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      The theory of island biogeography. Stepping stones. Artificial structures as stepping stones. Supply-side ecology. Processes affecting larval supply. Dispersal potential in marine organisms. Metapopulations and metacommunities. Models of marine community assembly: patch dynamics, species sorting, mass effect, neutral models. Beta-diversity: concepts. The role of beta-diversity in marine ecology. Beta-diversity and ecological connectivity. Distance-decay of similarity in marine communities. Case studies and implications for conservation. Analyzing beta-diversity in environmental studies. Examples in environmental impact assessment. Homogeneity and heterogeneity due to human impacts. Nestedness and turnover.

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