Search for dissertations about: "Baltic"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 796 swedish dissertations containing the word Baltic.
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21. Mesoscale Processes over the Baltic Sea
Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to study mesoscale processes above the Baltic Sea, which is a small, semi-enclosed sea where land-sea interaction may have a large impact on the offshore conditions. It is only the last tens of years that offshore research has become more popular, and one reason for this is the increasing offshore wind energy, which poses the need for accurate estimates of wind speed and turbulence conditions in the marine environment. READ MORE
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22. The importance of biodiversity for ecosystem processes in sediments : experimental examples from the Baltic Sea
Abstract : Aquatic sediments are, by surface, the largest habitat on Earth. A wide diversity of organisms inhabit these sediments and by their actions they have a large influence on and also mediate many ecosystem processes. READ MORE
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23. Deposit-feeding in benthic macrofauna : Tracer studies from the Baltic Sea
Abstract : A low content of organic matter, which is largely refractory in nature, is characteristic of most sediments, meaning that aquatic deposit-feeders live on a very poor food source. The food is derived mainly from sedimenting phytodetritus, and in temperate waters like the Baltic Sea, from seasonal phytoplankton blooms. READ MORE
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24. Nominal Compounds in Old Latvian Texts in the 16th and 17th Centuries
Abstract : This thesis investigates the system of compounding attested in the earliest written Latvian texts of the 16th and 17th centuries. The philological analysis presented in this work is the first systematic attempt to extensively treat compounds in Old Latvian. READ MORE
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25. Tradition and Modernity : Images of Jews in Latvian Novels 1934 – 1944
Abstract : Jews have been represented in Latvian literature for centuries. This dissertation investigates the images of Jews in a comprehensive selection of Latvian novels published between 1934–1944 in order to establish whether, and to what extent, the traditional images are subject to change under the pressure of modernity, nationalism and a rapidly changing political situation. READ MORE