This book features a selection of works presented in the 2nd International Conference on BioGeoSciences in a unified framework. First, it describes several theoretical tools for the mathematical modelling of natural processes and environments, such as Quantitative Habitability Theory, dynamical systems and artificial intelligence. It then outlines applications to the broad and multifaceted area of the natural sciences and environmental engineering. This highly interdisciplinary book includes case studies with a wide range of spatio-temporal scales: from ecosystem- to astrobiological-cosmological scales.

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Prof. Dr. Rolando Cardenas: Received his PhD in Theoretical Physics and conducts the (very) interdisciplinary Planetary Science Laboratory at Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas since its foundation. In the decade of 2000's was recipient of annual awards of the Cuban Academy of Sciences in three occasions for research on Theoretical Cosmology. In 2016 was the main contributor for such award for works on Astrobiology and Earth Sciences. In 2013 the Cuban Council of State awarded him with Carlos J. Finlay Order, the highest in the country for research activity. In 2016 also received the Honorary Distinction of the Minister of Higher Education for Research. His research work is in the (broad) area of mathematical modelling of natural environments, at different spatial-temporal scales. Prof. Dr. Oscar Parra: Oscar Parra is biologist and professor at the Natural Resources and Oceanographic Sciences Faculty and founder director of the Environmental Sciences Centre of the University of Concepción (Concepción, Chile). He is a very experienced researcher in the use of standard physical, chemical and biological methods of water ecosystems, specialized on taxonomy and ecology of freshwater phytoplancton and phytobenthos. His research cover interdisciplinary studies of freshwater systems (lakes and rivers) on a watershed scale. He is the author of about 200 scientific papers, book articles and books and he has edited a number of books dealing with aquatic biota and management of water resources in Chile. He has participated as a leader of a number of national and international collaborative scientific projects and as a consultant of national and international institutions and organizations, e.g. UNESCO (Albania, Libia, Costa Rica), Brasil, Uruguay, Argentina). Funding agencies for his research include:  PNUD UNESCO, European Comission, Italian Goverment, Germany Goverment, Chilean National Science Comission. Prof. Dr. Osmel Martin: Received his PhD in Theoretical Physics and conducts research at the Planetary Science Laboratory at Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas since its foundation. In 2016 he was one of the main contributors for the award of Cuban Academy of Sciences for works on Astrobiology and Earth Sciences. His current research work is in the (broad) area of mathematical modelling of natural environments, at different spatial-temporal scales, with some emphasis in Atmospheric Sciences and Physical and Biological Oceanography.

Vladimir Mochalov is senior researcher at the Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Radio Wave Propagation ( Paratunka, Russia ). He received the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics. His research interests include networks structure synthesis, artificial intelligence, bio-inspired algorithms, query answering systems and Big Data.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: On the Quantification of Habitability (R. Cardenas; Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba)

Chapter 2: The Dynamical Systems Approach to Modelling: the Universe as a Case Study (A. Rivero; Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba) Chapter 3: Enlarging simple ecological models: subspecies, hidden symmetries and their implications (Osmel Martin, Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba).

Chapter 4: Multi-agent collaborative question answering system (A. Mochalova; Institute for Cosmophysical Research and Radio Wave Propagation, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia). Chapter 5: Mapping parts of text with ontology nodes (V. Mochalov; Institute for Cosmophysical Research and Radio Wave Propagation, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia).

Part II Applications

Section II.1 Astronomical Influences on Life at Galactic and Planetary Scales

Chapter 6: Schwarzschild Metrics Disturbed for the Accelerated Expansion of the Universe: black holes and life in galaxies ( A. Linares; Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba)

Chapter 7: Anammox activity and Chicxulub asteroid impact (Noel Perez, noelpd@uclv.edu.cu, Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba) Section II.2 Modeling Earth's Hydrosphere at Ecosystem Scales

Chapter 8: Dynamical Systems and their Applications to the Study of the Phytoplankton of Coastal Zones (Nestor Matos, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

Chapter 9: Quantification of phytoplankton primary habitability in the Ana Maria Gulf, Cuba (Jessica Alvarez, Centro Universitario Municipal de Vertientes, Cuba)

Chapter 10: On the subaquatic light fields in lakes of southern Chile and their photosynthetic potential (L. Rodríguez; University of Concepcion, Chile)

Chapter 11: Coarse detrital deposits from hurricane Wilma on the western coast of Cojimar, Havana, Cuba (Felipe Matos, Centre for Research on Coastal Ecosystems, Cayo Coco, Cuba) Chapter 12: Mathematical modeling of phosphorus dynamics in aquatic ecosystems (Maibelin Castillo, Centre for Research on Coastal Ecosystems, Cayo Coco, Cuba)

Section II.3 The Geosphere: Modeling in Solid Earth

Chapter 13: Mozambican Adsorbents in the Removal of Zinc (II) in Aqueous Solutions (Omar  Prieto, Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba)

Chapter 14: Difusivity of Ions Cd (II) in several Porous Adsorbents (Omar  Prieto, Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba)

Section II.4 Modeling the Terrestrial Vegetal World Chapter 15: Increasing tolerance of plants to heavy metals (E. Gladkov; K. A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)

Chapter 16 Increasing tolerance of plants (Agrostis stolonifera and Brachycome iberidifolia) to copper (E. Gladkov; K.A.Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) Chapter 17: Environmentally Sustainable Management of Rice Cultivating Zones in Ukraine (V. Petrenko; Institute of Food Resources, Ukraine)

Chapter 18: Development of a new formulation for Onychomycosis treatment using Furvina® as an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (Z. Perez; Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba) Section II.5 Applications in Environmental Engineering

Chapter 19: Multipurpose sensor network for electromagnetic radiation monitoring (Mikhail Bersenev, Institute for Cosmophysical Research and Radio Wave Propagation, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)

Chapter 20: Tilt and orientation of a flat solar collector to capture optimal solar irradiation in Chilean latitudes (L. González; University of Concepcion, Chile)