Multiscale patterns of spatial and temporal variation in density and population structure were
used to evaluate the generality of a three—trophic—level cascade among sea otters …

To determine the patterns of occurrence and importance of indirect effects relative to direct
effects in natural communities, I analyzed experimentally based studies from 23 rocky …

1 Species composition and disturbance state (level of soil disturbance, grazing and water
addition) were recorded for 120 (30-m ^2) plots in temperate grassland of the New England …

Little is known of the sources of mortality that affect local population dynam~ cs of coralreef
fishes. To examine the role of predat~ on, resident p~ scivorous fishes [moray eels …

Nassau grouper Epinephelus striatus are of considerable ecological and commercial~
mportance throughout the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Bight, yet little is …

The intermediate disturbance hypothesis predicts that species diversity within habitats will
be maximal at intermediate levels of disturbance, because competitive exclusion will be …

Abundance of early juvenile Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) is dramatically higher in
intertidal shell habitats compared to mud habitats in several coastal estuaries of the Pacific …

During spring and summer 1993, we monitored settlement of crabs (primarily Cancer spp.)
and sea urchins Strongylocentrotus spp. in conjunction with physical variables associated …

Debate on the control of population dynamics in reef fishes has centred on whether patterns
in abundance are determined by the supply of planktonic recruits, or by post-recruitment …

Publisher Summary This chapter evaluates evidence that recruitment dynamics of
component species can exert a strong effect on processes at a community level. The chapter …