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1. Ulanowicz, R.E., and G.C. Frazier. 1968. Interphase transfer with non-equilibrium chemical reactionChemical Engineering Science 23:1335-1346.

2. Ulanowicz, R.E., and G.C. Frazier. 1970. The transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide in hemoglobin systemsBulletin of Mathematical Biosciences 7:111-129.

3. Frazier, G.C., and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1970. Film transfer with non-equilibrium chemical reactionChemical Engineering Science 25:549-557.

4. Ulanowicz, R.E., and G.C. Frazier. 1971. Transport through hemoglobin solutions: a sensitivity analysisJournal of Theoretical Biology 32:185-190.

5. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1972. Mass and energy flow in closed ecosystemsJournal of Theoretical Biology 34:239-253.

6. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1975. 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.

7. Ulanowicz, R.E., D.A. Flemer, D.R. Heinle, and C.D. Mobley. 1975. 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.

8. Wollast, R., H.G. Gade, and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1975. Estuaries. pp. 253-256. In: J.C.J. Nihoul, (ed.). Modeling of Marine Systems. Elsevier Press, Amsterdam.

9. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1976. Modeling the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries: A synopsisChesapeake Science 17:114-122.

10. Morgan, R.P., R.E. Ulanowicz, V.J. Rasin, Jr., L.A. Noe, and G.B. Gray. 1976. Effects of shear on eggs and larvae of striped bass Morone saxatilis, and white perch M. americanaTransactions of the American Fisheries Society 105:149-l54.

11. Polgar, T.T., J.A. Mihursky, R.E. Ulanowicz, R.P. Morgan, and J.S. Wilson. 1976. An analysis of 1974 striped bass spawning success in the Potomac Estuary. pp. 151-165. In: Martin Wiley, (ed.). Estuarine Processes. Academic Press, NY.

12. Flemer, D.A., R.E. Ulanowicz, and D.L. Taylor, Jr. 1977. 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.

13. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1978. 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.

14. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1978. pp. 1-18. In: J.H. Thorpe, III and J.W. Gibbons, (eds.). Modeling environmental stressEnergy and Environmental Stress in Aquatic Systems. DOE Symposium Series (CONF-771114) National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA

15. Ulanowicz, R.E. and D.A. Flemer. 1978. A synoptic view of a coastal plain estuary. pp. 1-26. In: J.C.J. Nihoul, (ed.). Hydrodynamics of Estuaries and Fjords. Elsevier, Amsterdam.

16. Ulanowicz, R.E. and B. Kinsman. 1978. 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.

17. Ulanowicz, R.E., D.A. Flemer, D.R. Heinle, and R.T. Huff. 1978. The empirical modeling of an ecosystemEcological Modelling 4:29-40.

18. Marcy, B.C., Jr., A.D. Beck and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1978. 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.

19. 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. 1978. 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.

20. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1979. Complexity, stability and self-organization in natural communitiesOecologia (Berlin) 43:295-298.

21. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1979. Prediction, chaos and ecological perspective. pp. 107-117. In: Efraim Halfon, (ed.). Theoretical Systems Ecology Academic Press, New York.

22. Ulanowicz, R.E. and W.M. Kemp. 1979. Toward canonical trophic aggregationsThe American Naturalist 114:871-883.

23. Heinle, D.R., D.A Flemer, R.T. Huff, S.T. Sulkin, and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1979. Effects of perturbations on estuarine microcosms. pp. 119-141. In: F. John Vernberg, (ed.). Marsh-Estuarine Systems Simulation.University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC.

24. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1980. An hypothesis on the development of natural communitiesJournal of Theoretical Biology 85:223-245.

25. Ulanowicz, R.E., W.C. Caplins and E.A. Dunnington. 1980. The forecasting of oyster harvest in central Chesapeake BayEstuarine Coastal and Marine Science 11:101-106.

