Consequences of land use change

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Table of contents

INTRODUCTION
OBJECTIVE AND HYPOTHESIS
THESIS STRUCTURE
CHAPTER 1 LITERATURE REVIEW
1.1.􀀁 Land use and land cover
1.1.1.􀀁 Definition and transition
1.1.2.􀀁 Specifics of tropics and rural areas in developing countries
1.2.􀀁 Consequences of land use change
1.2.1.􀀁 Physical/ Hydrological perspective
1.2.2.􀀁 Sources, forms and characteristics of organic carbon
1.3.􀀁 Aquatic microbial community
1.3.1.􀀁 Free living (FL) and Particles Attached (PA) bacteria
1.3.2.􀀁 Factors controlling microbial community
1.3.3.􀀁 Microbial degradation of DOC
1.3.4.􀀁 Links between bacterial diversity and functioning
CHAPTER 2 METHODOLOGY
2.1.􀀁 Study sites
2.1.1.􀀁 Dong Cao catchment
2.1.2.􀀁 The Houay Pano catchment
2.2.􀀁 Field work
2.2.1.􀀁 Rain simulations and mesocosm/microcosm experiments
2.2.2.􀀁 Sampling
2.3.􀀁 Laboratory work
2.3.1.􀀁 Measurement of DOC, nutrients and Chlorophyll a
2.3.2.􀀁 Measurement of CDOM
2.3.3.􀀁 Measurement of metabolic capacity
2.3.4.􀀁 DNA extraction
2.4.􀀁 Sequence processing and data analysis
2.5.􀀁 Statistical analyses
CHAPTER 3 EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT RUNOFF ON AQUATIC BACTERIAL DIVERSITY AND FUNCTIONING AT MESOCOSM SCALES
3.1.􀀁 Introduction
3.2.􀀁 Methods
3.3.􀀁 Results 63􀀁
3.4.􀀁 Discussion
CHAPTER 4 LAND USE STRONGLY INFLUENCES SOIL ORGANIC CARBON AND BACTERIAL COMMUNITY LOSS IN RUNOFF IN TROPICAL UPLANDS
4.1.􀀁 Introduction
4.2.􀀁 Material and methods
4.3.􀀁 Results.
4.4.􀀁 Discussion
4.5.􀀁 Conclusion
CHAPTER 5 EFFECT OF LAND USE CHANGE ON AQUATIC BACTERIAL DIVERSITY AND FUNCTION IN IN SITU INVESTIGATION SCALE
5.1.􀀁 Vicinal land use change strongly drives stream bacterial community in a tropical montane catchment
5.1.1.􀀁 Introduction
5.1.2.􀀁 Materials and Methods
5.1.3.􀀁 Results.
5.1.4.􀀁 Discussion
5.1.5.􀀁 Conclusion and perspectives
5.2.􀀁 Impact of overland flow on particle-attached and free-living fractions during a flood event in an upland tropical catchment
5.2.1.􀀁 Introduction
5.2.2.􀀁 Material and methods
5.2.3.􀀁 Results.
5.2.4.􀀁 Discussion
5.2.5.􀀁 Conclusion
CHAPTER 6 EFFECT OF OVERLAND FLOW FROM DIFFERENT LAND USE ON AQUATIC BACTERIAL DIVERSITY AND FUNCTIONING IN MICROCOSM SCALE
6.1.􀀁 Introduction
6.2.􀀁 Material and methods
6.3.􀀁 Results and discussion
6.4.􀀁 Conclusion
CHAPTER 7 GENERAL CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVE
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