Research overview

This page shows the research carried out by the eight teams of students during the summer school between 13 and 23 August 2018:

Research theme 1: “How three different anthropogenic pressures (Plastic, Light and High pressure water cleaning) affect the different ecotypes, wave and crab snail species Littorina saxatilis”
Research theme 2: Functional diversity of macrozoobenthos across Tjärnö Bay
Research theme 3: Estimating how depth, wave exposure and salinity affect community composition and primary production of macroalgae in Tjärnö bay
Research theme 4: A behavioural analysis of common hermit crabs (Pagurus bernhardus) under the influence of anthropogenic and environmental stressors
Research theme 5: Differences in species richness and abundance between two habitat types in the Tjärnö bay
Research theme 6: Do artificial hard substrates and natural rocky substrates of Tjärnö Bay (Sweden) host different benthic communities?
Research theme 7: Effects of dial cycle and habitat complexity on Henricia perforata movement patterns.
Research theme 8: Scavengers, their role and efficiency in the recycling process of fresh bait in Tjärnö Bay, Sweden

Below is an overview of research carried out by the seven teams of students during the summer school between 1 and 11 August 2018:

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