26. Ulanowicz, R.E., and T.T. Polgar. 1980. The influences of anadromous spawning behavior and optimal environmental conditions upon striped bass (morone saxatilis) year-class successCanadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 37:143-154.

27. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1981. 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.

28. Mann, K.H., T.C. Platt, and R.E. Ulanowicz, (eds.) 1981. Mathematical Models in Biological Oceanography. UNESCO Monographs on Oceanographic Methodology 7. UNESCO Press, Paris. 157 p.

29. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1981. pp. 67-72. In: K.H. Mann, T.C. Platt and R.E. Ulanowicz (eds.) Information theory applied to ecosystem structureMathematical Models in Biological Oceanography. UNESCO Monographs on Oceanographic Methodology 7. UNESCO Press, Paris.

30. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1981. 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.

31. Ulanowicz, R.E. and K.H. Mann. 1981. 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.

32. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1981. 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.

33. Ulanowicz, R.E., M.L. Ali, A. Vivian, D.R. Heinle, W.A. Richkus, and J.K. Summers. 1982. Identifying climatic factors influencing commercial landings in MarylandFishery Bulletin 80:611-619.

34. Ulanowicz, R.E., J.M. Lindsay, W.C. Caplins and T.T. Polgar. 1982. Simulating the lateral transport of ichthyoplankton in the Potomac EstuaryEstuaries 5:57-67.

35. Summers, J.K., W.A. Richkus, R. Ross and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1982. A statistical model of white perch (Morone americana) harvest assessment in relationship to environmental variationFisheries Research 1:289-298.

36. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1983. Identifying the structure of cycling in ecosystemsMathematical Biosciences 65:219-237.

37. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1984. 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.

38. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1984. Review of Adaptability: The Significance of Variability from Molecule to Ecosystem, by Michael ConradMathematical Biosciences. 69:153-154.

39. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1984. 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.

40. Hirata, H. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1984. Information theoretical analysis of ecological networksInternational Journal of Systems Science 15: 261-270.

41. Ulanowicz, R.E. and T.C. Platt (eds.). 1985. Ecosystems Theory for Biological Oceanography. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Science Number 213. 260 p.

42. Hirata, H. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1985. Information theoretical analysis of the aggregation and hierarchical structure of ecological networksJournal of Theoretical Biology 116:321-341.

43. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1986. Growth and Development: Ecosystems Phenomenology Springer-Verlag, NY. 203p.

44. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1986. 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.

45. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1986. Theoretical ecology: Ecosystem ascendency. pp. 481-483. In: 1987 Yearbook of Science and Technology McGraw-Hill, NY.

46. Hirata, H. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1986. Large-scale system perspectives on ecological modelling and analysisEcological Modelling 31:79-104.

47. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1987. Flow network ascendency and self-organization in living systems. pp. 1694-1695. In: M.G. Singh (ed.). Systems and Control Encyclopedia Pergamon Press, Oxford.

48. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1987. Growth and development: Variational principles reconsideredEuropean Journal of Operations Research 30:173-178.

49. Ulanowicz, R.E. and B.M. Hannon. 1987. Life and the production of entropyProceedings of the Royal Society, London Series B 232:181-192.

50. Szyrmer, J. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1987. Total flows in ecosystemsEcological Modelling 35:123-136.

51. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1988. On the importance of higher-level models in ecologyEcological Modelling 43:45-56.

52. Ulanowicz, R.E. and A.J. Goldman. 1988. 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 Proceedings of an International Workshop, Federal Republic of Germany, 19-20 Oct. 1987. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

53. Wicken, J.S. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1988. On quantifying hierarchical connections in ecologyJournal of Social and Biological Structures 11:369-377.

54. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1989. Book Review of E.P. Odum, Ecology and Our Endangered Life-support Systems. Ecological Economics 1:363-365.

55. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1989. 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.

56. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1989. 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.

57. Baird, D. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1989. The seasonal dynamics of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystemEcol. Monogr. 59:329-364.

58. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1989. A phenomenology of evolving networksSystems Research 6:209-217.

59. Kay, J.K., L.A. Graham, and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1989. 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.

60. Weber, B.H., D.J. Depew, C. Dyke, S.N. Salthe, E.D. Schneider, R.E. Ulanowicz, and J.S. Wicken. 1989. Evolution in thermodynamic perspective: an ecological approachBiology and Philosophy 4:373-405.

61. Wulff, F. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1989. 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.

62. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1990. Aristotelean causalities in ecosystem developmentOikos 57:42-48.

63. Ulanowicz, R. E. 1990. 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.

64. Ulanowicz, R.E. and J.S. Norden. 1990. Symmetrical overhead in flow networksInternational Journal of Systems Science 1:429-437.

65. Ulanowicz, R.E. and C.J. Puccia. 1990. Mixed trophic impacts in ecosystemsCoenoses 5:7-16.

66. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1991. 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.

67. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1991. Contributory values of ecosystem resources. pp. 253-268. In: R. Costanza (ed.) Ecological Economics: The Science and Management of Sustainability Columbia University Press, New York.

68. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1991. Complexity: Toward quantifying its various manifestationsWESScomm 1:43-50.

69. Ulanowicz, R.E. and J.J. Kay. 1991. A package for the analysis of ecosystem flow networksEnvironmental Software 6:131-142.

70. Ulanowicz, R.E. and W.F. Wolff. 1991. Ecosystem flow networks: Loaded dice? Mathematical Biosciences 103:45-68.

71. Ulanowicz, R.E. and F. Wulff. 1991. 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, New York.

72. Baird, D., J.M. McGlade and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1991. The comparative ecology of six marine ecosystemsPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London, Series B 333:15-29.

73. Hannon, B.M., R. Costanza and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1991. A general accounting framework for ecological systems: A functional taxonomy for connectivist ecologyTheoretical Population Biology 40:78-104.

74. 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 EstuaryJournal of Environmental Management 33:335-349.

75. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1992. 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.

76. Ulanowicz, R.E. and J. Tuttle. 1992. The trophic consequences of oyster stock rehabilitation in Chesapeake BayEstuaries 15:298-306.

77. Norton, B.G and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1992. Scale and biodiversity policy: A hierarchical approachAmbio 21:244-249.

78. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1993. Inventing the ecoscope. pp. ix-x. In: V. Christensen and D. Pauly (eds.). Trophic Models of Aquatic Ecosystems ICLARM Conf. Proc. 26.

79. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1993. Perspectives: Oecologia ex machina? Ecological Modelling 11(2):1 and 9.

80. Baird, D. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1993. A comparative study on the trophic structure, cycling and ecosystem properties of four tidal estuariesMarine Ecology Progress Series 99:221-237.

81. 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. 1993. Improving food websChemical Engineering Science 74:252-258.

82. Pahl-Wostl, C. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1994. Quantification of species as functional units within an ecological networkEcological Modelling 66:65-79

83. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1995. Ecosystem integrity: A causal necessity. pp. 77-87 In: L. Westra and J. Lemons (eds.) Perspectives on Ecological Integrity Kluwer, Dordrecht.

84. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1995. 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, New Jersey

85. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1995. 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, New Jersey.

86. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1995. Beyond the material and the mechanical: Occam’s razor is a double-edged bladeZygon 30(2):249-266.

87. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1995. Utricularia’s secret: the advantage of positive feedback in oligotrophic environmentsEcological Modelling 79:49-57.

88. Baird, D., R.E. Ulanowicz and W.R. Boynton. 1995. Seasonal nitrogen dynamics in the Chesapeake Bay: A network approachEstuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 41:137-162.

89. Mageau, M.T., R. Costanza and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1995. The development and initial testing of a quantitative assessment of ecosystem healthEcosystem Health 1(4):201-213.

90. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1996. Ecosystem development: Symmetry arising? Symmetry: Culture and Science 7(3):321-334.

91. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1996. The internalist perspective and non-cognitive valueRevue de la Pensee d’aujourd’hui 24(11):292-301 (in Japanese).

92. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1996. 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, New York.

93. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1996. The propensities of evolving systems. pp. 217-233, In: E.L. Khalil and K.E. Boulding (eds.), Evolution, Order and Complexity Routledge, London.

94. Halfon, E.A., N. Schito and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1996. Energy flow through the Lake Ontario food web: Conceptual model and an attempt at mass balanceEcological Modelling 86(1):1-36.

95. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1997. Ecology, the Ascendent Perspective Columbia University Press, New York.

96. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1997. 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.

97. Shimizu, M.R., H.A. Regier, J.J. Kay and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1997. 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.

98. Bondavalli, C., A. Bodini and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1997. 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.

99. DeAngelis, D.L., W.F. Loftus, J.C. Trexler and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1997. Modeling fish dynamics and effects of stress in a hydrologically pulsed ecosystemJournal of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress and Recovery 6:1-13

100. Ulanowicz, R.E. and L.G. Abarca-Arenas. 1997. An informational synthesis of ecosystem structure and functionEcological Modelling 95:1-10.

101. Monaco, M.E. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1997. Comparative ecosystem trophic structure of three U.S. Mid-Atlantic estuariesMarine Ecology Progress Series 161:239-254.

102. Gafiychuk, V.V., I.A. Lubashevsky and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1997. Distributed self-regulation in ecological and economic systemsComplex Systems 11:357-372.

103. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1998. 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.

104. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1998. A phenomenology of evolving networksSystems Research and Behavioral Science 15:373-383.

105. Mageau, M.T., R. Costanza, and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1998. Quantifying the trends expected in developing ecosystemsEcological Modelling 112:1-22.

106. Ulanowicz, R.E. and D. Baird. 1999. Nutrient controls on ecosystem dynamics: The Chesapeake mesohaline communityJournal of Marine Systems 19:159-172.

107. Niquil, N., J.E. Ernesto Arias-Gonzales, B. Delesalle, and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1999. Characterization of the planktonic food web of Takapoto Atoll lagoon, using network analysisOecologia 118:232-241.

108. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1999. Life after Newton: An ecological metaphysicBioSystems 50:127-142.

109. Almunia, J., G. Basterretxea, J. Aristegui, and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1999. Benthic-pelagic switching in a coastal subtropical lagoonEstuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 49:363-384.

110. Bondavalli, C. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1999. Unexpected effects of predators upon their prey: The case of the American AlligatorEcosystems 2:49-63.

111. Ulanowicz, R.E. 1999. Out of the clockworks: A responseEstuaries 22:342-343.

112. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2000. Quantifying constraints upon trophic and migratory transfers in landscapes pp. 113-142. In: Sanderson, J. and L.D. Harris (eds.), Series in Landscape Ecology: A Top-Down Approach Lewis Publications, Boca Raton.

113. Ulanowicz, R.E.. 2000. 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.

114. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2000. Toward the measurement of ecological integrity. Pp. 99-113. In: Pimentel, D., L. Westra and R.F. Noss (Eds.), Ecological Integrity: Integrating Environment, Conservation and Health Island Press, Washington. DC.

115. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2000. 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.

116. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2000. Ecology, the subversive science? Episteme 11:137-152.

117. Bondavalli, C., R.E. Ulanowicz and A. Bodino.2000. Insights into the processing of carbon in the South Florida cypress wetlands: A whole ecosystem approach using network analysisJournal of Biogeography 27:697-710.

118. Nors-Nielsen, S. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 2000. On the consistency between thermodynamical and network approaches to ecosystemsEcological Modelling 132(1-2):23-31.

119. Westra, L., P. Miller, J.R. Karr, W.E. Rees and R.E. Ulanowicz. 2000. Ecological integrity and the aims of global integrity project. pp. 19-41. In: Pimentel, D., L. Westra and R.F. Noss (Eds.), Ecological Integrity: Integrating Environment, Conservation and Health Island Press, Washington. DC.

