Strong top-down control by consumers has been demonstrated in rocky intertidal
communities around the world. In contrast, the role of bottom-up effects (nutrients and …

“Supply‐side” ecology recognizes the potential role that recruitment plays in the local
population dynamics of open systems. Apart from the applied fisheries literature, the …

Single species can have large effects on entire communities through habitat modification
and facilitation. I tested the general hypothesis that the intertidal grass Spartina alterniflora …

Settlement and post-settlement processes of the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra Jaeger
were studied in the laboratory. Independent and paired choice experiments revealed that …

The majority of benthic organisms inhabiting the nearshore, roughly the zone from 0 to 30 m
water depth, have planktonic larvae that inhabit the pelagic environment, where larvae …

Determining the relative contributions of recruitment vs. postrecruitment processes to adult
populations is an unresolved issue. The “recruit–adult” hypothesis suggests that the density …

The larvae of freshwater mussels are obligate ectoparasites on fishes while adults are
sedentary and benthic. Dispersal of mussels is dependent on the movement of fish hosts, a …

Summary 1 The relative importance of seed availability and the post‐dispersal environment
in causing the distribution and abundance patterns of five halophytic forbs and a shrub was …

There is increasing awareness that coral reefs exhibit a high degree of spatio-temporal
variability, yet the processes that create these patterns are poorly known. In this study …

A set of 3 field experiments lasting 24 h was conducted during April 1998 at the Duke
University Marine Laboratory (Beaufort, North Carolina, USA) to:(1) assess the influence of …