Chronological List of Publications Robert E. Ulanowicz 1968 Ulanowicz, R.E., and G.C. Frazier. Interphase transfer with non-equilibrium chemical reaction. Chem. Eng. Sci. 23:1335-1346. 1970 Ulanowicz, R.E., and G.C. Frazier. The transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide in hemoglobin systems. Bull. Math. Biosci. 7:111-129. Frazier, G.C., and R.E. Ulanowicz. Film transfer with non-equilibrium chemical reaction. Chem. Eng. Sci. 25:549-557. 1971 Ulanowicz, R.E., and G.C. Frazier. Transport through hemoglobin solutions: a sensitivity analysis. J. theor. Biol. 32:185-190. 1972 Ulanowicz, R.E. Mass and energy flow in closed ecosystems. J. theor. Biol. 34:239-253. 1975 Ulanowicz, R.E. The mechanical effects of water flow on fish eggs and larvae. pp. 77-87. In: S.A. Saila, (ed.). Fisheries and Energy Production: A Symposium. D.C. Heath Publisher, Lexington, MA. Ulanowicz, R.E., D.A. Flemer, D.R. Heinle, and C.D. Mobley. The a posteriori aspects of estuarine modeling. pp. 602-616 In: L.E. Cronin, (ed.). Estuarine Research, Vol. I, Chemistry Biology, and the Estuarine System. Academic Press, NY. Wollast, R., H.G. Gade, and R.E. Ulanowicz. Estuaries. pp. 253-256. In: J.C.J. Nihoul, (ed.). Modeling of Marine Systems. Elsevier Press, Amsterdam. 1976 Ulanowicz, R.E. Modeling the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries: a synopsis. Chesapeake Sci. 17:114-122. Morgan, R.P., R.E. Ulanowicz, V.J. Rasin, Jr., L.A. Noe, and G.B. Gray. Effects of shear on eggs and larvae of striped bass Morone saxatilis, and white perch M. americana. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 105:149-l54. Polgar, T.T., J.A. Mihursky, R.E. Ulanowicz, R.P. Morgan, and J.S. Wilson. An analysis of 1974 striped bass spawning success in the Potomac Estuary. pp. 151-165. In: Martin Wiley, (ed.). Estuarine Processes. Academic Press, NY. 1977 Flemer, D.A., R.E. Ulanowicz, and D.L. Taylor, Jr. Some effects of tropical storm Agnes on water quality in the Patuxent River Estuary. pp. 251-273. In: Jackson Davis, et al., (eds.). The Effects of Tropical Storm Agnes on the Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Systems. Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore. 1978 Ulanowicz, R.E. Eutrophication in the Chesapeake Bay. pp. 269-273. In: W.T. Chen et al., eds. Application of Remote Sensing to the Chesapeake Bay Region, Vol. II, NASA Conf. Publ. 6. 1978 Ulanowicz, R.E. Modeling environmental stress. pp. 1-18. In: J.H. Thorpe, III and J.W. Gibbons, (eds.). Energy and Environmental Stress in Aquatic Systems. DOE Symposium Series (CONF-771114) Oak Ridge, TN. Ulanowicz, R.E. and D.A. Flemer. A synoptic view of a coastal plain estuary. pp. 1-26. In: J.C.J. Nihoul, (ed.). Hydrodynamics of Estuaries and Fjords. Elsevier, Amsterdam. Ulanowicz, R.E. and B. Kinsman. Purgatorio--two rather different views of the same event. Appendix A. pp. 245-253. In: J.R. Schubel and B.C. Marcy, Jr., (eds.). Power Plant Entrainment: A Biological Assessment. Academic Press, New York. Ulanowicz, R.E., D.A. Flemer, D.R. Heinle, and R.T. Huff. The empirical modeling of an ecosystem. Ecol. Model. 