Environmentally induced responses of Donax obesulus and Mesodesma donacium (Bivalvia) inhabiting the Humboldt current system [Elektronische Ressource] / by Daniel Carstensen

Environmentally induced responses of Donax obesulus and Mesodesma donacium (Bivalvia) inhabiting the Humboldt Current System Doctoral thesis by Daniel Carstensen Submitted to the Faculty 2 (Biology & Chemistry), Bremen University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor rerum naturalium (Doctor of Natural Sciences) January 2010, Bremen Daniel Carstensen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) Section of Bentho-Pelagic Processes P.O. Box 120161 D-27515 Bremerhaven (Germany) Daniel.Carstensen@awi.de 1Reviewer and principal supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolf E. Arntz 2Reviewer and co-supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Saint-Paul 31. Examiner: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Hagen 12. Examiner: Dr. Jürgen Laudien 1 Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Section Bentho-Pelagic Processes P.O. Box 120161 D-27515 Bremerhaven 2 Leibniz-Zentrum für Marine Tropenökologie Fahrenheitstr. 6 D-28359 Bremen 3 Universität Bremen, Marine Zoologie Leobener Straße D-28359 Bremen dedicado a Sofía y dedicado a Sudamérica y su gente gracias por conocer , por aprender y por compartir Contents PageSummary 7 Resumen 10 Zusammenfassung 14 1 Introduction 18 1.1 The Humboldt Current Upwelling System and its biogeographic units 18 1.