Structuring forces of intertidal infaunal communities on the northern coast of British Columbia, Canada: assessing the relative importance of top-down, bottom-up, middle-out, and abiotic variables

• Main Authors: Travis G. Gerwing (Author), Lily Campbell (Author), Diana J. Hamilton (Author), Myriam A. Barbeau (Author), Gregory S. Norris (Author), Sarah E. Dudas (Author), Francis Juanes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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While trophic and habitat-related abiotic variables (predation, competition, tolerance, etc.) are known to influence community structure in many ecosystems, some systems appear to be only minimally influenced by these variables. Sampling multiple tidal flat communities in northern BC, Canada, we inv...