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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...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

, in high-intertidal poois on the Oregon coast. I demonstrate that because high-zone tide pools are