4:29-40. Marcy, B.C., Jr., A.D. Beck and R.E. Ulanowicz. Effects and impacts of physical stress on entrained organisms. pp. 135-188. In: J.R. Schubel and B.C. Marcy, Jr., (eds.). Power Plant Entrainment: A Biological Assessment. Academic Press, NY. Schubel, J.R., B.C. Marcy, Jr., A.D. Beck, E.J. Carpenter, C.C. Coutant, B. Kinsman, R.P. Morgan, III, A.S. Robbins, R.E. Ulanowicz, and P.M.J. Woodhead. On selecting the excess temperature to minimize the entrainment mortality rate. pp. 211-227. In: J.R. Schubel and B.C. Marcy, Jr., (eds.). Power Plant Entrainment: A Biological Assessment. Academic Press, New York. 1979 Ulanowicz, R.E. Complexity, stability and self-organization in natural communities. Oecologia (Berl.) 43:295-298. Ulanowicz, R.E. Prediction, chaos and ecological perspective. pp. 107- 117. In: Efraim Halfon, (ed.). Theoretical Systems Ecology. Academic Press, NY. Ulanowicz, R.E. and W.M. Kemp. Toward canonical trophic aggregations. Amer. Nat. 114:871-883. 1979 Heinle, D.R., D.A Flemer, R.T. Huff, S.T. Sulkin, and R.E. Ulanowicz. Effects of perturbations on estuarine microcosms. pp. 119-141. In: F. John Vernberg, (ed.). Marsh-Estuarine Systems Simulation. Univ. S.C. Press, Columbia, SC. 1980 Ulanowicz, R.E. An hypothesis on the development of natural communities. J. theor. Biol. 85:223-245. Ulanowicz, R.E., W.C. Caplins and E.A. Dunnington. The forecasting of oyster harvest in central Chesapeake Bay. Estuarine Coastal Mar. Sci. 11:101-106. Ulanowicz, R.E., and T.T. Polgar. The influences of anadromous spawning behavior and optimal environmental conditions upon year-class success. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 37:143-154. 1981 Ulanowicz, R.E. An hypothesis on the development of natural communities. pp. 111-133. In: R.K. Ragade (ed.). General Systems Vol. XXVI. Society for General Systems Research, Louisville, KY. Ulanowicz, R.E. Information theory applied to ecosystem structure. pp. 67-72. In: K.H. Mann, T.C. Platt and R.E. Ulanowicz (eds.) Mathematical Models in Biological Oceanography. UNESCO Monographs on Oceanographic Methodology 7. UNESCO Press, Paris. Ulanowicz, R.E. Models of particle size spectra. pp. 72-79. In: K.H. Mann, T.C. Platt and R.E. Ulanowicz (eds.). Mathematical Models in Biological Oceanography. UNESCO Monographs on Oceanographic Methodology 7. UNESCO Press, Paris. Ulanowicz, R.E. A unified theory of self-organization. pp. 649-652. In: W.J. Mitsch, R.W. Bosserman and J.M. Klopatek (eds.). Energy and Ecological Modeling. Elsevier, NY. Ulanowicz, R.E. and K.H. Mann. Ecosystems under stress. pp. 133-137. In: K.H. Mann, T.C. Platt and R.E. Ulanowicz (eds.). Mathematical Models in Biological Oceanography. UNESCO Monographs on Oceanographic Methodology 7. UNESCO Press, Paris. Mann, K.H., T.C. Platt, and R.E. Ulanowicz, (eds.) Mathematical Models in Biological Oceanography. UNESCO Monographs on Oceanographic Methodology 7. UNESCO Press, Paris. 157 p. 1982 Ulanowicz, R.E., M.L. Ali, A. Vivian, D.R. Heinle, W.A. Richkus, and J.K. Summers. Identifying climatic factors influencing commercial landings in Maryland. Fishery Bulletin. 80:611-619. Ulanowicz, R.E., J.M. Lindsay, W.C. Caplins and T.T. Polgar. Simulating the lateral transport of ichthyoplankton in the Potomac Estuary. Estuaries. 5:57-67. Summers, J.K., W.A. Richkus, R. Ross and R.E. Ulanowicz. A statistical model of white perch (Morone americana) harvest assessment in relationship to environmental variation. Fisheries Research. 1:289-298. 1983 Ulanowicz, R.E. Identifying the structure of cycling in ecosystems. Math. Biosci. 65:219-237. 1984 Ulanowicz, R.E. Community measures of marine food networks and their possible applications. pp. 23-47. In: M.J.R. Fasham (ed.). Flows of Energy and Materials in Marine Ecosystems. Plenum, London. Ulanowicz, R.E. Review of ADAPTABILITY: The Significance of Variability from Molecule to Ecosystem, Michael Conrad. Mathematical Biosciences. 