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People and the intertidal : human induced changes, biodiversity loss, livelihood implications and management in the Western Indian Ocean
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2012-09-21)
The intertidal zone in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) provides several important ecosystem services, but the intertidal is experiencing an accelerating loss of habitats and biodiversity, due to among other factors, an ...
Dispersal and metacommunity dynamics in a soft-sediment benthic system : how well is the seafloor connected?
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2012-12-19)
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in angiosperm communities in the Baltic Sea
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2013-02-22)
The biological variation in nature is called biodiversity. Anthropogenic pressures have led to a loss of biodiversity, alarming scientists as to what consequences declining diversity has for ecosystem functioning. The ...
Disturbance and ecosystem functioning : the role of changes in benthic biological traits
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2013-06-14)
Rapid changes in biodiversity are occurring globally, as a consequence of anthropogenic disturbance. This has raised concerns, since biodiversity is known to significantly contribute to ecosystem functions and services. ...
Environmental Drivers Influencing the Carbon Sink Capacity of Eelgrass (Zostera marina)
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2019-06-14)
The accelerating increase of atmospheric CO2 concentrations have caused regime shifts and changes in the net carbon balance of both terrestrial and marine systems worldwide. Blue carbon, the organic carbon sequestered by ...
From genotype to phenotype : diversity and population structure of Flavobacterium psychrophilum
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2015-05-29)
Flavobacterium psychrophilum is the etiological agent of bacterial cold-water disease (BCWD) causing high fish mortalities and significant economic losses to the freshwater salmonid aquaculture industry around the world. ...
Marine Food Webs : an Exploration of Past Structure and Function to Prepare for the Future
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2022-04-27)
Food webs depict species and their trophic interactions arranged in a network. Changes in food web structure ultimately beget changes in functioning. In recent years, environmental and anthropogenic pressures have reshaped ...
Zoobenthos as indicators of marine habitats in the northern Baltic Sea
(Åbo Akademi University, 2020-06-05)
Zoobenthos are beneficial indicators of habitat quality and environmental stress and change due to their longevity and how they react species-specifically to abiotic factors. This PhD, consisting of four published papers, ...
Coastal Habitats and their Importance for the Biodiversity of Faunal Communities
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2020-06-24)
Coastal habitats represent highly productive areas serving important functions for multiple organism groups. These shallow areas generally maintain high faunal biodiversity, providing important ecosystem goods and services, ...
Drivers of plankton populations in the Baltic Sea
(Åbo Akademi University, 2020-05-20)
Plankton are at the base of the food chain, and identifying their drivers is important for understanding how climate change will impact populations and communities. The main aim of my thesis was to quantify the effects of ...