Browsing Theses by Subject "Freshwater ecosystems"
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Global Warming in Freshwaters: Implications for the Microbial-Meiofaunal Loop
(Queen Mary University of London, 2012-09)Climate change can have potentially catastrophic effects upon biodiversity and food web structure and according to the fourth IPCC report, ambient temperatures will rise by between 3.0 -5.0 °C over the next century, with ... -
The Intergovernmental Dimension of Local Government Financial Stress: A European Comparative Analysis
(Queen Mary University of London, 23/11/2015)This thesis investigates the relationship between intergovernmental structures and financial stress in local government. The research compares three European constitutional systems: England, as a centralised case; Germany, ... -
Investigation of the distribution of nitrite and nitrate and nitrite reductase activity in models of cardiovascular disease
(Queen Mary University of London, 05/12/2014)Recently, it has emerged that the NO metabolites, nitrite and nitrate can be chemically reduced in vivo to biologically active nitric oxide (NO). This generation of NO is dependent on reduction of nitrate to nitrite by ... -
Stream food webs in a changing climate: the impacts of warming on Icelandic freshwaters.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2012-09)Climate change and the accompanying increase in global surface temperatures pose a major threat to freshwater ecosystems, especially at high latitudes where warming is predicted to be particularly rapid. To date many aspects ... -
Waves of Invaders: Interactions among Invasive Species and their Impacts on Ecosystem Structure and Functioning
(Queen Mary University of London, 2012-06-25)Many freshwater ecosystems sustain several invasive species. Here I examine multiple invasions in two highly invaded and well catalogued catchments; Lake Naivasha, Kenya and River Thames, England. New metrics, derived from ...