67:153-154. Ulanowicz, R.E. The structure of cycling in the Ythan estuary. pp. 220-235. In: S.A. Levin and T.G. Hallam (eds.). Lecture Notes in Biomathematics: Mathematical Ecology. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Hirata, H. and R.E. Ulanowicz. Information theoretical analysis of ecological networks. Int. J. Syst. Sci. 15: 261-270. 1985 Ulanowicz, R.E. and T.C. Platt (eds.). Ecosystems Theory for Biological Oceanography. Can. Bull. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 213. 260 p. Hirata, H. and R.E. Ulanowicz. Information theoretical analysis of the aggregation and hierarchical structure of ecological networks. J. theor. Biol. 116:321-341. 1986 Ulanowicz, R.E. Growth & Development: Ecosystems Phenomenology. Springer-Verlag, NY. 203 p. Ulanowicz, R.E. A phenomenological perspective of ecological development. pp. 73-8l. In: T. M. Poston and R. Purdy (eds.). Aquatic Toxicology and Environmental Fate, Vol.9. ASTM STP 921. American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA. Ulanowicz, R.E. Theoretical ecology: ecosystem ascendency. pp. 481-483. In: 1987 Yearbook of Science and Technology. McGraw-Hill, NY. Hirata, H. and R.E. Ulanowicz. Large-scale system perspectives on ecological modelling and analysis. Ecol. Model. 31:79-104. 1987 Ulanowicz, R.E. Flow network ascendency and self-organization in living systems. pp. 1694-1695. In: M.G. Singh (ed.). Systems and Control Encyclopedia. Pergamon Press, Oxford. Ulanowicz, R.E. Growth and development: variational principles reconsidered. European J. Op. Res. 30:173-178 Ulanowicz, R.E. and B.M. Hannon. Life and the production of entropy. Proc. Roy. Soc., London B. 232:181-192. Szyrmer, J. and R.E. Ulanowicz. Total flows in ecosystems. Ecol. Model. 35:123-136. 1988 Ulanowicz, R.E. On the importance of higher-level models in ecology. Ecol. Model. 43:45-56. Ulanowicz, R.E. and A.J. Goldman. On quantifying the effects of formal and final causes in ecosystem development. pp. 164-180. In: W.Wolff, C.-J. Soeder and F.R. Drepper (eds.). Ecodynamics: Contributions to Theoretical Ecology, Proc. Int'l. Workshop, Fed. Rep. of Germany, 19-20 Oct. 1987. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Wicken, J.S. and R.E. Ulanowicz. On quantifying hierarchical connections in ecology. J. Social Biol. Struct. 11:369-377. 1989 Ulanowicz, R.E. Book Review of E.P. Odum, Ecology and Our Endangered Life-support Systems. Sinauer, Stamford, CT. 283 p. In: Ecol. Econ. 1:363-365. Ulanowicz, R.E. Energy flow and productivity in the oceans. pp. 327- 351. In: P.J. Grubb and J.B. Whittaker (eds.). Toward a More Exact Ecology. Blackwell, Oxford. Ulanowicz, R.E. A generic simulation model for treating incomplete sets of data. pp. 82-89. In: F. Wulff, J.G. Field, and K.H. Mann (eds.). Network Analysis in Marine Ecology. Coastal and Estuarine Studies Series. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Ulanowicz, R.E. A Phenomenology of evolving networks. Syst. Res. 6:209-217. Baird, D. and R.E. Ulanowicz. The seasonal dynamics of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. Ecol. Monogr. 59:329-364. Kay, J.K., L.A. Graham, and R.E. Ulanowicz. A detailed guide to network analysis. pp. 15-61. In: F. Wulff, J.G. Field, and K.H. Mann (eds.). Network Analysis in Marine Ecology. Coastal and Estuarine Studies Series. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Weber, B.H., D.J. Depew, C. Dyke, S.N. Salthe, E.D. Schneider, R.E. Ulanowicz, and J.S. Wicken. Evolution in thermodynamic perspective. Biol. & Phil. 4:373-405. Wulff, F. and R.E. Ulanowicz. A comparative anatomy of the Baltic Sea and Chesapeake Bay ecosystems. pp. 232-256. In: F. Wulff, J.G. Field, and K.H. Mann (eds.). Network Analysis in Marine Ecology. Coastal and Estuarine Studies Series. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 1990 Ulanowicz, R.E. Aristotelean causalities in ecosystem development. Oikos 57:42-48. Ulanowicz, R. E. Ecosystem integrity and network theory. pp. 69-77. In: C.J. Edwards and H.A. Regier (eds.). An Ecosystem Approach to the Integrity of the Great Lakes in Turbulent Times. Great Lakes Fish Comm. Spec. Pub. 90-4. Ulanowicz, R.E. and J.S. Norden. Symmetrical overhead in flow networks. Int. J. Systems Sci. 1:429-437. Ulanowicz, R.E. and C.J. Puccia. Mixed trophic impacts in ecosystems. Coenoses 5:7-16. 1991 Ulanowicz, R.E. Formal agency in ecosystem development. pp. 58-70. In: M. Higashi and T.D. Burns (eds.). Theoretical Studies of Ecosystems: The Network Perspective. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge. Ulanowicz, R.E. Contributory values of ecosystem resources. pp. 253-268. In: R. Costanza (ed.). Ecological Economics: The Science and Management of Sustainability. Columbia Press, NY. Ulanowicz, R.E. Complexity: Toward quantifying its various manifestations. WESScomm. 1:43-50. Ulanowicz, R.E. and J.J. Kay. A Package for the Analysis of Ecosystem Flow Networks. Environmental Software. 6:131-142. Ulanowicz, R.E. and W.F. Wolff. Ecosystem flow networks: Loaded dice? Math. Biosci. 103:45-68. Ulanowicz, R.E. and F. Wulff. Comparing ecosystem process structures: The Chesapeake Bay and the Baltic Sea. pp. 140-166. In: J.J. Cole, G.M. Lovett and S.E.G. Findlay (eds.). Comparative Analyses of Ecosystems: Patterns, Mechanisms and Theories. Springer-Verlag, NY. Baird, D., J.M. McGlade and R.E. Ulanowicz. The comparative ecology of six marine ecosystems. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. 333:15-29. Hannon, B.M., R. Costanza and R.E. Ulanowicz. A general accounting framework for ecological systems: A functional taxonomy for connectivist ecology. Theor. Popul. Biol. 40:78-104. Yeh, S.-z., C.-f. Tsai, R.E. Ulanowicz and L.W. Douglass. Concentration models for dissolved nitrogen nutrients from non-point sources in Potomac Estuary. J. Environ. Manage. 33:335-349. 1992 Ulanowicz, R.E. Ecosystem health and trophic flow networks. pp. 190- 225. In: R. Costanza, B.G. Norton, and B.D. Haskell (eds.). Ecosystem Health: New Goals for Environmental Management. Island Press, Washington, DC. Ulanowicz, R.E. and J. Tuttle. The trophic consequences of oyster stock rehabilitation in Chesapeake Bay. Estuaries 15:298-306. Norton, B.G and R.E. Ulanowicz. Scale and biodiversity policy: A hierarchical approach. Ambio 21:244-249. 1993 Ulanowicz, R.E. Inventing the ecoscope. pp. ix-x. In: V. Christensen and D. Pauly (eds.). Trophic Models of Aquatic Ecosystems. ICLARM Conf. Proc. 26. Ulanowicz, R.E. Perspectives: Oecologia ex machina? Ecomod. 11(2):1 and 9. Baird, D. and R.E. Ulanowicz. A comparative study on the trophic structure, cycling and ecosystem properties of four tidal estuaries. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 99:221-237. Cohen, J.E., R. Beaver, S. Cousins, D. DeAngelis, L. Goldwasser, K.L. Heong, R. Holt, A. Kohn, J. Lawton, N Martinez, R. O'Malley, R. Page, B. Patten, S. Pimm, G. Polis, M. Rejmanek, T. Schoener, K. Schoenly, W.R. Spurles, J. Teal, R.E. Ulanowicz, P. Warren, H. Wilbur, and P. Yodzis. Improving food webs. Ecol. 74:252-258. Pahl-Wostl, C. and R.E. Ulanowicz. Quantification of species as functional units within an ecological network. Ecol. Model. 