Background reading
Black, R., Fisher, K., Hill, A., and McShane, P. (1979). Physical and biological conditions on a steep intertidal gradient at Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 4, 67-74.
Connell, J.H. (1961a). The influence of interspecific competition and other factors on the distribution of the barnacle Chthamalus stellatus. Ecology 42, 710-723.
Connell, J.H. (1961b). The effects of competition, predation by Thais lapillus, and other factors on the distribution of the barnacle Balanus balanoides. Ecological Monographs 31, 61-104.
Paine, R.T. (1966). Food web complexity and species diversity. The American Naturalist 100, 65-75.
Sousa, W.P. (1979). Experimental investigations of disturbance and ecological succession in a rocky intertidal algal community. Ecological Monographs 49, 227-254.
Underwood, A.J., and Chapman, M.G. (1995). Rocky shores. In ‘Coastal Marine Ecology of Temperate Australia'. (Eds. A.J. Underwood and M.G. Chapman) pp. 55-82. (University of New South Wales Press: Sydney).
Wolcott, T.G. (1973). Physiological ecology and intertidal zonation in limpets (Acmaea): a critical look at "limiting factors". Biological Bulletin 145, 389-422.
What are the aims of the study?
1. To quantify the vertical distribution and abundance of biota along a rocky intertidal shore (an environmental gradient)- LOCATION WAS FLINDERS Melbourne australia
2. To explore sampling issues in ecology (by comparing the patterns resulting from two different sampling protocols)
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in the files i have attached, in week 3 slides. there should be a format of how the tables should be basically look at the data and pick the dominant one.
Attachment:- Data Compilation.xlsx