Benthic primary producer abundance and satellite-derived chlorophyll concentrations are strongly negatively correlated along the Oregon and Northern California coast, suggesting an antagonistic interaction. Direct field observations of interannual and . . .

Commercial take of Postelsia palmaeformis (hereafter Postelsia), an annual kelp found only on wave-exposed, rocky shores of the Northeast Pacific, is increasing rapidly in California where regulation of the edible seaweed ‘fishery’ is minimal. Many co . . .

A simple food chain model of community structure was used to evaluate the roles of bottom-up and top-down factors in a rocky intertidal community. Predictions of the model were modified to incorporate known variation in the strength of species interac . . .

Many ecological phenomena are characterized by context dependency, and the relationship between diversity and productivity is no exception. We examined the relationship between macroalgal diversity and nutrient availability by evaluating the effects o . . .

Climate change will modify ecosystems, but a dearth of long-term data sets on critical ecological factors makes prediction of mechanistic pathways and scope for ecological changes difficult. Using 14–18 year time series of phytoplankton abundance and . . .

Commercial take of Postelsia palmaeformis (hereafter Postelsia), an annual kelp found only on wave-exposed, rocky shores of the Northeast Pacific, is increasing rapidly in California where regulation of the edible seaweed ‘fishery’ is minimal. Many co . . .

The roles of recruitment variability and adult conspecifics on the distribution of Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn) in a Spartina alterniflora (Loisel) marsh were examined in a field study. Recruitment to experimental collectors was compared to recruitment . . .

Continuous records of temperature and chlorophyll- a [chl- a] fluorescence were used to characterize phytoplankton variability at two shallow intertidal stations on the northern California coast. Chl- a records from spring and summer 2007 and 2008 wer . . .

Theory suggests that variation in resource supply should propagate up trophic webs influencing plant–herbivore interactions and abundances. Community regulation models have been tested in several ecosystems, but benthic marine ecologists have largely . . .