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Creator:: Arnold, Linsey M.
Abstract:: The relationship between population characteristics and population productivity is fundamental to sustainable fisheries management, but predicting productivity remains a challenging task. Proposed mechanisms driving the variability in productivity at a given population size have included environmental and demographic factors related to the age structure of the population, but the broad-scale...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: my committee members Dr.’s Grant Thompson, Andi Stephens, Paul Spencer, and Lorenzo Ciannelli for

Creator:: Chasco, Brandon E.
Abstract:: Globally, the number of threatened species is increasing and conserving them is a high priority to the scientific community. Assessing the status of these protected species is challenging due to missing, contested, and or contradictory data streams. Integrated models (IMs) provide a statistical framework for combining disparate data sources to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: committee: Selina Heppell, Jim Thorson, Ben Dalziel, Grant Thompson, and my GCR Kim Bernard for guiding me

Creator:: Hosack, Geoffrey R.
Abstract:: In this dissertation, new theory and its applications are developed to predict three properties of complex ecological communities: stability, equilibrium response, and non-equilibrium dynamics. First, a graph-theoretic analysis identifies the interconnections in a complex ecosystem that promote or diminish stability (Chapter 2). The hierarchy of interactions that influences stability and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: feedback. I also thank Julia Jones, Bruce D’Ambrosio, Grant Thompson, and Brett Dumbauld for their

Creator:: Piacenza, Susan E. H.
Abstract:: Green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas, have endangered and threatened populations globally, but several populations show signs of population recovery. In Hawaii, nesting female green turtles have increased 5.7% year⁻¹ since 1973, but wide fluctuations in census counts of nesting females make recovery diagnosis difficult. For effective management planning, it is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: my committee members. My committee, Selina Heppell, Paul Richards, Grant Thompson, Stevan J

Creator:: Thompson, Kevin A.
Abstract:: Marine systems undergo changes in community composition over time as a result of a variety of environmental and anthropogenic factors. Understanding these community changes and the factors that drive them is critical for ecosystem management of marine resources. The Gulf of Alaska (GOA) is a large marine ecosystem that includes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: committee of Sarah Gaichas, Tom Hurst, Lorenzo Ciannelli, and Grant Thompson have provided valuable

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