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  • Variation in egg spawning among subpopulations of sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis: a theoretical approach 

    Meidel, SK, and RE Scheibling. 2001. "Variation in egg spawning among subpopulations of sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis: a theoretical approach." Marine Ecology Progress Series 213: 97-110. doi:10.3354/meps213097
    Variation in zygote production, by determining the initial size of the larvalpool, can aff ect the population dynamics of marine invertebrates with a planktonic larval stage. In this paper, we model temporal and spatial ...

  • Variation in milk production and lactation performance in grey seals and consequences for pup growth and weaning characteristics 

    Mellish, JAE, SJ Iverson, and WD Bowen. 1999. "Variation in milk production and lactation performance in grey seals and consequences for pup growth and weaning characteristics." Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 72(6): 677-690. Copyright © 1999 The University of Chicago Press.
    Phocid seals are one of the few groups of mammals capable of sustaining the energetic demands of lactation entirely through body nutrient stores while fasting. Lactation performance of the female in turn influences the ...

  • Variations in Sampling Procedure and Frequency Affect Estimates of Recruitment of Barnacles 

    MINCHINTON, TE, and RE SCHEIBLING. 1993. "Variations in Sampling Procedure and Frequency Affect Estimates of Recruitment of Barnacles." Marine Ecology Progress Series 99(1-2): 83-88. doi:10.3354/meps099083
    The influence of variations in sampling procedure and frequency on estimates of recruitment of the barnacle Semibalanus balanoides (L.) on an intertidal rocky shore at Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada was determined from ...

  • Weaning mass affects changes in body composition and food intake in harbour seal pups during the first month of independence 

    Muelbert, MMC, WD Bowen, and SJ Iverson. 2003. "Weaning mass affects changes in body composition and food intake in harbour seal pups during the first month of independence." Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76(3): 418-427. Copyright © 2003 The University of Chicago Press.
    In phocid seals, the transition to nutritional independence is abrupt, with females abandoning their offspring after weaning and returning to sea. We hypothesized that body size at weaning may play an important role in ...

  • Why do fish stocks collapse? The example of cod in Atlantic Canada 

    Myers, RA, JA Hutchings, and NJ Barrowman. 1997. "Why do fish stocks collapse? The example of cod in Atlantic Canada." Ecological Applications 7(1): 91-106.
    In 1993, six Canadian populations of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) had collapsed to the point where a moratorium was declared on fishing. It has been argued that the collapses were caused by poor recruitment of cod to the ...