66:65-79. 1995 Ulanowicz, R.E. Ecosystem integrity: A causal necessity. pp. 77-87. In: L. Westra and J. Lemons (eds.). Perspectives on Ecological Integrity. Kluwer, Dordrecht. Ulanowicz, R.E. Ecosystem trophic foundations: Lindeman Exonerata. pp. 549-560. In: B.C. Patten and S.E. Jorgensen (eds.). Complex Ecology: the part-whole relation in ecosystems. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Ulanowicz, R.E. Network growth and development: Ascendency. pp. 643-655. In: B.C. Patten and S.E. Jorgensen (eds.). Complex Ecology: the part-whole relation in ecosystems. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Ulanowicz, R.E. Beyond the material and the mechanical: Occam's razor is a double-edged blade. Zygon. 30(2):249-266. Ulanowicz, R.E. Utricularia's secret: the advantage of positive feedback in oligotrophic environments. Ecol. Model. 79:49-57. Baird, D., R.E. Ulanowicz and W.R. Boynton. Seasonal nitrogen dynamics in the Chesapeake Bay: A network approach. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Sci. 41:137-162. Mageau, M.T., R. Costanza and R.E. Ulanowicz. The development, testing and application of a quantitative assessment of ecosystem health. Ecosystem Health. 1(4):201-213. 1996 Ulanowicz, R.E. Ecosystem development: Symmetry arising? Symmetry: Culture and Science. 7(3):321-334. Ulanowicz, R.E. The internalist perspective and non-cognitive value. Revue de la Pensee d'aujourd'hui. 24(11):292-301 (in Japanese). Ulanowicz, R.E. Trophic flow networks as indicators of ecosystem stress. pp. 358-368, In: G. Polis and K. Winemiller [eds.], Food Webs: Integration of Patterns and Dynamics. Chapman-Hall, NY. Ulanowicz, R.E. The propensities of evolving systems. pp. 217-233, In: E.L. Khalil and K.E. Boulding [eds.], Evolution, Order and Complexity. Routledge, London. Halfon, E.A., N. Schito and R.E. Ulanowicz. Energy flow through the Lake Ontario food web: Conceptual model and an attempt at mass balance. Ecol. Model. 86(1):1-36. 1997 Ulanowicz, R.E. Ecology, the Ascendent Perspective. Columbia University Press, NY. 201p. Ulanowicz, R.E. Limitations on the connectivity of ecosystem flow networks. pp. 125-143. In: Rinaldo, A. And A. Marani [eds.], Biological Models. Istituto Veneto de Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. Venice. Shimizu, M.R., H.A. Regier, J.J. Kay and R.E. Ulanowicz. Government organizations and Great Lakes rehabilitation. pp. 359-380, In: L.A. Brooks and S.D. VanDeveer [eds.], Saving the Seas: Values, Scientists and International Governance. Maryland Sea Grant College, College Park, Maryland. Ulanowicz, R.E. and L.G. Abarca-Arenas. An informational synthesis of ecosystem structure and function. Ecol. Model. 95:1-10. DeAngelis, D.L., W.F. Loftus, J.C. Trexler and R.E. Ulanowicz. Modeling fish dynamics and effects of stress in a hydrologically pulsed ecosystem. Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress and Recovery 6:1-13. Bondavalli, C., A. Bodini and R.E. Ulanowicz. The contribution of network analysis to ecosystem investigation: A case study. Proceedings of the Eighth National Congress of the Italian Society of Ecology 18:213-215. Monaco, M.E. and R.E. Ulanowicz. Comparative ecosystem trophic structure of three U.S. Mid-Atlantic estuaries. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 161:239-254. Gafiychuk, V.V., I.A. Lubashevsky and R.E. Ulanowicz. Distributed self-regulation in ecological and economic systems. Complex Systems 11:357-372. 