Search for dissertations about: "food web efficiency"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words food web efficiency.
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1. Pelagic microorganisms in the northern Baltic Sea : Ecology, diversity and food web dynamics
Abstract : Heterotrophic microorganisms are important for the flow of carbon and nutrients in the sea. Bacteria, nanoflagellates and ciliates are relevant components of the pelagic food web. In order to be able to predict the outcome of e.g. READ MORE
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2. Food web structures and carbon transfer efficiencies in a brackish water ecosystem
Abstract : Two differently structured food webs can be distinguished in the pelagic habitat of aquatic systems; the classical one (autotrophic) with phytoplankton as a base and the microbial food web (heterotrophic) with bacteria as a base. Energy (produced at the basal trophic level) reaches higher trophic levels, i.e. READ MORE
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3. Effects of temperature and terrestrial carbon on fish growth and pelagic food web efficiency
Abstract : Both temperature and terrestrial dissolved organic carbon (TDOC) have strong impacts on aquatic food web dynamics and production. Temperature affects vital rates of all organisms and terrestrial carbon has been shown to alter the dynamics of phytoplankton and bacterial production and affect the trophic structure of planktonic food webs. READ MORE
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4. Effects of inorganic nitrogen and organic carbon on pelagic food webs in boreal lakes
Abstract : Anthropogenic activities are increasing inorganic nitrogen (N) loadings to lakes in the northern hemisphere. In many boreal lakes phytoplankton are N limited, wherefore enhanced N input may affect the productivity of pelagic food webs. READ MORE
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5. The role of allelopathy in microbial food webs
Abstract : Phytoplankton produce allelochemicals; excreted chemical substances that are affecting other microorganisms in their direct environment.In my thesis, I investigated strain specific variability in the expression of allelochemicals of the harmful flagellate Prymnesium parvum, that is euryhaline but mainly bloom forming in brackish water. READ MORE