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SUBMITTER: Munguia P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4360103 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Spatially structured habitats challenge populations to have positive growth rates and species often rely on dispersing propagules to occupy habitats outside their fundamental niche. Most marine species show two main life stages, a dispersing stage and a sedentary stage affecting distribution and abundance patterns. An experimental study on Corophium acherusicum, a colonial tube-building amphipod, showed the strong influence that a source population can have on new habitats. More importantly, thi ...[more]