Browsing Master theses by Subject "Arctic"
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A Modeling Study of Behavior and Sampling Bias Introduced by Artificial Light on Marine Organisms During the Polar Night
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How will thawing permafrost affect the microbial abundance and diversity in the Arctic?
(Master thesis, 2020-07-09)Permafrost, permanently frozen soil, constitutes a major portion of the Earth’s terrestrial cryosphere and represents a unique niche for cold-adapted microorganisms. As the global temperature increases, it is still unknown ... -
Seasonal zooplankton dynamics in Svalbard coastal waters: The shifting dominance of mero- and holoplankton and timing of reproduction in three species of Copepoda
(Master thesis, 2019-06-15)Monthly sampling was conducted in the ice-free Adventfjorden in West Spitsbergen, Svalbard, from March to November 2018 to assess the seasonal development in the Arctic zooplankton community and to investigate the seasonally ... -
Spawning during an oil spill: how exposure to the water-accommodated fraction of crude oil may disrupt polar cod (Boreogadus saida) reproduction
(Master thesis, 2020-07-01)Declining ice cover in the Arctic has made it possible to extract oil reserves in areas that were once unreachable. However, all oil exploration comes with an inherent risk of spills. Conditions in the Arctic may increase ... -
Species composition, distribution and ecology of the demersal fish community along the Norwegian coast north of Stad under varying environmental conditions
(Master thesis, 2019-06-14)In the last decades, temperatures of the Atlantic current that enters the Norwegian Coastal Current (NCC) has been above the yearly average, with 2007 as the warmest registration on record (Skagseth 2012). The climatic ...