1998 Ulanowicz, R.E. Network Orientors: Theoretical and philosophical considerations why ecosystems may exhibit a propensity to increase in ascendency. pp. 177-192. In: F. Mueller and M. Leupelt [eds.], Eco Targets, Goal Functions, and Orientors. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Ulanowicz, R.E. A phenomenology of evolving networks. Systems Res. and Behavioral Sci. 15:373-383. Mageau, M.T., R. Costanza, and R.E. Ulanowicz. Quantifying the trends expected in developing ecosystems. Ecol. Model. 112:1-22. 1999 Ulanowicz, R.E. and D. Baird. Nutrient controls on ecosystem dynamics: The Chesapeake mesohaline community. J. Mar. Sys. 19:159-172 Niquil, N., J.E. Ernesto Arias-Gonzales, B. Delesalle, and R.E. Ulanowicz. Characterization of the planktonic food web of Takapoto Atoll lagoon, using network analysis. Oecologia 118:232-241. Ulanowicz, R.E. Life after Newton: An ecological metaphysic. BioSystems 50:127-142. Almunia, J., G. Basterretxea, J. Aristegui, and R.E. Ulanowicz. Benthic- Pelagic switching in a coastal subtropical lagoon. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 49:363-384. Bondavalli, C. and R.E. Ulanowicz. Unexpected effects of predators upon their prey: The case of the American Alligator. Ecosystems 2:49-63. Ulanowicz, R.E. Out of the clockworks: A response. Estuaries 22:342-343. 2000 Ulanowicz, R.E. Quantifying constraints upon trophic and migratory transfers in spatially heterogeneous ecosystems. pp. 113-142. In: Sanderson, J. and L.D. Harris (eds.). Series in Landscape Ecology: A Top-Down Approach. Lewis Pub., Boca Raton. Ulanowicz, R.E. Ascendency: A measure of ecosystem performance. Pp. 303-315. In: S.E. Joergensen and F. Mueller [Eds.] Handbook of Ecosystem Theories and Management. Lewis Publications. Boca Raton. Ulanowicz, R.E. Toward the measurement of ecological integrity. pp. 99-113. In: Pimentel, D., L. Westra and R.F. Noss [ed.], Ecological Integrity: Integrating Environment, Conservation and Health. Island Press, Washington. DC. Ulanowicz, R.E. Ontic closure and the hierarchy of scale. pp. 266-271. In: Chandler, J.L.R. and Van de Vijver, G. [eds.], Emergent Organizations and Their Dynamics. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Vol. 901. Ulanowicz, R.E. Ecology, the subversive science? Episteme 11:137-152. Bondavalli, C., R.E. Ulanowicz and A. Bodino. Insights into the processing of carbon in the South Florida Cypress Wetlands: A whole ecosystem approach using network analysis. J. Biogeography 27:697-710. Nors-Nielsen, S. and R.E. Ulanowicz. On the consistency between thermodynamical and network approaches to ecosystems. Ecological Modelling 132 (1-2):23-31. Westra, L., P. Miller, J.R. Karr, W.E. Rees and R.E. Ulanowicz. Ecological integrity and the aims of global integrity project. pp. 19-41. In: Pimentel, D., L. Westra and R.F. Noss [ed.], Ecological Integrity: Integrating Environment, Conservation and Health. Island Press, Washington. DC. Ray, S., R.E. Ulanowicz, N.C. Majee and A.B. Roy. Network analysis of a benthic food web model of a partly reclaimed island in the Sundarban mangrove ecosystem, India. J. Biol. Systems 8(3):263-278. 2001 Frost, T.M., R.E. Ulanowicz, S. Blumenshine, J. Rogers, F. Taub, and T.F.H. Allen. 