Chemical and biological water quality in tropical cloud forest streams under different land-use [Elektronische Ressource] / presented by Amelie Desiree Luisa Bücker

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY IN TROPICAL CLOUD FOREST STREAMS UNDER DIFFERENT LAND-USE A DISSERTATION PRESENTED BY AMELIE DESIREE LUISA BÜCKER SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND PREPARED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (FACHBEREICH 09) FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR RERUM NATURALIUM JUSTUS-LIEBIG-UNIVERSITÄT GIESSEN, GERMANY GIESSEN, 16.05.2010 Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 09. Juli 2010 Promotionskommission an der Universität Giessen: Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Frede Institut für Ressourcenmanagement Prof. Dr. Volkmar Wolters Institut für Tierökologie und Spezielle Zoologie Prof. Dr. Dr. Annette Otte Institut für Landschaftsökologie PD Dr. Rolf Düring Institut für Bodenkunde und Bodenerhaltung Table of contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................ i ERKLÄRUNG ...................... iii LIST OF FIGURES ................. iv LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................... vi 1 INTRODUCTION .............. 1 1.1 Introduction to cloud forests .......................................................................................... 1 1.2 Study site ..................................