120. Ray, S., R.E. Ulanowicz, N.C. Majee and A.B. Roy. 2000. Network analysis of a benthic food web model of a partly reclaimed island in the Sundarban mangrove ecosystem, IndiaJournal of Biological Systems 8(3):263-278.

121. 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.Columbia University Press, NY.

122. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2001. Information theory in ecologyComputers and Chemistry 25:393-399.

123. Kay, J.J., T. Allen, R. Fraser, J.C. Luvall, and R.E. Ulanowicz. 2001. 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.

124. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2001. The organic in ecologyLudus Vitalis 9(15):183-204.

125. Hoffmann, D.S. 2001. Conversando com Roberto E. UlanowiczEpisteme 12:13-22.

126. Ray, S., L. Berec, M. Straskaba, and R.E. Ulanowicz. 2001. Evaluation of system performance through optimizing ascendency in an aquatic ecosystem modelJournal of Biological Systems 9(4):269-290.

127. Christian, R.R. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 2002. Network ecology. Pp. 1393-1399. In: A.H. El-Shaarawi and W.H. Piegorsch (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Environmetrics John Wiley and Sons: Chinchester.

128. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2002. The balance between adaptability and adaptationBioSystems 64:13-22.

129. Abarca, L.G. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 2002. The effects of taxonomic aggregation on network analysisEcological Modelling 149:285-296.

130. Heymans, J.J., R.E. Ulanowicz, and C. Bondavalli. 2002. Network analysis of the South Florida graminoid marshes and comparison with nearby cypress ecosystemsEcological Modelling 149:5-23.

131. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2002. Ecology, a dialogue between the quick and the deadEmergence 4:34-52.

132. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2002. Toward quantifying semiotic agencies: Habits arisingJournal of Semiotics, Evolution, Energy and Development 2(1):38-55.

133. Krivov, S. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 2003. Qunatitative measures of organization for multi- agent systemsBioSystems 69:39-54.

134. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2003. On the ordinality of causes in complex autocatalytic systemsAnnals of the New York Academy of Science 988:154-157.

135. Zorach, A.C. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 2003. Quantifying the complexity of flow networks: How many roles are there? Complexity 8(3):68-76.

136. Krause, A.E., K.A. Frank, D.M. Mason, R.E. Ulanowicz, and W.W. Taylor. 2003. Compartments revealed in food-web structureNature 426:282-285.

137. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2003. Some steps toward a central theory of ecosystem dynamicsComputational Biology and Chemistry 27:523-530. Reprinted in Ecological Questions 5:23-32. [2004]

138. Allesina, S., and R.E. Ulanowicz. 2004. Cycling in ecological networks: Finn’s index revisitedComputational Biology and Chemistry 28:227-233.

139. Patricio, J., R. Ulanowicz, M.A. Pardal, and J.C. Marques. 2004. Ascendency as an ecological indicator: A case study of estuarine pulse eutrophicationEstuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 60:23-35.

140. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2004. Ecosystem dynamics: A natural middleTheology and Science 2(2):231-253.

141. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2004. James J. Kay (1955-2004)Ecological Modelling 181:285-286.

142. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2004. On the nature of ecodynamicsEcological Complexity 1:341-354.

143. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2004. New perspectives through brackish water ecologyHydrobiologia 514:3-12.

144. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2004. Quantitative methods for ecological network analysisComputational Biology and Chemistry 28:321-339.

145. Belgrano, A., U.M. Scharler, J. Dunne, and R.E. Ulanowicz (Eds.) 2005. Aquatic Food Webs: An Ecosystem Approach Oxford University Press, Oxford. 262p.

146. Christian, R.R., D. Baird, J. Luczkovich, J.C. Johnson, U.M. Scharler, and R.E. Ulanowicz. 2005. 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.