2001. Scaling issues in experimental ecology: Freshwater ecosystems. pp. 253-279. In: Gardner, R.H., W.M. Kemp, V.S. Kennedy and J.E. Petersen [Eds.], Scaling Relations in Experimental Ecology. Ulanowicz, R.E. Information theory in ecology. Computers and Chemistry.25:393-399. Kay, J.J., T. Allen, R. Fraser, J.C. Luvall, and R.E. Ulanowicz. Can we use energy based indicators to characterize and measure the status of ecosystems, human, disturbed and natural? Pp. 121-133 In. S. Ulgiati, M.T. Brown, M. Giampietro, R.A. Herendeen and K. Mayumi (Eds.) Advances in Energy Studies: Exploring Supplies, Constraints and Strategies. SGEditoriali: Padova. Ulanowicz, R.E. The organic in ecology. Ludus Vitalis 9(15):183-204. Hoffmann, D.S. 2001. Conversando com Roberto E. Ulanowicz. Episteme 12:13-22. Ray, S., L. Berec, M. Straskaba, and R.E. Ulanowicz. Evaluation of system performance through optimizing ascendency in an aquatic ecosystem model. J. Biol. Systems. 9(4):269-290. 2002 Christian, R.R. and R.E. Ulanowicz. Network ecology. pp. 1393-1399. In: A.H. El-Shaarawi and W.H. Piegorsch (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Environmetrics. John Wiley and Sons: Chinchester. Ulanowicz, R.E. The balance between adaptability and adaptation. BioSystems 64:13-22. Abarca, L.G. and R.E. Ulanowicz. The effects of taxonomic aggregation on network analysis. Ecological Modelling 149:285-296. Heymans, J.J., R.E. Ulanowicz, and C. Bondavalli. Network analysis of the South Florida graminoid marshes and comparison with nearby cypress ecosystems. Ecological Modelling 149:5-23. Ulanowicz, R.E. Ecology, a dialogue between the quick and the dead. Emergence 4:34-52. Ulanowicz, R.E. Toward quantifying semiotic agencies: Habits Arising. J. Semiotics, Evolution, Energy and Development. 2(1):38-55. 2003 Krivov, S. and R.E. Ulanowicz. Qunatitative measures of organization for multi- agent systems. BioSystems 69:39-54. Ulanowicz, R.E. On the ordinality of causes in complex autocatalytic systems. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 988:154-157. Zorach, A.C. and R.E. Ulanowicz. Quantifying the complexity of flow networks: How many roles are there? Complexity 8(3):68-76. Krause, A.E., K.A. Frank, D.M. Mason, R.E. Ulanowicz, and W.W. Taylor. Compartments revealed in food-web structure. Nature 426:282-285. Ulanowicz, R.E. Some steps toward a central theory of ecosystem dynamics. Comp. Biol. and Chem. 27:523-530. Reprinted in Ecological Questions 5:23-32. [2004] 2004 Allesina, S., and R.E. Ulanowicz. Cycling in ecological networks: Finn's index revisited. Computational Biology and Chemistry 28:227-233. Patricio, J., R. Ulanowicz, M.A. Pardal, and J.C. Marques. Ascendency as an ecological indicator: a case study of estuarine pulse eutrophication. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 60:23-35. Ulanowicz, R.E. Ecosystem Dynamics: a Natural Middle. Theology and Science 2(2):231-253. Ulanowicz, R.E. James J. Kay (1955-2004). Ecological Modelling 181:285-286. Ulanowicz, R.E. On the nature of ecodynamics. Ecological Complexity 1:341-354. Ulanowicz, R.E. New perspectives through brackish water ecology. Hydrobiologia 514:3-12. Ulanowicz, R.E. Quantitative methods for ecological network analysis. Computational Biology and Chemistry 28:321-339. 2005 Belgrano, A., U.M. Scharler, J. Dunne, and R.E. Ulanowicz (Eds.) Aquatic Food Webs. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford. 262p. Christian, R.R., D. Baird, J. Luczkovich, J.C. Johnson, U.M. Scharler, and R.E. Ulanowicz. Role of network analysis in comparative ecosystem ecology of estuaries Pp. 25-40 In: A. Belgrano, U.M. Scharler, J. Dunne and R.E. Ulanowicz (Eds.) Aquatic Food Webs. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 262p. Morris, J.T., R.R. Christian, and R.E. Ulanowicz. Analysis of size and complexity of randomly constructed food webs by information theoretic metrics. Pp. 73-85 In: A. Belgrano, U.M. Scharler, J. Dunne, and R.E. Ulanowicz (Eds.) Aquatic Food Webs. