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Ecological Modelling Research Group Research Ecological Modelling Research Group
Ecological Modelling Research Group
Community Ecology
We have very broad interests in community ecology (on coral reefs and elsewhere). Ongoing research topics include:
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Drivers of biodiversity maintenance in coral assemblages.
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Heterospecific aggression and community structure in butterflyfishes
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Diversity-stability relationships
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Trophic dynamics of coral reefs
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Temporal niche partitioning in nitrogen competition by microalgae
Current Researchers:
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Shane Blowes
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Loic Thibaut
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Martino Malerba
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Jordan Casey
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Sean Connolly
Current Collaborators:
- Maria Dornelas
- Andrew Baird
- Joshua Madin
- Morgan Pratchett
- Kirsten Heimann
- John Choat
- Tracy Ainsworth
Selected Publications:
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Salomon, Y., S.R. Connolly, and L. Bode. 2010. Effects of asymmetric dispersal on the coexistence of competing species. Ecology Letters 13: 432–441.
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Thibaut, L.M., S.R. Connolly, and H.P.A. Sweatman. 2012. Diversity and stability of herbivorous fishes on coral reefs. Ecology 93: 891-901.
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Figueiredo, J. and S.R. Connolly. 2012. Dispersal-mediated Coexistence under Recruitment Limitation and Displacement Competition. Ecological Modelling 243: 133-142.
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Malerba, M.E., S.R. Connolly, and K. Heimann. Nitrate-nitrite dynamics and phytoplankton growth: Formulation and experimental evaluation of a dynamic model. Limnology and Oceanography, in press. Accepted 17 June 2012.
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