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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Eutrophication effects on a coastal macrophyte community in the Bothnian Sea

Linder Wiktorsson, Emilia January 2021 (has links)
Eutrophication is a major concern in the Baltic Sea and it is affecting macrophyte communities by promoting the growth of opportunistic algae and decreasing the cover of perennial macrophyte species via shading. It is however uncertain how common eutrophication and its symptoms are in the northern parts of the Baltic Sea, the Botnian Sea. The aim of this study was to evaluate if Sörleviken, a bay in the Bothnian Sea, show signs of increased eutrophication pressure in 2020 compared to 2007 based on changes in macrophyte cover and composition. The macrophyte community was inventoried with under-water video techniques in 2020 along three transects, matching transects previously inventoried by a diver in 2007. The three transects were located in the inner, middle and the outer parts of the bay. The results showed that macrophyte diversity was lower in 2020 than in 2007 along the outer transect, but overall, the total cover of macrophytes, relative cover of opportunistic algae, species richness and evenness remained unchanged. A possible higher presence of Stuckenia pectinata (former Potamogeton pectinatus) and a possible lower presence of Chara aspera in 2o2o compared to 2007 might be evidence of higher eutrophication pressure in 2020. However, by observing the general changes in the macrophyte community, this study only provides weak or inconclusive signs of increased eutrophication pressure, thus Sörleviken shows no signs of either improvement of or further increases in eutrophication pressure by 2020 compared to the observations in 2007.

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