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Creator:: Hessing-Lewis, Margot
Abstract:: This dissertation investigates the context-dependency of species interactions between seagrass and macroalgae in upwelling-influenced estuaries. In all coastal systems, nutrient loading is multidirectional, resulting from mostly freshwater and marine inputs. The directionality of nutrient inputs may affect the rate of supply of organic matter to the system. In systems where...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Margot Hessing-Lewis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology presented on September 16, 2011

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:: Vinueza, Pagi Guarderas, Dafne Eerkes-Medrano, Margot Hessing-Lewis, Jeremy Rose, Alison Iles, Sarah

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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: competition (Connell 1961), consumption (Paine 1966, Lubchenco 1978), and physical stress (Lewis 1954

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