Search for dissertations about: "Alexandra Kinnby"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Alexandra Kinnby.

2. 1. Habitat-Forming Seaweeds in a Changing Climate

   Author : Alexandra Kinnby; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ocean acidification; Warming; Freshening; Temperature; Salinity; pH; pCO2; Fucus vesiculosus; Phlorotannins; Grazing; Tissue resilience; Macroalgae;

   Abstract : Climate change is an umbrella term encompassing some of the largest and most potent selective pressures currently acting on ecosystems. It can have diverse effects on marine systems; the most powerful of which are changes to salinity through altered patterns of precipitation and evaporation, temperature through increased global temperature, and pH through the dissolution of CO2 into seawater where it ultimately reacts with water to form carbonate (CO32-) and hydrogen ions (2H+). READ MORE