147. Morris, J.T., R.R. Christian, and R.E. Ulanowicz. 2005. 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.

148. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2005. 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.

149. Ulanowicz, R.E., and M.J. Zickel. 2005. 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.

150. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2005. The complex nature of ecodynamics. Pp. 303-329 In: D. Bonchev, and D.M. Rouvray, (Eds.) Complexity in Chemistry, Biology, and Ecology Springer-Verlag, New York.

151. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2005. 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.

152. Ho, M-W. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 2005. Sustainable systems as organisms? BioSystems 82:39-51.

153. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2005. Fluctuations and order in ecosystem dynamicsE:CO 7(2):14-20.

154. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2006. Process ecology: A transactional worldviewJournal of Ecodynamics 1:103-114.

155. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2006. 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.

156. Ulanowicz,R.E., S.E. Joergensen, and B.D. Fath. 2006. Exergy, information and aggradation: An ecosystems reconciliationEcological Modelling 198:520-524.

157. Patrício, J., Ulanowicz, R., Pardal, M.A. & Marques, J.C. 2006. Ascendency as ecological indicator for environmental quality assessment at the ecosystem level: A case studyHydrobiologia 555:19-30.

158. 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. 2007. A New Ecology: Systems Perspective Elsevier, Amsterdam. 275p.

159. Ulanowicz, R.E. and U.M. Scharler. 2007. Least-inference methods for constructing networks of trophic flowsEcological Modelling 210:278-286.

160. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2007. Ecosystems becomingInternational Journal of Ecosystem Dynamics 2(3):153-164.

161. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2007. Ecology, a dialogue between the quick and the dead. Pp. 34-52 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.

162. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2007. 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.

163. Fath, B.D., Scharler, U.M., Ulanowicz, R.E., and Hannon, B. 2007. Ecological network analysis: Network constructionEcological Modelling 208:49-55.

164. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2007. Emergence, naturally! Zygon 42:945-960.

165. Coffman, J.A. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 2007. Darwinian dynamics implies developmental ascendencyBiological Theory 2(2):179-180.

166. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2008. Autocatalysis. Pp. 288-290 In. S.E. Joergensen and B.D. Fath (Eds.) Systems Ecology. Vol. [1] of Encyclopedia of Ecology Elsevier, Oxford.

167. Ulanowicz, R.E 2009. A Third Window: Natural Life beyond Newton and Darwin Templeton Foundation Press, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. 196p

168. Ulanowicz, R.E., Goerner, S.J., Lietaer, B. and Gomez, R. 2009. Quantifying sustainability: Resilience, efficiency and the return of information theoryEcological Complexity 6:27-36.

169. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2009. Enduring metaphysical impatience? Pp. 131-148 In: J.D. Proctor (Ed.) Envisioning Nature, Science and Religion Templeton Foundation Press, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

170. Lietaer, B., Ulanowicz, R.E. and Goerner, S.J. 2009. Options for managing a systematic bank crisisSapiens 1(2):1-15.

171. Baird, D., B.D. Fath, R.E. Ulanowicz, H. Asmus, and R. Asmus. 2009. On the consequences of aggregation and balancing of networks on system properties derived from ecological network analysisEcological Modelling 220:3465–3471.

172. Banasek-Richter, C., Bersier, L-F., Cattin, M-F., Baltensperger, R., Gabriel, J-P, Merz, Y., Ulanowicz, R.E., Tavares, A.F., Williams, D., de Ruiter, P.C., Winemiller, P.C., and Naisbit, R.E. 2009. Complexity in qualitative food websEcology 90(6):1470–1477.

173. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2009. The dual nature of ecosystem dynamicsEcological Modelling 220:1886-1892.

174. Goerner, S.J., Lietaer, B. and Ulanowicz, R.E. 2009. Quantifying economic sustainability: Implications for free-enterprise theory, policy and practiceEcological Economics 69:76–81.

175. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2009. Increasing entropy: Heat death or perpetual harmonies? Design and Nature & Ecodynamics 4(2):1-14.

176. Joergensen, S.E. and Ulanowicz, R.E. 2009. Network calculations and ascendancy based on eco-energyEcological Modelling 220:1893–1896.

177. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2010. A call for metaphysical reformLudus Vitalis 17:459-463.

178. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2010. Process ecology: Stepping stones to biosemiosisZygon 45:391-407.

179. Lietaer, B., R.E. Ulanowicz, S.J. Goerner, and N. McLaren. 2010. Is our monetary structure a systemic cause for financial instability? Evidence and remedies from natureJournal of Futures Studies 14(3):89-108.

180. Christian, R.R., Voss, C.M., Bondavalli, C., Viaroli, P., Naldi, M., Tyler, A.C., Anderson, I.C., McGlathery, K.J., Ulanowicz, R.E., and Camacho-Ibar, V. 2010. Ecosystem health indexed through networks of nitrogen cycling. Pp. 73-90 In: M.J. Kennish and H.W. Paerl (Eds.) Coastal Lagoons: Critical Habitats of Environmental Change CRC Press: Boca Raton, Florida.

181. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2010. From pessimism to hope: A natural progressionZygon 45(4):939- 956.

182. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2011. Process and ontological priorities in evolution. Pp. 321-336 In: G. Auletta, M. Leclerc and R.A. Martinez (Eds.) Biological Evolution: Facts and Theories: A critical appraisal 150 years after “The Origin of Species” Gregorian & Biblical Press, Rome.

183. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2011. Towards Quantifying a Wider Reality: Shannon ExonerataInformation 2:624-634.

184. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2011. Quantitative Methods for Ecological Network Analysis and Its Application to Coastal Ecosystems. Pp. 35 – 57 In: Wolanski E. and McLusky D.S. (Eds.) Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science Vol 9. Waltham: Academic Press.

185. Nielsen, S.N. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 2011. Ontic openness: An absolute necessity for all developmental processesEcological Modelling 222:2908– 2912.

186. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2012. Coherence. Pp. 65 – 66 In: Favareau, D., P. Cobley and K. Kull. (Eds.) A More Developed Sign Tartu: Tartu University Press.

187. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2012. Widening the third windowAxiomathes 22:269-289.

188. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2012. Focus on networks and philanthropy (Interview)Alliance 17(4):36-37.

189. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2013. Process-First Ontology. Pp. 115-131 In: B.G. Henning and A.C. Scarfe. (Eds.) Beyond Mechanism: Putting Life Back into Biology Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books.

190. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2013. A world of contingenciesZygon 48:77-92.

191. Borrett, S.R., R.R. Christian and R.E. Ulanowicz. 2012. Network Ecology. Pp. 1767-1772 In: A.-H. El-Shaarawi and W. Piegorsch (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Environmetrics, Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

192. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2013. Circumscribed complexity in ecological networks. pp. 249-258. In: M. Dehmer, A. Mowshowitz and F. Emmert-Streib (Eds.) Advances in Network Complexity, Volume 4. Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell.

193. Ulanowicz, R.E., R.D. Holt and M. Barfield. 2014. Limits on ecosystem trophic complexity: Insights from ecological network analysisEcology Letters 17:127–136.

194. Huang, J. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 2014. Ecological Network Analysis for Economic Systems: Growth and Development and Implications for Sustainable DevelopmentPloS one 9(6): e100923.

195. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2014. Reckoning the nonexistent: Putting the science rightEcological Modelling 293:22–30.

196. Scharler, U.M., Ulanowicz, R.E., Fogel, M.L., Wooller, M.J., Jacobson-Meyers, M.E., Lovelock, C.E., Feller, I.C., Frischer, M., Lee, R., McKee, K. and Romero, I.C., 2015. Variable nutrient stoichiometry (carbon: nitrogen: phosphorus) across trophic levels determines community and ecosystem properties in an oligotrophic mangrove system. Oecologia, 179(3):863-876.

