Líffræðifélag Íslands
Líffræðiráðstefnan 2015
Erindi/veggspjald / Talk/poster V48
Ásthildur Erlingsdóttir (1,2,3), Kristján Kristinsson (2), Guðrún Marteinsdóttir (3), Mark Freeman (1), Árni Kristmundsson (1)
1. 1The Institute For Experimental Pathology, University of Iceland, Keldur, 2. Marine Research Institute, 3. MARICE Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland
Kynnir / Presenter: Ásthildur Erlingsdóttir
Tengiliður / Corresponding author: Ásthildur Erlingsdóttir (ase24@hi.is)
Heating up natural stream water by 3 to 8°C, similar temperature increase that is expected at high latitudes in the next century, will result in increased diversity and density of aquatic insects, higher production and increased density of predatory insects, to a lengthening of food chains and thus the height of the trophic network as a whole.