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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 |
“Modular
Biospheres” – New Testbed Platforms for Public Environmental
Education and Research |
Crop
yield and light/energy efficiency in a closed ecological system: Laboratory
Biosphere experiments with wheat and sweet potato |
| “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 |
| 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. |
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| 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. |