The interactive effects of disturbance and nutrient enrichment on species diversity and biomass of intertidal rocky-shore communities

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 45-56). === Unimodal patterns of diversity along gradients of both disturbance and productivity rank amongst the most celebrated generalizations in ecology, known as the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis (IOH) and Productivity Diversity Hypothesis. Howev...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pfaff, Maya C
Other Authors: Branch, George M
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6158