Species co‐occurrence networks: can they reveal trophic and non‐trophic interactions in ecological communities?

MA Freilich, E Wieters, BR Broitman, PA Marquet… - Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Co‐occurrence methods are increasingly utilized in ecology to infer networks of species
interactions where detailed knowledge based on empirical studies is difficult to obtain. Their …

Network structure beyond food webs: map** non‐trophic and trophic interactions on Chilean rocky shores

S Kéfi, EL Berlow, EA Wieters, LN Joppa, SA Wood… - Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
How multiple types of non‐trophic interactions map onto trophic networks in real
communities remains largely unknown. We present the first effort, to our knowledge …

Advancing land-sea integration for ecologically meaningful coastal conservation and management

LR Harris, M Bessinger, A Dayaram, S Holness… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Coasts are among our most valuable natural assets but are under intense pressure from
human use and climate change. Despite this, coasts–as a coherent ecological unit–have …

Are meta‐ecosystems organized hierarchically? A model and test in rocky intertidal habitats

BA Menge, TC Gouhier, SD Hacker… - Ecological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystems are shaped by processes occurring and interacting over multiple temporal and
spatial scales. Theory suggests such complexity can be simplified by focusing on processes …

Latitudinal discontinuity in thermal conditions along the nearshore of central-northern Chile

FJ Tapia, JL Largier, M Castillo, EA Wieters… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Over the past decade, evidence of abrupt latitudinal changes in the dynamics, structure and
genetic variability of intertidal and subtidal benthic communities along central-northern Chile …

Species replacement along a linear coastal habitat: phylogeography and speciation in the red alga Mazzaella laminarioidesalong the south east pacific

A Montecinos, BR Broitman, S Faugeron… - BMC evolutionary …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background The Chilean shoreline, a nearly strait line of coast expanding across
35 latitudinal degrees, represents an interesting region to assess historical processes using …

Thermal indices of upwelling effects on inner-shelf habitats

FJ Tapia, SA Navarrete, M Castillo, BA Menge… - Progress in …, 2009 - Elsevier
Spatial and temporal variability in regimes of coastal upwelling may have profound effects
on the distribution and local dynamics of coastal marine populations and entire …

Upwelling intensity and wave exposure determine recruitment of intertidal mussels and barnacles in the southern Benguela upwelling region

MC Pfaff, GM Branch, EA Wieters, RA Branch… - Marine Ecology …, 2011 - int-res.com
Marine larval dispersal and recruitment dynamics are fundamentally linked with nearshore
circulation. In coastal upwelling systems, shoreline topography induces predictable …

Environmental DNA reveals temporal variation in mesophotic reefs of the Humboldt upwelling ecosystems of central Chile: Toward a baseline for biodiversity …

P Saenz‐Agudelo, P Ramirez, R Beldade… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Temperate mesophotic reef ecosystems (TMREs) are among the least known marine
habitats. Information on their diversity and ecology is geographically and temporally scarce …

Trophic structure and diversity in rocky intertidal upwelling ecosystems: A comparison of community patterns across California, Chile, South Africa and New Zealand

CA Blanchette, EA Wieters, BR Broitman… - Progress in …, 2009 - Elsevier
The Benguela, California, and Humboldt represent three of the major eastern boundary
upwelling ecosystems in the world. Upwelling ecosystems are highly productive, and this …