Assembly processes are highly dynamic with biotic filters operating more intensely at local
scales, yet the strength of biotic interactions can vary across time and latitude. Predation, for …

The morphological disparity of the marine benthos, through the Phanerozoic, is shaped by
multiple abiotic and biotic factors, among which substrate and ecology are key contributors …

Ontogenetic niche theory predicts that resource use should change across complex life
histories. To date, studies of ontogenetic shifts in food niches have mainly focused on a few …

Watersipora subatra is an invasive cheilostome bryozoan found locally in shallow waters,
especially on artificial substrates in Otago Harbour, Dunedin, southern Aotearoa New …

Otago Harbour (Wai Ōtākou) is the port of Dunedin City, located on the east coast of the
South Island between Bluff and Banks Peninsula (Figure 2.1). As the only naturally sheltered …

Ecologists have worked for over a century to disentangle biotic and abiotic factors that
regulate populations; I am no exception. Species interactions influence population dynamics …

Many factors contribute to the potential of a non-indigenous species to invade an area and
become established. For bryozoan colonies of the cryptic species complex Watersipora …