Essays about: "Kim Scherrer"

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  1. 1. Light, temperature and competition : understanding the causes for climate-driven regime shifts in arctic marine benthos

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

    Author : Kim Scherrer; [2015]
    Keywords : macroalgae; light; invertebrate; coralline algae; Arctic; benthic; regime shift; climate change; marin ekologi; tång; kalkalg; Arktis; regimskifte; klimatförändring; ljus;

    Abstract : In the Arctic, shallow sea-floor communities have been documented to shift abruptly from an invertebrate-dominated state to a state with high macroalgal abundance. Climate warming, resulting in increased water temperatures and decreased sea ice cover, could trigger such regime shifts in benthic ecosystems, but the underlying mechanisms are not clear. READ MORE