W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 2003 A theoretical and experimental study of Allee effects Joanna Gascoigne College of William and Mary - Virginia Institute of Marine Science Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, Fresh Water Studies Commons, and the Oceanography Commons Recommended Citation Gascoigne, Joanna, "A theoretical and experimental study of Allee effects" (2003). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539616659. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.25773/v5-qwvk-b742 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF ALLEE EFFECTS A Dissertation Presented to The Faculty of the School of Marine Science The College of William and Mary in Virginia In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Joanna Gascoigne 2003 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. APPROVAL SHEET This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Joanna/Gascoigne Approved August 2003 Romuald N. Lipcius"Ph.D. Committee Chairman/Advisor L Rogar Mann, Ph.D. Mark R. Patterson, Ph.D. 1 Shandelle M. Henson, Ph.D Andrews University Berrien Springs, MI Callum Roberts, Ph.D. University of York, UK Craig Dahlgren, Ph.D.