Essays about: "biogeochemical cycling"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words biogeochemical cycling.

  1. 1. Comparative genomics of Central Arctic Ocean microbiota for observation of Alternative Carbon Fixation Pathways

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Kaavya Venkateswaran; [2023]
    Keywords : comparative genomics; microbial ecology; bioinformatics; carbon fixation; pangenomics;

    Abstract : The Central Arctic Ocean is a repository of rich and diverse biota, whose major portion is one of the most important drivers of global biogeochemical cycles, including carbon cycling. In this study, the functional potential of the microbiota to fix carbon with alternative carbon fixation pathways were investigated along with their chemolithotrophic characteristics. READ MORE

  3. 2. P-cycling in sub-Arctic lakes – the importance of sediment release and retention

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment

    Author : Hanna Ravry; [2022]
    Keywords : phosphorus; sediment; oligotrophication;

    Abstract : Oligotrophication is generally caused by a decreased nutrient availability, usually due to phosphorous limitation. This is a phenomenon impacting the entire food web and at worst causing cascading alterations within an ecosystem. Lakes of the Northern Hemisphere have lately been documented to be subjected to oligotrophication (e.g. READ MORE

  4. 3. Quantification of peat volume change in Northern peatlands : A study of mires capacity to swell and shrink and its relation to mire age and land management

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

    Author : Anna Engman; [2022]
    Keywords : peatland; peat volume change; ecohydrology; specific storage; peatland age; torvmark; myr; torvvolymförändring; ekohydrologi; specifik magasinkoefficient; ålder;

    Abstract : Peatlands are important ecosystems that provide ecohydrological functions related to carbon storage and cycling, water quality, flood attenuation, and groundwater recharge. One key characteristic that gives peatlands these functions is the capacity to swell and shrink upon wetting and drying, commonly referred to as peat volume change. READ MORE

  5. 4. Transcriptomic profiling of marine bacteria between development and senescence phases of a phytoplankton bloom

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM)

    Author : Dennis Amnebrink; [2018]
    Keywords : Transcriptomics; bacteria; microbes; DOM; marine environment; bioinformatics;

    Abstract : Bacterioplankton provide important ecosystem functions by carrying out biogeochemical cycling of organic matter. Playing an important role in the microbial loop they help remineralize carbon and nutrients. Bacteria also interact with phytoplankton during phytoplankton blooms. READ MORE

  6. 5. Modelling vegetation dynamics and carbon fluxes in a high Arctic mire

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Laura Reinelt; [2015]
    Keywords : methane dynamics; biogeochemical cycling; vegetation dynamics; ecosystem modelling; LPJ-GUESS; geography; physical geography; high Arctic wetland; Zackenberg; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : High Arctic wetlands are an important component of the global climate system. Nevertheless estimations of their expected response to climate change and associated climate-feedbacks have large uncertainties. Improving models for vegetation and carbon dynamics of ecosystems is an important step towards making predictions more accurate. READ MORE