Essays about: "boreal forest food web"
Found 2 essays containing the words boreal forest food web.
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1. Constructing a food web from inventory data in a boreal forest-dominated national park in south-eastern Sweden
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologiAbstract : A food web was constructed for a boreal-forest dominated national park in south-eastern Sweden, called Tyresta national park and its surrounding nature reserve. Due to increasing threats to mammalian species and their critical role in the food web mammals were used as the outset of the food web, and from there branching out to taxa trophically interacting with mammals directly and indirectly. READ MORE
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2. Forest harvest effects on mercury in European perch
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and AssessmentAbstract : Previous studies done on water chemistry found that clear-cutting forests increases methylmercury (MeHg) concentrations. In recent years, few studies have been conducted on what effect forestry operations have on mercury (Hg) concentrations in biota, more specifically on fish. READ MORE