Browsing by Subject "kelp"
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Interactions Between an Invasive Epiphytic Bryozoan and Species of Rocky Subtidal Habitats of Nova Scotia
(2010-11-02)In Nova Scotia subtidal habitats, the invasive bryozoan Membranipora membranacea interacts with native bryozoan Electra pilosa on kelps, which offer high space availability but are highly dynamic, and on non-kelp algae, ... -
Processes reinforcing regime shift to turf-forming algae in a kelp bed ecosystem
(2018-03-19)Canopy-forming brown algae (kelps and fucoids) that provide habitat structure on temperate rocky reefs increasingly are replaced by assemblages of low-lying and pervasive turf algae, driving concerns that these shifts ... -
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 ...