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Grazing, nutrients, and marine benthic algae : insights into the drivers and protection of diversity

Creator:

Guerry, Anne D., 1973-

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Two of the most powerful ways in which humans have altered ecosystems are by increasing productivity and changing the densities of important consumers. The bottom-up effects of productivity and the top-down effects of consumers have been identified as primary determinants of biological diversity, though the links between them remain unclear....

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include Robyn Dunmore, Stacie Lilley, Sherine Bridges, Roly Russell, and Josh Lawler. And although he
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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Dissertation

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need can be found in Alexandria, Otagoexcept the ocean. Anne (and Josh Lawler) provided me with