Below is a list of publications related to experiments and projects that utilized the Åbo Akademi University mesocosm network.

Peer-reviewed journal publications

Gusmao JB, Rühmkorff S, Kraufvelin L, Meysick L, Pansch C (2024) The interplay of co-occurring ecosystem engineers shapes the structure of benthic communities – a mesocosm experiment. Frontiers in Marine Science 11:1304442 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1304442).

MSc and BSc theses

Leonie Däschle and Leonie Zimmermann – Thermal Performance function of the Invasive Mud crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii (2024). BSc thesis – Environmental Biosciences Faculty of Spatial and Environmental Sciences Universität Trier.

Christopher Jakob Esser – The influence of a marine heatwave and the presence of a recent invader (NIS) on the establishment of marine benthic communities (2024) BSc thesis – Bioscience University of Münster.

Joose Janatuinen – Marina värmeböljor och habitatbildande arters inverkan på etablering av artsamhällen (2024). Kandidatavhandling, Åbo Akademi University.

Fynn Robering – Does a more variable microclimate contribute to an increased intraspecific trait variation in Macoma balthica? (2024) BSc thesis – Bioscience University of Münster.

Lennard Schulte – Does a more variable microclimate contribute to an increased intraspecific trait variation in Mytilus trossulus? (2024) BSc thesis – Bioscience University of Münster.

Riitta Maila Chorfi – Multiple stressor effect study on Zostera marina’s morphological properties, erosion mitigation capacity and shoot dislodgement in the Turku Archipelago, Finland (2023). MSc thesis University of Akureyri, University Centre of the Westfjords, Iceland.

Sarah Rühmkorff – Mechanistic functioning in an epi- and infaunal bivalve-seagrass community (2022). MSc thesis Kiel University & GEOMAR, Germany.