Kandidatuppsatser, Biologi / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

Låt naturen bilda eleverna. En litteraturstudie om utomhusundervisning

Fransson, Sofia; Bielsten, Alma (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

Karlsson, Lina; Qviller, Julia (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?

Andersson Sumalee, Kevin (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

Andersson, Fabian; Berggren, Emelie (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

Ahlkvist, Emmy; Lindström, Vanessa (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 ...

FÖDOPREFERENSER HOS BIN En jämförelse mellan pollenpreferenser hos nordiskt honungsbi och Buckfast

Ljungberg, Elvira (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 ...

Evaluation of photo-ID technique to estimate harbour seal numbers in Gullmarsfjorden, Sweden

Isaksson, Simon (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 ...

KARAKTERISERING AV EN PLASMABUREN SIGNALMOLEKYL SOM STIMULERAR FRISÄTTNING AV SFINGOSIN-1-FOSFAT FRÅN RÖDA BLODKROPPAR

Nordström, Matilda (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 ...

EVALUATING HEAT TREATMENT AS A METHOD TO REDUCE BIOFOULING IN OYSTER AQUACULTURE. Heat tolerance in Swedish grown Magallana gigas and Ostrea edulis.

Agblad, Niklas (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

Aspelin, Edith (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

Vartia, Ida (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.

Chernoray, Violetta (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 ...

Tillväxt hos naturvärda ekar i Gunnebo

Backestedt, Anders (2022-09-08)

Gamla ekar (Quercus sp) har närmare 2000 arter knutna till sig varav ca en tredjedel är rödlistade och några unika till just ek. Detta till följd av ekens speciella barkstruktur, håligheter och förmåga att bilda mulm. Detta ...

Can cellular osmolarity be used as a predictor for drought tolerance in common bean?

Köster, Ella (2022-08-16)

Common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, is a protein and nutrient rich food source grown around the world. Rwanda has one of the highest per capita consumption rates in the world. With climate change threatening food security, ...

CAN LEAF LEVEL GAS EXCHANGE BE USED AS A PREDICTOR FOR DROUGHT TOLERANCE IN COMMON BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS)?

Holmberg, Villemo (2022-08-16)

This study aimed to examine drought tolerance among a variety of landraces of the species Phaseolus vulgaris to discover whether leaf level gas exchange can be used as a predictor for drought tolerance. Beans of different ...

PÅVERKAR LJUSFÖRHÅLLANDEN AKTIVITETEN HOS DEN AKUT HOTADE ÅLEN (ANGUILLA ANGUILLA)?

Teittinen, Christian (2022-08-16)

Den europeiska ålen, Anguilla anguilla, är en nattaktiv fiskart som under sitt liv vandrar, tur och retur, från Sargassohavet till sötvattensdrag i Europa och norra Afrikas inland. Ålen är rödlistad som akut hotad (CR) ...

INSEKTSPOLLINERADE VÄXTER I SLOTTSSKOGEN, GÖTEBORG Blomningsperioder och förekomstmiljöer hos insektspollinerade växtarter

Axelsson, Lova (2022-07-06)

Insektspollinatörerna blir färre och färre, bland annat på grund av landskapsfragmentering, klimatförändringar, monokulturer, invasiva arter, bekämpningsmedel och sjukdomar. Företeelser viktiga för pollinatörer, som ...