Morphological changes which occur during tentacle formation have been described in the colonial athecate hydroid Cordylophora lacustris. These changes involve an outpocketing of mesoglea into a finger-like extension o ...

Predators sometimes provide biotic resistance against invasions by nonnative prey. Understanding and predicting the strength of biotic resistance remains a key challenge in invasion biology. A predator's functional respo ...

Humans are increasing the scale and frequency of many natural disturbances, as well as adding novel disturbances to ecosystems. This thesis uses the arthropod community as a metric to examine the multi-trophic responses ...