Biological diversity of epibenthic invertebrates in relation to environmental factors in lava caves around Lake Mývatn (N-E Iceland)

• Main Author: Combot, Doriane G. C. M., 1989-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn á Hólum
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Sjávar- og vatnalíffræði; Meistaraprófsritgerðir; Líffræðileg fjölbreytni; Umhverfisbreytingar; Hryggleysingjar; Aquatic biology; Biodiversity; Arctic; Mývatn; Arctic charr; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/41153

Biodiversity, and its understanding and maintenance, are nowadays concerns in many fields of sciences. In freshwater, epibenthic invertebrates are important for their environment as consumers at intermediate trophic level and as food resources for other organisms. Their sensitivity to environmental...