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Algal community structure and organization in high intertidal rockpools

Creator:: van Tamelen, Peter G.
Abstract:: Gradients of physical disturbance are central to theories of community organization yet rarely are studies performed in which physical factors are experimentally manipulated. Pothole tidepool algal communities exhibit distinct zonation patterns from top to bottom that result from scouring by rocks and other debris in the pools. Scouring is easily...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Hiah Intertidal Rockpools Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: Bruce A. Menge Professor of

The effects of biomechanical and ecological factors on population and community structure of wave-exposed, intertidal macroalgae

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:: -17459 to Bruce Menge) and a Mellon Foundation grant to Jane Lubchenco and Bruce Menge. TABLE OF

Effects of interactions between predators, variable predation regimes, and species body size on rocky intertidal communities : comparative and experimental approaches

Creator:: Navarrete, Sergio A.
Abstract:: The body size (W) of animal species is one of the best predictors of population density (D) when large assemblages are considered. It has been shown that theoretically the D-W relationship can be the consequence of two other distributions: the log-normal distribution of body sizes of the species and of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The ecological consequences of the reduction of species diversity : experimental approaches

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:: Reduction of Species Diversity: Experimental Approaches. Abstract approved: Bruce A. Menge Abstract

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:: the Marine Rocky Intertidal Abstract approved: Bruce A. Menge Abstract approved: Jane

Macroscale to local scale variation in rocky intertidal community structure and dynamics in relation to coastal upwelling

Creator:: Freidenburg, Tess L.
Abstract:: Understanding how large-scale processes (>100 kms) influence ecological communities is currently a major focus in ecology. In marine systems, coastal upwelling, a large-scale oceanographic process in which surface water pushed offshore by winds is replaced by cold, nutrient-rich water from depth, appears to cause variation in rocky intertidal communities. Along...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Foundation to Bruce A. Menge and Jane Lubchenco. CONTRIBUTION OF AUTHORS Dr. Bruce A. Menge was directly

Oceanographic influences on rocky intertidal communities : coastal upwelling, invertebrate growth rates, and keystone predation

Creator:: Sanford, Eric (Eric David)
Abstract:: The influence of large-scale processes on natural communities has become one of the central issues of modern ecology. I combined field and laboratory studies to investigate the effects of variation in coastal upwelling on rocky intertidal communities along the central Oregon coast. I examined whether the growth of intertidal barnacles...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Predation. Abstract approved: Bruce A. Menge Abstract approved: The influence of large-scale processes

Marine herbivore-plant interactions : the feeding ecology of the sea slug Placida dendritica

Creator:: Trowbridge, Cynthia D.
Abstract:: The feeding ecology of a common temperate mesoherbivore, the oligophagous sea slug Placida dendritica (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Ascoglossa), was examined from April 1985 to June 1989. Along the central coast of Oregon, Placida consumed three host species: the low intertidal green algae Codium setchellii, C. fragile, and Bryopsis corticulans. Individual slugs...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Jarter/Lubchenco Redacted for privacy 3 Bruce Menge The feeding ecology of a common temperate

Movement Patterns of Rockfishes at the Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve, Oregon

Creator:: Calvanese, Thomas P.
Abstract:: The effects of Marine protected areas (MPAs) on adult fish populations depend on the degree of protection provided, which is partly a function of MPA size and the spatial extent of fish movements. The Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve (RRMR) and MPA, located on the south coast of Oregon near Port...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Hixon, Dr. James Peterson, and Dr. Bruce Menge, for encouragement, support, and valuable feedback

The relationship between stream habitat complexity and anadromous salmonid diversity and habitat selection

Creator:: Chen, Glenn K.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Pacific Northwest. Applications of these findings include use as a diagnostic tool to assess land

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Algal community structure and organization in high intertidal rockpools

The effects of biomechanical and ecological factors on population and community structure of wave-exposed, intertidal macroalgae

Effects of interactions between predators, variable predation regimes, and species body size on rocky intertidal communities : comparative and experimental approaches

The ecological consequences of the reduction of species diversity : experimental approaches

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

Macroscale to local scale variation in rocky intertidal community structure and dynamics in relation to coastal upwelling

Oceanographic influences on rocky intertidal communities : coastal upwelling, invertebrate growth rates, and keystone predation

Marine herbivore-plant interactions : the feeding ecology of the sea slug Placida dendritica

Movement Patterns of Rockfishes at the Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve, Oregon

The relationship between stream habitat complexity and anadromous salmonid diversity and habitat selection

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