Browsing by Subject "Predation"
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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: ... -
Quantifying predation on planktonic larval stages of marine benthic invertebrates
(2017-08-30)This thesis enhances our ability to develop hypotheses on effects of predation on the ecology of larval marine benthic invertebrates. I evaluated the mechanisms that influence encounter rates among predators and prey, and ...