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The Roles of Recruitment, Species Interactions, and Oceanographic Context in Structuring Rocky Intertidal Communities of the Pacific Northwest and Atlantic Canada

Creator:: Meunier, Zechariah D.
Abstract:: Long-term, large-scale studies of meta-ecosystems provide critical information about how global change influences communities. In my dissertation, I analyzed data from studies encompassing 18 years (2006 – 2023) and over 1,000 km of coastline to investigate drivers of rocky intertidal community structure and dynamics. Specifically, I explored the roles of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT TO THE DISSERTATION OF Zechariah D

The ecology of ocean acidification : integrating the effects of pH variation among other environmental stressors on biogeography and organismal performance in rocky intertidal communities

Creator:: Rose, Jeremy M.
Abstract:: Ocean Acidification (OA) has emerged as a major threat to marine ecosystems, particularly regarding calcifying organisms. A growing body of literature describing laboratory investigations into pH stress indicates broadly deleterious effects for calcifiers, but responses vary greatly across taxa and can be influenced by variations in other environmental characteristics. Scaling...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Barth, Carol Blanchette, Francisco Chavez, Olivia Cheriton, Gernot Friederich, Brian Gaylord, Tarik

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:: temperature (a, d, & h) and chlorophyll-a (b, e, & i) from MODIS-Aqua, and cross-shore temperature profiles

Prey selection by the tropical marine snail Thais melones : a study of the effects of interindividual variation and foraging experience on growth and gonad development

Creator:: West, Lani
Abstract:: I studied the feeding behavior of marked individuals of the carnivorous marine snail Thais melones in a rocky shore habitat of Pacific Panama. The population of snails consume a variety of invertebrate species such as bivalves, limpets, and polychaetes. Individuals exhibited a range of diet breadth, with some specialized, but...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Linking marine communities and ecosystems : invertebrates mediate nutrient availability in intertidal communities

Creator:: Bracken, Matthew E.
Abstract:: While community ecologists have traditionally focused on local-scale processes, it has become apparent that a broader perspective, which explores the community-level ramifications of material fluxes within and between ecosystems, is necessary to effectively evaluate bottom-up influences on community structure and dynamics. In this dissertation, I employed ecosystem principles to understand...
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Full Text:: Davis-Born, Sheri Etchemendy, Melissa Foley, Brian Grantham, Patti Halpin, Topher Holmes, Greg Hudson

Linkages between mangrove forests and coral reefs : quantifying disturbance effects and energy flow between systems

Creator:: Granek, Elise F.
Abstract:: Interface habitats are considered valuable natural systems, tightly linked to adjacent habitats through the flow of matter and energy. However, there is limited research on mechanisms of connectivity such as movement of organisms and particulate matter and ways in which anthropogenic disturbance to interface habitats may affect immediate and adjacent...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Milligan for her feedback on manuscripts; thanks to Brian Grantham for helping me think about larvae and

The role of oxygen and other environmental variables on survivorship, abundance, and community structure of invertebrate meroplankton of Oregon nearshore coastal waters

Creator:: Eerkes-Medrano, Dafne I.
Abstract:: The high productivity of Eastern Boundary Upwelling Ecosystems (EBUE), some of the most productive ecosystems in the globe, is attributed to the nutrient rich waters brought up through upwelling. Climate change scenarios for coastal upwelling systems, predict an intensification of coastal upwelling winds. Associated with intensification in upwelling are biogeochemical...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Marine Mass Mortality in a Global Change Context: Impacts on Individuals, Populations and Communities

Creator:: Sullivan Stack, Jenna
Abstract:: Human actions are pushing natural systems into states that have no historical precedent. In response, empirical and theoretical researchers are increasingly focused on developing ways to predict the responses of ecological systems to change. However, significant knowledge gaps remain, often leading to “ecological surprises” where observed impacts of global change...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: family – the EBC. Aurora, Brian, Danielle, Ian, Katie, Kyle, Leah, Natalie, Syl and Trevor – we’ve been

Ecological subsidies to rocky shore communities : setting the stage for community dynamics in the Northeast Pacific

Creator:: Krenz, Christopher
Abstract:: This dissertation focuses on the importance of pelagic subsidies in the Northeast Pacific to rocky shore community regulation. My results document the patterns of pelagic subsidy supply, determine if those subsidies are correlated with community structure, and examine if community regulation differs between areas of high- and low-subsidies. Understanding how...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Michael Webster, and Brian Grantham gave me invaluable advice, input, and / or help along the way. Gary

Patterns and dynamics of context-dependency in the marine rocky intertidal

Creator:: Berlow, Eric Layani
Abstract:: As ecologists are being called upon to predict the consequences of human perturbations to natural communities, an important goal is to understand what factors drive variability or consistency in nature. In the rocky intertidal of San Juan Island, Washington, a comparative experimental approach was used to investigate spatial and temporal...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Steve Howard, Sarah Lucas, Cathy Needham, Jeanne Panek, Brian Profit, Tara Panek, Stephanie Suskie

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The Roles of Recruitment, Species Interactions, and Oceanographic Context in Structuring Rocky Intertidal Communities of the Pacific Northwest and Atlantic Canada

The ecology of ocean acidification : integrating the effects of pH variation among other environmental stressors on biogeography and organismal performance in rocky intertidal communities

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

Prey selection by the tropical marine snail Thais melones : a study of the effects of interindividual variation and foraging experience on growth and gonad development

Linking marine communities and ecosystems : invertebrates mediate nutrient availability in intertidal communities

Linkages between mangrove forests and coral reefs : quantifying disturbance effects and energy flow between systems

The role of oxygen and other environmental variables on survivorship, abundance, and community structure of invertebrate meroplankton of Oregon nearshore coastal waters

Marine Mass Mortality in a Global Change Context: Impacts on Individuals, Populations and Communities

Ecological subsidies to rocky shore communities : setting the stage for community dynamics in the Northeast Pacific

Patterns and dynamics of context-dependency in the marine rocky intertidal

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