The role of sympagic meiofauna in Arctic and Antarctic sea-ice food webs [Elektronische Ressource] / submitted by Maike Kramer

Institute for Polar Ecology (IPÖ),Christian-Albrechts Universität zu KielThe role of sympagic meiofauna inArctic and Antarcticsea-ice food websDissertationthesisforgainingthedoctoraldegreeoftheFacultyofMathematicsandScienceoftheChristian-Albrechts-UniversitätzuKielDissertationzurErlangungdesDoktorgradesderMathematisch-NaturwissenschaftlichenFakultätderChristian-Albrechts-UniversitätzuKielSubmittedbyVorgelegtvonMaike KramerKiel, 2010Supervising referee (Referentin): PD Dr. Iris WernerSecond referee (Korreferent): Prof. Dr. Ulrich SommerDate of oral examination (Tag der mündlichen Prüfung): January 31, 2011Approved for print (zum Druck genehmigt): February 16, 2011Gez. Prof. Dr. Lutz Kipp, DekanContentsAbstract xiiZusammenfassung xiv1 Introduction: The role of sympagic meiofauna in sea-ice food webs—a three-method approach 11.1 Motivation and overview of my thesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 Sea ice and sympagic communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.3 Sympagic meiofauna in sea-ice food webs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.4 The three-method approach of this study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.5 Publications included in or related to my thesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Antarctic sympagic meiofauna in winter: comparing diversity, abun-dance and biomass between perennially and seasonally ice-coveredregions 92.1 Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .