Browsing by Subject "connectivity"
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ASSESSING THE THEORETICAL EFFECTIVENESS OF MARINE PROTECTED AREA NETWORKS FOR HIGHLY MIGRATORY PELAGIC SPECIES IN A CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE: THE IMPLICATIONS OF CONCEPTUAL AMBIGUITY & INCONSISTENCY
(2019-08-26)As a result of increasing human pressures and global climate change, many populations of migratory species are facing wide scale population declines. In response, biodiversity conservation efforts have been directed at ... -
ESTIMATING PARTICLE DISPERSAL IN AQUATIC SYSTEMS: A COMPARISON OF NEW AND CONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES
(2019-03-06)Dispersal is one of the most important life history strategies involved in species survival and evolution, affecting population dynamics, population genetics, and the spatial scale of population connectivity through the ... -
REGIME SHIFTS IN A KELP BED ECOSYSTEM AND LINKAGES WITH DEEP-LIVING SEA URCHINS
(2016-09-01)In kelp ecosystems, abrupt shifts occur when high densities of sea urchins destructively graze attached kelp, creating unproductive barrens devoid of erect macroalgae. In this thesis, I assessed the stability of urchin ... -
USING INFORMATION ON PAST AND PRESENT FOREST COVER TO GUIDE RESTORATION EFFORTS: AN ANALYSIS OF DATA QUALITY AND LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY IN UNAMA’KI (CAPE BRETON, NOVA SCOTIA)
(2023-08-04)Ecological connectivity is the extent to which a landscape supports the movement of organisms and processes between patches of suitable habitat and is necessary for ecosystem functioning. Boreal forests in Unama’ki (Cape ...