Saltspring Intertidal-tidings
Rebecca Kordas sampling her field experiment on Salt Spring Island. To see more of Rebecca’s research on the effects of temperature on intertidal organisms please visit her webpage.
Recreational Boating Transport Marine Invasives in Canada
Clarke Murray, C.; Pakhomov, E.A. and Therriault, T.W. (2011) Recreational boating: a large unregulated vector transporting marine invasive species. Diversity and Distributions. 17(6):1161-1172 DOI:10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00798.x
CBC talks climate with Mary O’Connor
While the researchers’ experiments involved marine creatures, O’Connor expects warming could cause similar effects on plant-eating animal populations on land. Read the Article!
Abalone Larval Development Impared by CO2 Increase
Crim, R.N., Sunday, J.M., & Harley, C.D.G. (2011). Elevated seawater CO2 concentrations impair larval development and reduce larval survival in endangered northern abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (available on-line ahead of print).
Infaunal engineer established in the Northeast Pacific
Mach, M.E., C.D. Levings, P.S. McDonald, and K.M.A. Chan (2011) An Atlantic infaunal engineer is established in the Northeast Pacific: Clymenella troquata (polychaeta: maldanidae) on the British Columbia and Washington Coasts. Biological Invasions. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-011-0096-6
Functional Role of Producer Diversity
Cardinale, B. J., K. Matulich, D. U. Hooper, J. E. Byrnes, J. E. Duffy, L. Gamfeldt, P. Balvanera, M. I. O’Connor, and A. Gonzalez. 2011. The functional role of producer diversity in ecosystems. American Journal of Botany. 98(3): 572-592.
Density Dependent Effects in the Intertidal
Harley, C.D.G. & O’Riley (2011). Non-linear density dependent effects of an intertidal ecosystem engineer. Oecologia (available on-line ahead of print).
Snail Behaviour in Response to Danger Cues
Mach M.E. and P.E. Bourdeau (2011) To flee or not to flee? Risk assessment by a marine snail in multiple cue environments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.08.018