Essays about: "food web on ecosystem"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 18 essays containing the words food web on ecosystem.
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6. An open source web GIS tool for analysis and visualization of elephant GPS telemetry data, alongside environmental and anthropogenic variables
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : The movement and distribution of ecologically important herbivores such as elephants are of great significance to conservation biologist seeking to understand the fundamental triggers that influence their mobility and the extent to which these parameters affect how they utilize their immediate and surrounding resources. The recent advancement in animal tracking technology coupled with the availability of moderate to high-resolution satellite data, permits scientists to develop elephant cognitive maps of their adjacent environment, thus offering novel opportunities for research in the fields of wildlife movement ecology and the wider conservation biology. READ MORE
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7. A diet study of post-breeding Great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) on Gotland
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental StudiesAbstract : The Swedish population of great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) has rapidly increased to over 40 000 breeding couples since the EU-protection 1980. Since the cormorant are high efficient predators living in large colonies, they are accused for reducing fish populations and competing with fishery. READ MORE
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8. The effect of migratory fish on freshwater ecosystem nutrient dynamics
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental StudiesAbstract : Anadromous fish are often important vectors for nutrient fluxes between marine and freshwater ecosystems. These nutrients, termed as marine-derived nutrients (MDN), enter the stream in the form of eggs, sperm, waste and adult carcasses. READ MORE
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9. The impact of climate change and brownification on primary and bacterial production
University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildningAbstract : Climatic condition is what ultimately frames all ecosystems and is now undergoing dramatic change. IPCC models predict, in 100 years, a temperature increase between 2-5 ˚C and, as a consequence of warmer and wetter conditions, increased humic content in northern temperate freshwater systems. READ MORE
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10. The impact of climate change and brownification on primary and bacterial production
University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildningAbstract : Climatic condition is what ultimately frames all ecosystems and is now undergoing dramatic change. IPCC models predict, in 100 years, a temperature increase between 2-5 ˚C and, as a consequence of warmer and wetter conditions, increased humic content in northern temperate freshwater systems. READ MORE