197. González, J., Ortiza, M., Rodríguez-Zaragozad, F., Ulanowicz, R.E., 2016. Assessment of long-term changes of ecosystem indexes in Tongoy Bay(SE Pacific coast): Based on trophic network analysis Ecological Indicators 69:390-399.

198. Matutinovic, I., Salthe, S.N., Ulanowicz, R.E., 2016. The mature stage of capitalist development: Models, signs and policy implications Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 39:17-30.

199. Ulanowicz, R.E., 2016. Process Ecology: Making Room for Creation Sophia 55(3):359-380.

200. Ulanowicz, R.E., 2016. Process Ecology: Philosophy Passes into Praxis Process Studies 45.2:72-95.

201. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2017. Towards a Global Understanding of Development and Evolution Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.07.008.

202. Xu, Z., Cheng, G., Ulanowicz, R.E., Song, X., Deng, X. and Zhong, F. 2018. The Common Developmental Road: Tensions among Centripetal and Centrifugal Dynamics National Science Review 5(3):417-426, doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwx033/3101042.

203. Gatti, R.C., Fath, B., Hordijk, W., Kauffman, S. and Ulanowicz, R.E. 2018. Niche emergence as an autocatalytic process in the evolution of ecosystems. J. Theor. Biol. 454:110-117.

204. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2018. Biodiversity, functional redundancy and system stability: Subtle connections. J. Roy. Soc. Interface 15(147):20180367.

205. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2018. Dimensions missing from ecology. Philosophies 3(3):24.

206. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2018. The universal laws of physics: Inflated ontologies? pp. 69-84. In: R.J. Russell & J.M. Moritz (Eds.) God’s Providence and Randomness in Nature, W. Conshohocken, PA : Templeton Press.

207. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2019. The tripartite nature of causalities in ecosystem dynamics. Current Opinion in Systems Biology 13:129–135.

208. Fath, B.D., D. A. Fiscus, S. J. Goerner, A. Berea and R. E. Ulanowicz. 2019. Measuring regenerative economics: 10 principles and measures undergirding systemic economic health. Global Transitions 1:15-27.

209. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2019. Information across the ecological hierarchy. Entropy 21:949–955.

210. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2020. Quantifying sustainable balance in ecosystem configurations. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 1:1–6.

211. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2020. Ecological Clues to the Nature of Consciousness. Entropy 22:611-621; doi:10.3390/e22060611.

212. Cazzolla-Gatti, R., R. Koppl, B.D. Fath, S. Kauffman, W. Hordijk and R.E.Ulanowicz. 2020. On the emergence of ecological and economic niches. J. Bioeconomics doi:10.1007/s10818-020-09295-4.

213. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2021. Socio-ecological networks: A lens that focuses beyond physics. J. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Vol. 9. doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.643122.

214. Zisopoulos, F.K., Teigiserova, D.A., Schraven, D., de Jong, M., Tong, X., Ulanowicz, R.E., 2022. Are there limits to robustness?: Exploring tools from regenerative economics
for a balanced transition towards a circular EU27,
J. Cleaner Production Letters 3: doi.org/10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100014.

215. Ulanowicz, R.E. 2021. Review of Quantitative Analysis of Ecological Networks, Dale, M.R.T. and Fortin, M-J., Quarterly Review of Biology 97(3):221-222.

216. Zisopoulos, F.K., Noll, D., Singh, S.J., Schraven, D., de Jong, M., Fath, B.D., Goerner, S., Webster, K., Fiscus, D. and Ulanowicz, R.E., 2023. Regenerative economics at the service of islands: Assessing the socio-economic metabolism of Samothraki in Greece. Journal of Cleaner Production 408, p.137136.

217. Matutinović, I., Ulanowicz, R.E. and Vlah, D., 2023. Exploring theoretical conditions for a steady-state global economy: A simulation model. The Anthropocene Review p.20530196231170369.