, 28–29<br />

Indus River, India, 247, 247f<br />

Industrial ecology, 530<br />

Industrial energy, 296<br />

Industrial forest companies, 238<br />

Industrial metropolis, 505<br />

Industrial societies, death rates and, 72–73,<br />

72f<br />

Industrial water use, 384<br />

Infant mortality rate, 63t<br />

Infectious agents, 189–190<br />

Inferences, 26<br />

Inflection point, 66<br />

Influent streams, 372<br />

Infrared wavelengths, solar energy and, 436,<br />

437f<br />

Inhalable particulates, 488t<br />

Inputs, systems and, 44<br />

Inspirational justification, 15<br />

Instrumental records, climate study and, 438<br />

Intangible factors, 129<br />

Integrated energy management, 295<br />

Integrated pest management, 226, 226f<br />

Integrated w<strong>as</strong>te management, 530–532<br />

Intellectual standards, 13–14<br />

Interference, ecological succession and,<br />

99–100, 100f<br />

Intermediates, tree, 245<br />

International agreements on global warming,<br />

456–457<br />

International environmental law and<br />

diplomacy, 563<br />

International food aid, 216<br />

International Union for the Conservation of<br />

Nature (IUCN), 263, 271<br />

Intuit People, Greenland, 193<br />

Inv<strong>as</strong>ions, biological, 164–166, 165f<br />

Inv<strong>as</strong>ive species, 164–166, 165f<br />

Iowa, prairie in, 177<br />

Iran, methyl mercury poisoning in, 192–193<br />

Iraq-Iran War, 176<br />

Irreversible consequences, 53–54<br />

Irrigated area, world, 232t<br />

Irrigation, 228<br />

Island biogeography, 164–165, 164f<br />

Island fox, 178–179, 178f<br />

Isle Royale National Park, 95<br />

Isotopes, 348<br />

J<br />

Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge, New<br />

York City, 236–237, 236f, 237f<br />

Japan, Minamata Bay, 192–194<br />

Jojoba, 227<br />

Jordan, virtual water use and, 386<br />

Joshua trees, 162–163, 163f<br />

Joules, 291<br />

K<br />

Kans<strong>as</strong><br />

Dodge City, 264<br />

Kans<strong>as</strong> City, 462<br />

Konza Prairie, 176<br />

Platte River, 375<br />

Ulysses, 375<br />

Kans<strong>as</strong> City, Kans<strong>as</strong> and Missouri, 462<br />

Kazakhstan, nuclear weapons testing facility<br />

and, 354<br />

Keeling, Charles, 430<br />

Kelp, 81–82, 81f–82f<br />

Kenya<br />

age structure in, 69f<br />

Ambroseli National Reserve, 2–4, 2f–4f<br />

national parks in, 252<br />

Keystone species, 81, 176<br />

Kilowatt-hours, 291<br />

Kimberley, South Africa, 524f<br />

Kinetic energy, 289<br />

King Salmon fishing, 269–270, 270f<br />

Kingston Fossil Plant, Tennessee, 321<br />

Kissimmee River, Florida, 174–175, 174f<br />

Klamath Falls, Oregon, 346<br />

Knowledge, science and, 24–25, 25t<br />

Konza Prairie, Kans<strong>as</strong>, 176<br />

Kw<strong>as</strong>hiorkor, 216, 216f<br />

Kyoto Protocol, 457<br />

L<br />

Lag time, 50<br />

Lake ecosystems, acid rain and, 470–471<br />

Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania, 249<br />

Lake Michigan, 96, 96f<br />

Lake Moraine, Banff National Park, Alberta,<br />

Canada, 89f<br />

Lake Nyos, Cameroon, 187–188, 188f<br />

Lake St. Charles, Sudbury, Ontario, 189–190,<br />

190f<br />

Lakeland, Florida, 512<br />

Lakes, eutrophication of, 405–408, 406f<br />

Land ecosystems, carbon cycle and, 117<br />

Land subsidence, oil and natural g<strong>as</strong> recovery<br />

and, 311<br />

Land use, world, 215, 215f, 215t<br />

Land-use changes, carbon cycle and, 117<br />

Landscape aesthetics, 134–135, 134f<br />

Laos, new species found in, 147<br />

L<strong>as</strong> Veg<strong>as</strong>, Nevada, 420, 420f, 472–473<br />

L<strong>as</strong>t glacial maximum, 447<br />

Late-successional species, 99<br />

Latitude, precipitation and, 161–162, 162f<br />

Law of conservation of energy, 91<br />

Laws of thermodynamics, 90–93<br />

LD-50 values, 203, 203t<br />

Leachate, 533–534<br />

Lead, air pollution and, 468<br />

Lead toxicity, 191, 207, 207f<br />

Leaps of imagination, 31<br />

Legal emissions limits, carbon dioxide and,<br />

128<br />

Legionnaires’ dise<strong>as</strong>e, 190<br />

Leibstadt, Switzerland, 349f<br />

Leopard frogs, 197<br />

Leopold, Luna, 384–385<br />

Leucaena, 227<br />

Leukemia, 200<br />

Lewis and Clark expedition, 14, 258<br />

Libby, Montana, 199<br />

License restrictions, overfishing and, 139<br />

Liebig, Justus von, 223<br />

Liebig’s law of the minimum, 223<br />

Life, cost of extending, 137–138, 138f<br />

Life expectancy, 63t, 71–73, 71f<br />

Life form numbers, 148t<br />

Light water reactors, 349<br />

Limestone quarry restoration, 180, 180f<br />

Limiting factors, 111, 223–224<br />

Linear exponential, 51, 51f<br />

Linear flows, 50<br />

Linear process, 50<br />

Linnaeus, Carl, 147<br />

Lions, 3–4<br />

Lithification, 116<br />

Lithosphere, 113<br />

Lithospheric plates, 113–114, 114f<br />

Little ice age, 429, 432, 440, 446<br />

Livestock, 218–221<br />

<strong>Living</strong>ston Bog, Michigan, 97f<br />

Local extinction, 274<br />

Local incre<strong>as</strong>e, ecosystems and, 93<br />

Logistic carrying capacity, 66, 261<br />

Logistic control curve, 262f<br />

Logistic curve, 51, 51f<br />

Logistic growth curve, human population <strong>as</strong>,<br />

65–67<br />

Logistic population, 261–262, 262f<br />

Long Island, New York, 413–414, 413f<br />

Longevity, population growth and, 71–73, 71f<br />

Los Angeles, California, 12f, 473–475, 473f,<br />

474f<br />

Louisiana<br />

Chandeleur Beach, 553f<br />

co<strong>as</strong>tal wetlands, 390, 419, 419f<br />

New Orleans, 503–504, 504f<br />

Love Canal, New York, 537–539

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