01Apr2024
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Seminar - Alyssa Outhwaite
Estuaries are mosaics of habitats interconnected through flows of organic matter. The spatial arrangement of these habitats within the broader estuarine environment, known as habitat context, can influence the composition organic materials and faunal communities they support. Although the significance of estuarine habitat context on ecological functioning is acknowledged, its impact on subtidal oyster reefs remains underexplored.