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Creator:: Allison, Gary William
Abstract:: The influence of loss of diversity on community dynamics and ecosystem functioning has recently received considerable attention. Although study of biodiversity has a long history within ecology, empirical investigations exploring consequences of loss have been rare. Because many factors confound diversity comparisons, experimental manipulations of diversity offer the most direct...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: influenced my life in innumerable ways. Sergio Navarrete, Eric Berlow, Carol Blanchette, Karina Nielsen

Creator:: Blanchette, Carol A.
Abstract:: I examined the biomechanical factors that influence the sizes of intertidal macroalgae by studying a population of Fucus gardneri at Fogarty Creek Point, OR. I constructed a mathematical model to predict optimal sizes and probabilities of survival for Fucus under conditions of high and low wave exposure. Predicted optimal sizes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: present labmates for all their help and camaraderie. Gary Allison, Eric Ber low, Dave Booth, Mark

Creator:: Nielsen, Karina Johanna
Abstract:: The relationship between nutrients and community structure is poorly understood in open-coast habitats. I created a system of artificial tidepools, of identical age and physical dimensions, at two sites that differed in wave exposure, and manipulated nutrient levels and the abundance of herbivores. Using these unique field mesocosms, I explored...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: enormously helpful and influential in all phases of this project. Eric Sanford and Jen Burnaford helped me

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