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Michael R.S. Coffin
Researcher at Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Publications - 19
Citations - 272
Michael R.S. Coffin is an academic researcher from Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The author has contributed to research in topics: Estuary & Corophium volutator. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 17 publications receiving 193 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael R.S. Coffin include University of Prince Edward Island & University of New Brunswick.
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An empirical model using dissolved oxygen as an indicator for eutrophication at a regional scale
Michael R.S. Coffin,Michael R.S. Coffin,Simon C. Courtenay,Simon C. Courtenay,Christina C. Pater,Michael R. van den Heuvel +5 more
TL;DR: Dissolved oxygen as an indicator of eutrophication status for shallow estuaries is examined and a metric integrating hypoxia and supersaturation effectively discriminated between seagrass and algae-dominated habitats and was significantly correlated with both water residence and nitrate-N loading.
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Effects of shorebird predation and snail abundance on an intertidal mudflat community
Anne V. Cheverie,Diana J. Hamilton,Michael R.S. Coffin,Michael R.S. Coffin,Myriam A. Barbeau +4 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that a combination of omnivory and intraguild predation by shorebirds and snails, coupled with relatively low grazing pressure by C. volutator, prevented transmission of top-down effects.
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Biogeography of dinoflagellate cysts in northwest Atlantic estuaries
TL;DR: The large geographic extent of this study allowed it to determine that the type of estuary has an important influence on cyst assemblages, and due to greater seasonal variations in SSTs and SSSs in estuaries compared to the open ocean, cystassemblages show distinct latitudinal trends.
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Effect of nutrient pollution on dinoflagellate cyst assemblages across estuaries of the NW Atlantic.
TL;DR: This is the first study to document the dinoflagellate cyst eutrophication signal at such a large geographic scale in estuaries, thus confirming their value as indicators of water quality change and anthropogenic impact.
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Effect of immersion at low tide on distribution and movement of the mud snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta (Say), in the upper Bay of Fundy, eastern Canada
TL;DR: Immersion at low tide affected the behaviour and spatial distribution of snails, resulting in snail aggregations within tide pools, which may be a major factor influencing spatial dynamics on mudflats.