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  • Factors affecting the dynamics and regulation of coral-reef fish populations

    Creator:
    Webster, Michael Scott
    Abstract:
    Ecologists have long questioned why fluctuating populations tend to persist rather than go extinct. Populations that persist indefinitely are regulated by mechanisms that cause demographic density dependence, which works to bound fluctuation above zero. In a series of studies, I have sought to determine the processes and mechanisms that regulate...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Michael S. Webster for the degree