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Recurrent outbreaks of disease in sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis in Nova Scotia: Evidence for a link with large-scale meteorologic and oceanographic events
(1997-06)
Recurrent outbreaks of a disease (paramoebiasis, caused by a marine amoeba Paramoeba invadens)
result in mass mortalities of sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis in the rocky subtidal
zone of the Atlantic coast ...
Role of early post-settlement mortality in recruitment of benthic marine invertebrates
(1997-08)
Newly settled invertebrates usually are subject to high rates of mortality (Type III
survivorship). Therefore, knowledge of early post-settlement events is critical in determining if
and when patterns of abundance and ...
Why do fish stocks collapse? The example of cod in Atlantic Canada
(1997-02)
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 ...