Community assembly of benthic invertebrates on island-like marine hard substrata
<p>Most of the seafloor is soft sediment, so hard substrata are isolated and island-like. In this dissertation, I explore how species distribution patterns on isolated marine hard substrata resemble terrestrial island communities, drawing on classical island biogeography theory and assembly ru...
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University of Oregon
2016
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Online Access: | http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10192050 |