Essays about: "construction food web"

Found 2 essays containing the words construction food web.

1. 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 biologi

   Author : Philip Kjellström; [2023]
   Keywords : ecological network; food web; boreal forest food web; national park food web; interspecific competition; swedish forest; construction food web;

   Abstract : 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

3. 2. Newly inundated forest landscapes - hotspots for mercury in water and benthic fauna

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

   Author : Kirstine Evald Andersson; [2023]
   Keywords : Wetland restoration; Inundation; Mercury cycling; Beaver impoundments; Aquatic biogeochemis-try;

   Abstract : Mercury (Hg) is a widespread contaminant in high-latitude aquatic ecosystems, where it can undergo microbial transfor-mation into toxic methylmercury (MeHg). Due to its chemical properties, MeHg tends to accumulate in the aquatic food chain and will eventually end up in predatory species at the top of the terrestrial food web. READ MORE