Browsing by Subject "Mass mortality"
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Detection and Quantification of an Ecologically Important Marine Pathogen, Paramoeba invadens
(2016-08-22)A pathogenic amoeba, Paramoeba invadens, causes re-current mass mortalities of sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) in coastal Nova Scotia, with major ecological consequences for the structure of the rocky ... -
Population regulation of sea urchins in a rocky subtidal ecosystem
(2015-03-31)Herbivory by sea urchins is an important control of seaweed biomass worldwide. For my doctoral thesis, I investigate biological processes that govern the dynamics of a kelp bed ecosystem on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia: ...