Interactions between the open water and sediment food webs are fundamental ecosystem processes. The Baltic Sea is a prime example illustrating that benthic and pelagic energy flows are coupled in a variety of ways that need to be studied in conjunction to fully understand the functioning of this ecosystem. This PhD project aims to disentangle how shifts in pelagic and benthic species composition can affect the flux of organic matter and nutritional quality of settling material.
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Per Hedberg, Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University
