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Development of osmo- and appetite regulation during transfer of smolt from freshwater to increasing salinities
(2023-01-26)Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is common in Scandinavian aquaculture and must be transferred from freshwater to seawater to grow properly. Despite being assessed as ready smolts, meaning they have gone through the physiological ... -
ACCESS TO URBAN COOL AND GREEN SPACES FOR OLD ADULTS IN GOTHENBURG – A GIS-BASED ANALYSIS OF RADIANT HEAT
(2023-01-19)Old adults are particularly vulnerable against heat stress. Considering the ageing society and the projected increase of heat events, planning for heat-resilient urban environments for old adults will become increasingly ... -
Låt naturen bilda eleverna. En litteraturstudie om utomhusundervisning
(2022-12-14)The aim of this literature review is to investigate if it is possible to improve students’ knowledge of plants through outdoor education in high school biology. If so, how should such education be implemented? Through ... -
Undervisning om klimatförändringar. Att möta missförstånd, oro och engagemang
(2022-12-14)Climate change is a current, multidimensional, and complex issue included in the Swedish upper secondary school biology curriculum. Considering that this issue holds many inherent aspects beyond the scientific concepts, ... -
Genteknik i ett utmanande klassrum - vilka faktorer gör det svårt att undervisa om genteknik?
(2022-12-14)In recent years the research in genetic engineering and biotechnology have skyrocketed meaning there’s new tools and conditions caving the road for a scientific future. This has an important role in the education and ... -
Why aren't the kids down with Darwin? En forskningsöversikt om evolutionsundervisningen
(2022-12-14)The theory of evolution is a complex scientific theory that contains several difficult concepts which can cause difficulties for both students and teachers around the world. In this literature analysis we aim to answer ... -
Informella lärandemiljöers bidrag till naturvetenskaplig undervisning. En litteraturstudie om hur informella lärandemiljöer påverkar elevers intresse för biologi
(2022-12-14)The purpose of this literature review was to investigate how informal learning environments contribute to students' interests in science and biology. The literature review also aimed to investigate how informal learning ... -
Återhämtning efter värmestress – vid vilka förutsättningar är återhämtningen som mest effektiv hos den tropiska trädarten Maesa lanceolata
(2022-12-02)Global uppvärmning är ett faktum, därmed blir värmeextremer allt vanligare. Den stigande temperaturen utsätter växter i tropiska klimat för värmestress, som kan skada fotosystem II och därmed inaktivera fotosyntesen. För ... -
FÖDOPREFERENSER HOS BIN En jämförelse mellan pollenpreferenser hos nordiskt honungsbi och Buckfast
(2022-11-07)The original honeybee in Sweden, the European dark bee (Apis mellifera mellifera), was lost form the wild during the 19th century. The subspecies survived through beekeeping but began to be exchanged for other honeybees ... -
Effects of marine contaminant mixtures on the copepod genus Pseudocalanus. How ambient contaminant mixtures affect mortality, food intake and fecal pellet production.
(2022-10-27)Chemicals are present in almost every part of human society and their benefits to our everyday life are undeniable. Besides those benefits, chemicals are known to cause harm to both human health and the environment. ... -
Evaluation of photo-ID technique to estimate harbour seal numbers in Gullmarsfjorden, Sweden
(2022-10-26)To be able to preserve areas in nature in a careful way a good understanding of the biodiversity living there is needed. The harbour seals are a top predator that affect and is affected by the whole food chain and plays ... -
Holocene vegetation change and its correlates in fennoscandia
(2022-10-21)Climatic and anthropogenic legacy has differently impacted vegetation and its community composition. To determine the extent and origin of changes across Fennoscandia, representative regions were defined that entailed ... -
KARAKTERISERING AV EN PLASMABUREN SIGNALMOLEKYL SOM STIMULERAR FRISÄTTNING AV SFINGOSIN-1-FOSFAT FRÅN RÖDA BLODKROPPAR
(2022-10-19)Bioactive sphingolipid Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is found in blood, where it plays an important part in, for example, angiogenesis. S1P is synthesized in hepatocytes, vascular endothelium and blood cells, then transported ... -
SINGLE AND COMBINED EXPOSURE OF POLYSTYRENE NANOPARTICLES AND NORTH SEA MARINE OIL IN TWO IN VITRO FISH MODELS
(2022-10-05)The awareness of micro-and nanoplastic pollution and its impact on the marine ecosystem has increased over the last decade. Nanoplastics may affect aquatic organisms since their small size and high surface-to-volume ... -
EVALUATING HEAT TREATMENT AS A METHOD TO REDUCE BIOFOULING IN OYSTER AQUACULTURE. Heat tolerance in Swedish grown Magallana gigas and Ostrea edulis.
(2022-09-28)Aquaculture is a growing business in various parts of the world, Sweden included. As the commercial use of oysters increases, so does its demand. Farmers will need to produce a high quality product that is appealing ... -
THE INFLUENCE OF TUNDRA VEGETATION ON SOIL TEMPERATURES
(2022-09-28)The arctic has experienced more rapid global warming and is more sensitive to temperature changes compared with the rest of the world. We can already see how vegetation distributed across the arctic tundra has changed ... -
INVESTIGATING THE TOXIC AND ACIDIFYING EFFECT OF SCRUBBER EFFLUENT ON STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS LARVAE
(2022-09-28)To meet the new environmental requirements of reduced sulfur emissions from ships, many shipowners have installed an open-loop scrubber to clean the exhaust. In this scrubbing process, seawater is pumped from the ocean ... -
MOUNTAIN ROADS AND THE HOMOGENIZATION OF PLANTS. A study on plant communities and their traits along the elevational gradient.
(2022-09-28)Overexploitation, land use, and other anthropogenic disturbances have increased in recent years, and are expected to increase even further. A very common anthropogenic disturbance, that can be seen even as far as in ... -
Effect of suspended sediment on embryos and larvae of the cold‐water coral Lophelia pertusa
(2022-09-13)The cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (syn. Desmophyllum pertusum) provides importanthabitats in deep-sea ecosystems, allowing for a biodiversity similar to that of tropical coral reefs. Anthropogenic activities like ...
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