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Filtering by: Subject Ecological succession -- Montana Decade 1980-1989 Subject Intertidal ecology -- Pacific Coast (Or.) -- Stability

Succession and stability in two rocky intertidal communities on the central Oregon coast

Creator:

Farrell, Terence M.

Abstract:

The stability of a limpet-dominated community was assessed in a experiment in which an consumer was temporarily removed. Compared to unmanipulated plots, the limpet-exclusion plots developed greater algal abundance and altered species composition of both algae and barnacles. The community was not perturbed beyond its capacity to recover, since the...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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Succession and stability in two rocky intertidal