Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för marina vetenskaper: Recent submissions
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Ocean circulation in the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica
(2017-05-30)The increase of mass loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet is a significant contribution to global sea level rise. The most rapid changes are occurring in the Amundsen Sea area, where the thinning of the floating glaciers is ... -
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - What Diversity? Which Functioning?
(2017-05-12)We share our planet with an estimated 8.7 million eukaryotic species and an uncountable number of bacteria and archaea. But that amazing diversity is under threat from overexploitation, habitat destruction and climate ... -
Restoration and management of eelgrass (Zostera marina) on the west coast of Sweden
(2016-11-11)Since the 1980s over 60% of eelgrass (Zostera marina) habitats have been lost from the Swedish NW coast, resulting in significant losses of the valuable ecosystem services provided by these habitats. The eelgrass loss has ... -
Genetic structuring in natural populations - the influence of life history strategies and asymmetric migration
(2016-09-09)In this thesis I investigate aspects of genetic differentiation and factors influencing the structure of populations. This is done with a special focus on life histories and dispersal strategies common in the marine ... -
Estimating the Air-Water Gas Transfer Velocity during Low Wind Conditions
(2016-04-06)The abundances of atmospheric carbon dioxide, CO2, and methane, CH4, are increasing. These increases affect e.g., the global carbon cycle and the climate both regionally and globally. To better understand the present and ... -
Early Life History of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa - with implications for dispersal
(2016-03-18)For sessile marine invertebrates the pelagic larval stage is the only means for dispersal, and thus govern population connectivity and maintenance of genetic diversity. It is also a kind of life insurance, i.e. it reduces ... -
Dispersal of Microalgae- the role of Biological and Physical Barriers
(2015-09-04)Microalgae are only a few micrometres to a millimetre in size, yet they constitute the base for aquatic food webs and are extremely important drivers in elemental cycling. Long it has been assumed that small organisms (<1 ...