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Filtering by: Subject Chemical oceanography -- California -- Monterey Bay Advisor Menge, Bruce A. Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Nearshore distribution of barnacle and mussel larvae and oceanographic mechanisms of onshore transport and delivery

Creator:

Tyburczy, Joe A.

Abstract:

Recruitment of larvae from the plankton is an important determinant of community structure in marine systems. In populations of many marine species, recruitment determines the basic demographic parameters of immigration, emigration, and reproduction. Moreover, the effect of recruitment as an "ecological subsidy" can determine the strength of interactions among species...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

northern Monterey Bay, California. Estuaries 16: 83–91. Hill, A. E. 1998. Diel vertical migration in