Biological diversity in Icelandic groundwater fissures

• Main Author: Jónína Herdís Ólafsdóttir 1986-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn á Hólum
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Fiskifræði; Meistaraprófsritgerðir; Grunnvatn; Líffræðileg fjölbreytni; Hryggleysingjar; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Silfra; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/23776

Iceland has an abundance of fissures that are parallel to the Mid-Atlantic ridge where bedrock cracks as a result of continental rifting. In some areas fissures penetrate the aquifer and expose the groundwater within the bedrock. The main objective of the study was to measure the biological diversit...