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Select publications relating to ecotechnics, biosphere science and closed ecological systems.  (pdf downloads)
  Biospherics and Biosphere 2, mission one (1991–1993)
J.P.Allen and M.Nelson, 1999, In: Ecological Engineering Vol 13, pp. 15–29. Elsevier Science Ltd.  
The Legacy of Biosphere 2 For the Study of Biospherics and Closed Ecological Systems
J.P. Allen, M. Nelson and A. Alling, 2003, In: Advances in Space Research Vol. 31, No. 7, pp. 1629-1639. Elsevier Science Ltd.

Earth Applications of Closed Ecological Systems: Relevance to the Development of Sustainability in our Global Biosphere
M. Nelson, J. Allen, A. Alling, W.F.Dempster, and S. Silverstone1, 2003, In: Advances in Space Research Vol. 31, No. 7, pp. 1649-1655. Elsevier Science Ltd.

Technical review of the Laboratory Biosphere closed ecological system facility
W.F. Dempster, M. Van Thillo, A. Alling, J.P. Allen, S. Silverstone, and M. Nelson, 2004, In: Advances in Space Research pp. 1477–1482. Elsevier Science Ltd.

“Modular Biospheres” – New Testbed Platforms for Public Environmental Education and Research
M. Nelson, W.F. Dempster, J.P. Allen, S. Silverstone, A. Alling, and M. van Thillo, 2007, In: Advances in Space Research, Elsevier Science Ltd. (in press)


Crop yield and light/energy efficiency in a closed ecological system: Laboratory Biosphere experiments with wheat and sweet potato
M. Nelson, W.F. Dempster, S. Silverstone, A. Alling, J.P. Allen, M. van Thillo, 2005, In: Advances in Space Research, Vol. 35, pp. 1539–1543 doi:10.1016/j.asr.2005.01.016. Elsevier Science Ltd.

“Living off the Land" : Resource Efficiency of Wetland Wastewater Treatment
M. Nelson, H.T. Odum, M.T. Brown, and A. Alling, 2001, In: Advances in Space Research,Vol. 27, No. 9, pp. 1547-1556. Elsevier Science Ltd.


Advantages of Using Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment in Space Applications: Ground-Based Mars Base Prototype
M. Nelson, A. Alling, W.F. Dempster, M. van Thillo, J.P. Allen, 2003, In: Advances in Space Research,
Vol. 31, No. 7, pp. 1799-1804. Elsevier Science Ltd.

Food Production and Nutrition in Biosphere 2: Results from the First Mission September 1991 to September 1993
S. E. Silverstone and M. Nelson, 1996, In: Advances in Space Research,
Vol. 18, No. 415, pp. (4/$49-(4/5)61. Elsevier Science Ltd.

Living in Space: Results from Biosphere 2's Initial Closure, An Early Testbed for Closed Ecological Systems on Mars
M. Nelson and W.F. Dempster, 1996, pp. 363-390 in Strategies for Mars: a guide to human exploration ed. C.R. Stoker & C. Emment, Vol. 86 AAS Publication, San Diego CA

Biosphere 2: Introduction and research progress
B.D.V. Marino, and H.T. Odum, 1999, In: Ecological Engineering Vol. 13, pp. 3–14.
Elsevier Science Ltd.


Closure as a Scientific Concept and its Application to Ecosystem Ecology and the Science of the Biosphere
H. Morowitz, J.P. Allen, M. Nelson, A. Alling, 2005, In: Advances in Space Research Vol. 36 pp. 1305–1311, Elsevier Science Ltd.



Biosphere 2 engineering design
W.F. Dempster, 1999, In: Ecological Engineering Vol. 13, pp. 31–42. Elsevier Science Ltd.

Bioregenerative recycling of wastewater in Biosphere 2 using a constructed wetland: 2-year results
M. Nelson, M. Finn, C. Wilson, B. Zabel, M. van Thillo, P. Hawes, R. Fernandez, 1999, In: Ecological Engineering
Vol. 13, pp. 189–197
. Elsevier Science Ltd.

Simulation of community metabolism and atmospheric carbon dioxide and oxygen concentrations in Biosphere 2
V. C. Engel, and H.T. Odum, 1999, In: Ecological Engineering Vol. 13,
pp. 107–134. Elsevier Science Ltd.
 
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