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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Frey DL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4361626 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20150316 3
In eastern Canada, the destruction of kelp beds by dense aggregations (fronts) of the omnivorous green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, is a key determinant of the structure and dynamics of shallow reef communities. Recent studies suggest that hydrodynamic forces, but not sea temperature, determine the strength of urchin-kelp interactions, which deviates from the tenets of the metabolic theory of ecology (MTE). We tested the hypothesis that water temperature can predict short-term ...[more]