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford. Ulanowicz, R.E. Ecological network analysis: an escape from the machine. Pp.201-207 In: A. Belgrano, U.M. Scharler, J. Dunne, and R.E. Ulanowicz (Eds.) Aquatic Food Webs. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford. Ulanowicz, R.E., and M.J. Zickel. Using Ecology to Quantify Organization in Fluid Flows. Pp. 57-66 In: A. Kleidon and R. Lorenz (eds.). Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and the Production of Entropy: Life, Earth, and Beyond. Springer Verlag, Berlin. Ulanowicz, R.E. The Complex Nature of Ecodynamics. Pp. 303-329 In: D. Bonchev, and D.M. Rouvray, (Eds.) Complexity in Chemistry, Biology, and Ecology. Springer, New York. Ulanowicz, R.E. A revolution in the middle kingdom? Pp. 73-90. In: H. Lillienstroem and U. Svedin (Eds.) Micro-Meso-Macro: Addressing Complex Systems Couplings. World Scientific, London. Ho, M-W. and R.E. Ulanowicz. Sustainable systems as organisms? BioSystems 82:39-51. Ulanowicz, R.E. Fluctuations and order in ecosystem dynamics. E:CO 7(2):14-20. 2006 Ulanowicz, R.E. Process ecology: A transactional worldview. J. Ecodynamics 1:103-114. Ulanowicz, R.E. Reconsidering the notion of the organic. Pp 101-113 in A. K. Konopka (Ed.) Systems Biology: Principles, Methods and Concepts. Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, FL. Ulanowicz,R.E., S.E. Joergensen, and B.D. Fath. Exergy, information and aggradation: An ecosystems reconciliation. Ecol. Modelling 198:520-524. 2007 Joergensen, S.E, B.D. Fath, S. Bastianoni, J.C. Marques, F. Mueller, S.N. Nielsen, B.C. Patten, E. Tiezzi and R.E. Ulanowicz. A New Ecology: Systems Perspective. Elsevier, Amsterdam. 275p. Ulanowicz, R.E. and U.M. Scharler. Least-inference methods for constructing networks of trophic flows. Ecol. Modelling 210:278-286. Ulanowicz, R.E. Ecosystems becoming. Int. J. Ecosystem Dyn. 2(3):153-164. Ulanowicz, R.E. Ecology, a dialog between the quick and the dead. Pp. 27-46 In: F. Capra Fritjof, A. Juarrero, P. Sotolongo and J. van Uden (Eds.) Reframing Complexity: Perspectives from the North and South. ISCE Publishing, Mansfield, MA. Ulanowicz, R.E. Process Ecology: Creatura at Large in an Open Universe. Pp. 121-134 In: J. Hoffmeyer (Ed.) A Legacy for Living Systems: Gregory Bateson as Precursor to Biosemiotics. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Ulanowicz, R.E. Emergence, naturally! Zygon 42:945-960. Articles and Books In Press: Ulanowicz, R.E. (In Press) Systems Ecology: Autocatalysis. Pp. xxx- xxx In: S.E. Joergensen and B.D. Fath (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elsevier, Amsterdam. Ulanowicz, R.E., S.J. Goerner, B. Lietaer and R. Gomez. (In Press) Quantifying Sustainability: Resilience, Efficiency and the Return of Information Theory. Ecological Complexity XX:xxx-xxx. Ulanowicz, R.E. (In Press) A Third Window: Natural Foundations for Life. Templeton Foundation Press, West Conshohocken, PA. Articles and Books In Review: Ulanowicz, R. E. (In Review) Enduring metaphysical impatience? Pp. XXX-XXX In: J. Proctor (Ed.) New Visions in Nature, Science and Religion. Templeton Foundation Press, West Conshohocken, PA. Ulanowicz, R.E. (In Review) Intelligence or Natural Law?: The Ecological Alternative. Proceedings of the Second WISTAR Conference. The Discovery Institute, Seattle, WA. Goerner, S.J., B. Lietaer and R.E. Ulanowicz. (In Review) Quantifying Economic Sustainability: Implications for Current Economic Theory, Policy and Practice. Ecol. Econ. XX:xxx-xxx.