as DESKEY
Phytoplankton is well studied in Europe and established as a good
bioindicator because of its high sensitivity to environmental conditions
and due to its short life cycle, the fast prolongation and the great variety in
species and shapes. Desmids are a special group of phytoplankton which
has been actively studied for determining water quality. However, there is no
research on desmids related to water chemistry on Svalbard at all. I propose
to analyse the water chemistry and the desmid species in lakes around
Ny-Ålesund and in the foreland of the glacier Midtre Lovénbreen. As well as
do an experiment of the effects on desmids by increasing temperature and
nutrients in aquarias in a controlled environment.