LP Miller, WW Dowd - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
In complex habitats, environmental variation over small spatial scales can equal or exceed
larger-scale gradients. This small-scale variation may allow motile organisms to mitigate …

Shifts in intertidal zonation and refuge use by prey after mass mortalities of two predators

SA Gravem, SG Morgan - Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent mass mortalities of two predatory sea star species provided an unprecedented
opportunity to test the effect of predators on rocky intertidal prey. Mass mortalities provide …

An intertidal sea star adjusts thermal inertia to avoid extreme body temperatures

S Pincebourde, E Sanford… - The American …, 2009 - journals.uchicago.edu
The body temperature of ectotherms is influenced by the interaction of abiotic conditions,
morphology, and behavior. Although organisms living in different thermal habitats may …

Simple, scale-dependent patterns emerge from very complex effects: an example from the intertidal mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis and Perna perna

CD McQuaid, F Porri, KR Nicastro… - … and marine biology: an …, 2015 - api.taylorfrancis.com
CHRISTOPHER D. MCQUAID, FRANCESCA PORRI, KATY R. NICASTRO & GERARDO I.
ZARDI to environmental conditions are important. Viewed across the environmental gradient …

Reduction and recovery of keystone predation pressure after disease‐related mass mortality

MM Moritsch, PT Raimondi - Ecology and evolution, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Disturbances such as disease can reshape communities through interruption of ecological
interactions. Changes to population demographics alter how effectively a species performs …

Species richness and diversity across rocky intertidal elevation gradients in Helgoland: testing predictions from an environmental stress model

RA Scrosati, AS Knox, N Valdivia, M Molis - Helgoland Marine Research, 2011 - Springer
Environmental stress affects species richness and diversity in communities, but the precise
form of the relationship is unclear. We tested an environmental stress model (ESM) that …