Browsing Master’s theses (MINA) by Title
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Cafeteria experiment : acorn preference of the Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
(Master thesis, 2020)Food hoarding is a strategy that is beneficial during food scarcity and improves the chance of survival. Seasonal fluctuations in food availability is common, and during the winter there are less food available. Eurasian ... -
Can 3-D X-Ray tomography improve the estimation of saturated hydraulic conductivity of soils?
(Master thesis, 2024)Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat) is one of the most fundamental parameters in soil hydrology. It governs the rate of saturated flow through porous media and functions as a scaling factor for unsaturated flow. Knowledge ... -
Carbon stock and geological development of a peatland in Karlshaugen nature reserve
(Master thesis, 2019)Carbon stocks of peatlands is of growing interest due to the ability to store large amounts of carbon. To provide data of this subject this master thesis presents results from a study of a peatland within a forest nature ... -
Carbon substitution and storage benefits from harvested wood products in the Norwegian forest sector
(Master thesis, 2023)The objective of this thesis was to study the carbon substitution and storage benefits from harvested wood products (HWPs) produced by the Norwegian forest industry today and potentially in the future. Five different product ... -
Catch per unit effort and population structure of Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, in the Inner Oslofjord during a catch ban period
(Master thesis, 2023)Atlantic cod populations in the inner Oslofjord have faced a serious decline due to overharvesting. Since 2019, a cod catch ban has been in effect, rendering all harvesting of the species in the Oslofjord illegal. This ... -
Cation exchange capacity, and amendment effect of gypsum and organic matter on chemical properties of and aggregate stability of bauxite residue
(Master thesis, 2022)Bauksittavfall (BR) er overskotsprodukt frå ekstrahering av alumina frå bauksittmalm. Bak kvart tonn alumina produserast det 1-2 tonn bauksittavfall, og verdas største aluminaraffineri er Hydro Alunorte, som ligg ved byen ... -
CFD simulations of local wind fields : a parametric study
(Master thesis, 2021)Establishing the local wind fields using a simulation software is an important part of the wind resource assessment. In this study the WindSim software, utilizing the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method, is used to ... -
Change in arthropod communities following a mass death incident of reindeer at Hardangervidda
(Master thesis, 2019)Decomposition of dead material is a vital part of ecology, and an important process in every ecosystem. Dead animals are likely to play a major part in sustaining species that specialize on scavenging. The highly nutrient ... -
Changes in crown form by mixing Norway spruce and Scots pine analysed with terrestrial laser scanning
(Master thesis, 2018)How tree ́s crown form develops in mixed stands are of interest, especially due to the linkage between light interception and biomass production. There are some studies revealing development of greater crown forms (e.g., ... -
Changes in macroinvertebrate community composition in two Norwegian glacier-fed rivers in response to rapid glacier retreat
(Master thesis, 2023)Glaciers are retreating globally in response to a warming climate, and the ecosystems of glacier-fed rivers are expected to change correspondingly. The macroinvertebrate community composition of glacier-fed rivers is shaped ... -
Changes in species richness and altitudinal distribution of vascular plants in Jotunheimen, Norway
(Master thesis, 2019)Species richness was sampled on 254 sites distributed along the altitudinal gradient of 23 mountains in Jotunheimen, Norway. The sampling was conducted during the summer of 2014, on sites that previously had been sampled ... -
Changes in the abundance, species composition and distribution of the Barents Sea euphausiids (krill) : with focus on the expansion and reproduction of Meganyctiphanes norvegica
(Master thesis, 2018)Euphausiids (krill) play a key role in the Barents Sea ecosystem, being an important prey for a number of species, and thereby transferring energy from primary producers to higher trophic levels. An unprecedented warming ... -
Characterizing and reversing the salmonid depression-like state profile
(Master thesis, 2020)Depressive or anxious symptoms are typically connected to chronic and unpredictable high-stress situations or otherwise adverse experiences. In aquaculture, hierarchical disputes and confrontations between individuals in ... -
The charcoal record of small spruce (Picea abies) -swamps in Southeastern Norway : a study of local fire history and fine scale spatial variation
(Master thesis, 2021)The local fire history of a Norway spruce (Picea abies) forest with a high present-day biodiversity has been investigated to explore the spatiotemporal fire dynamics of a delimited part of Trillemarka Nature Reserve in ... -
Chromatin accessibility after inhibition of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (Ezh2) in zebrafish embryos
(Master thesis, 2018)The thesis is a part of a Centre of Excellence Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CoE CERAD) project, focusing on trans-generational studies of low-dose gamma-irradiation using zebrafish as a model organism. As a part ... -
Chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) among amphibians in an Amazonian floodplain forest
(Master thesis, 2024)The increasing frequency of emerging infectious disease outbreaks is causing population declines and sparking concerns for species conservation. Chytridiomycosis is one of these diseases. It is caused by the widespread ... -
Cleaving White Oak (Quercus Petraea & Q.Robur) for shipboards used in viking-ship reconstruction in Scandinavia.
(Master thesis, 2024)The Norse built their hulls from oak boards hewn from cleaved or ‘rived’ logs. We know this through artworks and texts as well as archaeological finds describing the ships as well as their construction from the latter half ... -
Closing the nutrient loop with ecological sanitation in Nepal
(Master thesis, 2020)Unsafe sanitation is one of the world’s largest health and environmental problems. Many countries face great challenges to provide adequate sanitation while leaving their people at risk of water, sanitation, and health ... -
Cod on the dive : investigating Atlantic cod of the Inner Oslofjord during population decline
(Master thesis, 2021)The Atlantic Cod population of the Inner Oslofjord is in the midst of a collapse and a catch ban has been in effect since 2019. This project was designed to study demography, population size and migration in the Atlantic ... -
Colonisation and growth of benthic algae in a recently deculverted urban stream
(Master thesis, 2017)Stream restoration by the process of deculverting is a comprehensive form of restoration which aims to improve morphological, chemical and ecological condition through the re-creation of a naturalized stream from a piped ...