TY - T1 - The ecology of a freshwater crustacean : Lepidurus arcticus (Brachiopoda; Notostraca) in a High Arctic region SN - / UR - URN:NBN:fi-fe20180115161; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/41586 T3 - A1 - Lakka, Hanna-Kaisa A2 - PB - Helsingfors universitet Y1 - 2013 LA - eng AB - Lepidurus arcticus (Pallas, 1793) is a keystone species in High Arctic ponds, which are exposed to a wide range of environmental stressors. This thesis provides information on the ecology of this little studied species by paying particular focus on the sensitivity of L. arcticus to acidification and climate change. Respiration, reproduction, olfaction, morphology, salinity and pH tolerance of the species were studied in the laboratory and several environmental parameters were measured in its nat... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - elävä fossiili; hajuaisti; happamoituminen; hengitys; herkkyys ympäristön stressitekijöille; Huippuvuoret; ilmaston muutos; kannibalismi; kuorenvaihto; leviäminen; lintusaalistus; lisääntyminen; loinen; lämpötila; morfologia; punaisen selkäkilven sairaus; suolaisuus; tilapäiset lammet; vesikemia; ympäristönsuojelu; väri; arktiset lammet; LC50; pH; Q10; Svalbard; Daphnia pulex; acidification; bird predation; cannibalism; climate change; colouring; conservation; dispersal; High Arctic ponds; living fossil; morphology; moult; parasite; olfaction; Red Carapace Disease; reproduction; respiration; salinity; sensitivity to environmental stressors; temperature; temporary ponds; water chemistry; LC50; pH; Q10; Svalbard; Daphnia pulex; Arctic Biology; Environmental Ecology; Arktinen biologia; Ympäristöekologia; Miljöekologi N1 - PP - ER -