Essays about: "small stream"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 164 essays containing the words small stream.

  1. 1. Riparian plant biodiversity and community composition of ditches and straightened streams : identifying key environmental drivers in a boreal forest setting

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Rasmus Staaf; [2024]
    Keywords : artificial waterways; riparian zone; novel ecosystems; ; forestry; ditch network maintenance; species richness; hill-diversity; drainage ditches; coarse woody debris; ditch cleaning; ecology;

    Abstract : Modified ecosystems are typically seen as degraded and having no ecological value. In many cases, the modification of the ecosystem was done more than 100 years ago and may have had time to recover and become a refugia for species that were once more common in the landscape. READ MORE

  3. 2. Brownification in a small stream originating from a peatland - A case study from Ryds Å in south Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Emelie Ström; Frida Karlsson Öhman; [2024]
    Keywords : Brownification; Peatland; Bolmen; DOM; Water Quality; Inflow; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Brunifiering syftar till en process där vattnet blir brunare på grund av ökade halter av naturligt organiskt material och järn, vilket innebär utmaningar för miljön och människor. Sjön Bolmen i södra Sverige har problem med brunare vatten. READ MORE

  4. 3. Predicting Chemical-Gene Interactions

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Ali Chishti; [2023-08-04]
    Keywords : Pesticides; Small streams; Prediction modelling; Chemical-protein-gene interactions; Aquatic organisms;

    Abstract : Pesticide use in agriculture has become a growing concern as it can have detrimental effects on the environment. The excessive use of these chemicals often leads to them seeping into nearby water bodies, causing harm to aquatic organisms. READ MORE

  5. 4. In the Business of Doing Good: A case study on social entrepreneurship within the small-scale rental sector in South African townships

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Ellen Lindén-Urnes; [2023]
    Keywords : backyard rental; small-scale rental; affordable housing; social entrepreneurship; impact; Cape Town; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Housing crises have become a global phenomenon, including in South Africa. Neither the South African government nor the market have been able to sufficiently address the growing housing deficit across the nation, especially not in the affordable rental sector. READ MORE

  6. 5. Navigating Large-Scale Plasmid DNA Purification : A Recommendation of Current and Future Downstream Purification Solutions

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Matilda Eriksson; Alva Wells; Maria Frey; Lisa Johansson; Gabriel Pettersson; David Sjöberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Plasmid purification; pDNA; large-scale chromatography;

    Abstract : Previous small-scale methods for plasmid DNA (pDNA) purification fail to meet theindustry’s demand for sufficient quantities. Greater volumes of bacterial lysates are a consequence of larger volumetric fermentations and traditional large-scale down-stream purification processes have some disadvantages and limitations. READ MORE