Browsing by Author "McCoy, Michael"
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Borrowing ecological principles: Influence of reef placement and habitat complexity on free-living and parasite diversity
Woodard, Nina Cecilia (East Carolina University, 2022-07-25)Environmental factors often shape and regulate the distribution of community assemblages throughout an ecosystem. For example, in the rocky intertidal zones, marine ecologists have identified abiotic forces and biotic ... -
Determining the Drivers of Mosquito and Fish Distributions In An Urban, Riverine Rock Pool Metacommunity
Kernstine, Melissa A (East Carolina University, 2021-07-20)Metacommunities and metapopulations are comprised of interconnected patches of habitat linked by dispersal, which has traditionally been considered a stochastic process in which organisms move across space randomly. Recently ... -
Evaluating a Predator-Induced Phenotype in a Mixed Species Context
Baker, Eleanor Anne (East Carolina University, 2021-07-22)Phenotypic plasticity, a single genotype producing multiple phenotypes in response to environmental change, is crucical to our understanding ecological and evolutionary processes. Adaptive plasticity describes phenotypic ... -
PULSED PREDATION DETERMINES FRESHWATER POND COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY
Titus, Ellen (East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)Historically, community ecologists have assumed constant consumer pressure when modeling predator-prey interactions, however, we know that interactions in most natural systems are dynamic. Inconstant predation may account ... -
The Effects of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products on Mosquito Oviposition Site Selection
Edwards, Tara Lynn (East Carolina University, 2018-05-09)The products that humans use every day to shower, drink, prevent sickness, protect their crops, etc. are having an effect on the environment. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products, or PPCPs, have been becoming notable ...