Search for dissertations about: "lobsters"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word lobsters.

  2. 1. Sex and violence in lobsters - a smelly business

    Author : Malin Skog; Biologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; dominance; urine signals; recognition; Aggressive behaviours; intermoult mating; sexual dimorphism; European lobster; chemical communication; Homarus gammarus; aesthetasc morphology;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to study the chemical communication involved in aggressive and reproductive behaviours in the European lobster (Homarus gammarus). Both male and female H. gammarus established and maintained dominance, but the sexes used different strategies for dominance maintenance. READ MORE

  4. 2. Aspects of offshore renewable energy and the alterations of marine habitats

    Author : Dan Wilhelmsson; Sören Nylin; Anders Persson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : renewable energy; biodiversity; wave power; wind power; disturbance; fish; fouling organisms; artificial reefs; zoologisk ekologi; Animal Ecology;

    Abstract : Several Western European countries are planning for a massive offshore renewable energy (i.e. wind and wave energy) development (ORED) along the European Atlantic coast and in the Baltic Sea. READ MORE

  5. 3. Computational Studies of Photobiological Keto-Enol Reactions and Chromophores

    Author : Olle Falklöf; Bo Durbeej; Patrick Norman; Luis Manuel Frutos Gaite; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis presents computational chemistry studies of keto-enol reactions and chromophores of photobiological signicance.The rst part of the thesis is concerned with two protein-bound chromophores that, depending on the chemical conditions, can exist in a number of dierent ketonic and enolic forms. READ MORE

  6. 4. Chitin nanofibers, networks and composites : Preparation, structure and mechanical properties

    Author : Ngesa Ezekiel Mushi; Lars Berglund; Qi Zhou; Shinsuke Ifuku; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Chitin; chitin materials; membranes; hydrogels; nanocomposites; mechanical properties; bioinspiration; lobster; Fiber- och polymervetenskap; Fibre and Polymer Science;

    Abstract : Chitin is an important reinforcing component in load-bearing structures in many organisms such as insects and crustaceans (i.e. shrimps, lobsters, crabs etc.). READ MORE